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The big wrap of the French football isn't with Messi, but with the TV

Published:4/02/2021 - 15:54h

Updated:4/02/2021 - 15:54h

Amazon, Discovery and DAZN approached to treat to achieve the rights of transmission, but the LFP refused their proposals

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Since the word Covid appeared in the panorama of the international information, a lot of businesses, agreements and habits have seen affected of direct way, generating losses so big like irretrievable. France is living this situation in this same instant with his league of football.

It Tie it of Football Preofessionnel (LFP) has in front the landslide of his structure so much in Tie 1 as in Tie 2, main categories of the French football. Since they decided to cancel the agreement of transmission that had with Channel Plus and also beIN Sports, the things have not gone out particularly well.

Because the most yielding agreement planted in the door with an upper offer to the millardo of euros by year from the year 2020 by part of Mediapro, payment that did not appear once began to run the time stipulated, by what after four months from the start the LFP decided to finish the legal links with the company.

Everything finished with a payment of 100 million euros to renounce to the rights of both categories and Mediapro without the agreement, in addition to the LFP orphan of spaces to be able to transmit them. From this moment, Netflix, DAZN, Amazon and Discovery have strolled by the auctions but any is able to favour the French pretences.

From the failure of Telefoot (Mediapro) until the official announcement that it cancelled the auction, the French football went in in a period of reflection and planning of 48 hours to take the final decision on this subject. No descarta any concrete action and the possibility to see some service of streaming would not be descabellada.

Caution and caution

Think in the money of direct way generated a big fall for the French football, since no only lost a big offer that could not neither begin to enjoy, also remained without the previous plan to the ausentarse of the auction the traditional channels of diffusion, Channel Plus and beIN Sports.

In case to go back to fracasar to the moment to negotiate the rights or in the worst case, not achieving an at least just deal, a big quantity of direct employees of the competitions could remain without work and would add a strike in the middle of the already complicated situation.

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