French football is in the midst of a crisis, of confidence and conscience. The difficulties of organizing and operating professional football by the LFP in its current model have become a political subject. With an information mission carried out in recent months within the framework of the Senate to achieve concrete legislative proposals.
The conclusions of Laurent Lafon, president of the Culture, Education, Communication and Sports Commission in the Senate, in this sense are clear: the French Football Federation must regain control in terms of governance, even if it means threatening the very existence of the League. “” We give this possibility to the Federation to delete the League which has shown all its failures for a few months », Turs the senator.
“It's brutal”, denounces the LFP
Laurent Lafon, in his project which should be presented in the Senate by the end of May to then win the benches of the National Assembly, plans to offer the FFF the possibility of recovering a large part of the prerogatives delegated to the LFP without affecting the commercial company managing economic issues and in particular the marketing of TV rights. The deal concluded between said commercial company LFP Médias and the CVC investment fund, leaving no room for maneuver in politics anyway.
“” Today we have a three -way wedding: League, Commercial Company and FFF. Weddings to three is complicated in general. The idea is to find a two -one marriage with the Federation and the Commercial Company », Summarizes on the side of the FFF, where we readily approve of the senatorial conclusions according to RMC. Obviously, from the point of view of the League, the analysis is quite different. “” Basically, the possibility of having an alternative model is rather interesting. Stretching towards the English model can make sense. But then there is the shape. And there, it is clearly an aggression characterized against the league and its leaders. It's brutal “, Denounces an internal source of the LFP cited by the aforementioned radio.
“What is the league for?” »»
But again: ” Do we really need this law in the current context? We have only one problem today, only one. It is the exploitation of our domestic rights and the positioning of Dazn in the coming months. The only subject of clubs concerns their cash. Will they touch their money well ? We must stop believing that this law could solve this question and bring us diffusers on a set! »»
“” Who has decided to allocate TV rights? Is it the governance body of the commercial company supposed to market them or the board of directors of the League? It's confused “, Concludes Laurent Lafon, before bringing the grace to the LFP:” If the commercial company can manage all questions related to TV rights and commercial income and the Le Régalien federation and the organization of competitions, what is the league for? »»
