The next distribution of TV rights promises to be much less favorable to the big displacements of League 1. and PSG in particular.
The bill was adopted last Tuesday by the Senate, carried by Senators Laurent Lafon (UDI) and Michel Savin (LR) in order to review the TV rights distribution Between the different professional clubs. As for the elite, the text presented recommends a maximum difference of 1 to 3 between the best lotie team and that arriving at the peloton tail. A small revolution in perspective.
If we look at the coolest data – those of 2023 – when the overall envelope for the diffusion rights of Ligue 1 exceeded 700 million euros, we can concretely measure the audacity of this senatorial project. According to figures peeled by Sportune, PSG was able to vampirize 23.46% of the total endowment; OM 13.48% and OL 12.08%.
At the bottom of the table, on the other hand, the HAC only obtained 0.81% of the 706 million shared, FC Metz barely benefited with 1.27% on its credit. At the origin of these disparities, of course, the frequency of dissemination of the clubs concerned at the most “bankable” times, according to the will of the chains holding rights and with regard to the popularity of said clubs. But the Senate wishes in the future more solidarity.
A vital reform?
In view of the drastic decline in TV rights observed this season – and while the windfall from this television resource appears from the most uncertain today – L1 clubs the least well armed on the marketing and structural level could find themselves condemned shortly. Hence the need to distribute the shares of the “Right TV cake” otherwise. Article 7 of the bill on the reform of French football governance formulating the thing as follows: ” The Federation sets a maximum difference in the distribution of domestic audiovisual products between sports companies participating in the same competition. This difference is at most one to three. »
Pending the study by the National Assembly of this bill – for validation or not – the reform does not fail to divide already within the college of Ligue 1 clubs. With the support of the current management of the Professional Football League (LFP), certain clubs with contrary interests, via senators acquired to their cause, tried to file amendments to review this provision. In vain.
