Droits TV : L'énorme coup de gueule de Kombouaré !
Football : Antoine Kombouaré, the coach of the FC Nantes, blew a fuse after the announcement of the new TV rights for French Ligue 1.
"It's a scandal! It's unacceptable," he said angrily. "We're treated like second-class clubs."
The new TV rights deal, which will come into effect in 2024, will see Amazon and Canal+ share the rights to broadcast Ligue 1 matches. Amazon will pay €250 million per year for the rights to 80% of the matches, while Canal+ will pay €120 million per year for the rights to the remaining 20% of matches.
Kombouaré is angry because he believes that the new deal is unfair to clubs like Nantes. He argues that the big clubs, such as Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique de Marseille, will benefit disproportionately from the new deal, while smaller clubs like Nantes will be left behind.
"It's a scandal," he said. "The big clubs will get richer and richer, while the smaller clubs will get poorer and poorer. It's not fair."
Kombouaré is not the only one who is angry about the new TV rights deal. Other Ligue 1 clubs, such as Angers and Strasbourg, have also expressed their dissatisfaction with the deal.
The LFP, the French football league, has defended the new TV rights deal, arguing that it will bring more money into Ligue 1 and help to make the league more competitive. However, Kombouaré and other critics of the deal argue that it will only serve to widen the gap between the big clubs and the smaller clubs.
It remains to be seen whether Kombouaré's outburst will have any impact on the new TV rights deal. However, it is clear that he is not the only one who is concerned about the future of Ligue 1.
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