This Tuesday, Ligue 2 clubs strongly denounced ” contempt “ their Ligue 1 counterparts on the issue of TV rights, through the voice of Claude Michy, president of the Union of Professional Football Clubs (UCPF), the union of the vast majority of Ligue 2 clubs.
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“The college of Ligue 1 (bringing together the presidents of the 20 elite clubs) totally despised Ligue 2 “, indignant Michy, angry at the distribution of TV rights between the elite and his anteroom, which must be recorded this Wednesday at 3 p.m. during the general assembly of the LFP.
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The L2, unanimously, had indeed made a request for uncapping of its annual TV rights, currently frozen at 110 million euros per year, to touch a fixed percentage of 12.4%, or 162 million annual euros as part of the attractive new 2020-2024 cycle contract (1.217 billion euros per year, L1 and L2 combined).
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“We have 31 clubs out of 40 which agree for solidarity, a common life, to develop football in a fair and balanced way”
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The problem is that, to be validated, this uncapping requires the unanimity of the general assembly. Now, according to Claude Michy, “11 L1 clubs voted for uncapping, which means that we have 31 clubs out of 40 (counting the 20 L2 clubs) who agree for a solidarity, a common life, to develop football in a fair and balanced way. “
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“A number of people are totally opposed to it because they need money for their club which is not very well managed”, plague the president of the UCPF, conceding that certain leaders of Ligue 2, “Very irritated and very angry” spoke of a possible boycott of the GA on Wednesday.
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