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©  Foot Unis
Foot Unis: "The major challenge for French football is the TV tender" (L. Nicollin, Montpellier HSC)

"The major challenge for French football is the TV rights tender, which will take place in September 2023. We hope it will result in something a little better than the current situation (€624m/year in France until 2023-24)," said Laurent Nicollin, president of Montpellier Hérault Sport Club (Ligue…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Stadiums, Finance, …
• Article # 292142
• Published on 16/06/23 at 16:10
©  D.R.
Future of Sport: "We have to differentiate ourselves with data" (D. Comolli, TFC)

"The data aspect has an impact on everything we do. It goes from the choice of a coach to the decision to sack him, but also to the way we play, develop our tactics, our recruitment, our measurement of players' performance, their sleep, and so on. If we did everything the other clubs did, we…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Transfer Market, Legal, …
• Article # 292058
• Published on 16/06/23 at 10:20
©  FIFA
FIFA: a joint sponsorship programme for the 2026 World Cup & Concacaf competitions

FIFA and Concacaf have entered a collaboration agreement "to jointly promote and market partnership opportunities for selected national team competitions," announced the two parties on 14/06/2023. This partnership covers three years, until the 2026 World Cup (organised in Canada, the United…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Sponsors - Partners
• Article # 292056
• Published on 15/06/23 at 18:10
©  Future of Sport
Future of Sport: "The Women's World Cup France 2019 was a remarkable moment for us" (S. Booth, FIFA)

"In terms of what viewership does, France (Women's World Cup 2019) was a remarkable moment for us. We had 1.12 billion views. What we saw after that was an incredible surge in popularity for the game," said Sara Booth, head of women's competitions at FIFA, on 15/06/2023. Sara Booth participated…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Sponsors - Partners, Finance, …
• Article # 292034
• Published on 15/06/23 at 17:50
©  Future of Sport
Future of Sport: "Women's sports - the best investment that you can make" (J. Uhrman, Angel City FC)

"Women's sports is incredibly investable, it's the best investment that you can make in the world of sports right now. When you have partners like FIFA and Angel City out there, communicating our value and demanding our value, that's how it's going to grow," said Julie Uhrman co-founder and…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Sponsors - Partners, …
• Article # 291990
• Published on 15/06/23 at 17:30
©  EPCR
Rugby: EPCR returns to a multi-pool format for European Cups from 2023-24

"EPCR confirms a return to a multi-pool format for 2023-24 season, agreed with the Leagues and Unions," announced the European body on 14/06/2023. European competitions, which have hosted South African teams since 2022-23, thus return to their pre-pandemic format (four groups of six teams for…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Authorities, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 291979
• Published on 15/06/23 at 15:30
©  News Tank
Foot Unis Convention/Women's Football: "We are in the midst of a revolution" (J-M. Aulas)

"The subject of reforming women's football is being dealt with by the Federation, and we are in the midst of a revolution. The first thing we did was to establish an ambition for the French team and the conditions for implementing it," said Jean-Michel Aulas, former president of Olympique Lyonnais…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Investment - Shareholding, Legal, …
• Article # 291876
• Published on 15/06/23 at 11:40
©  Séb Lascoux
FIFA: Fatma Samoura, secretary general since June 2016, to step down at the end of 2023

"FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura will step down at the end of 2023 at the end of seven years during which she will have played a major role in transforming the organisation and restoring its credibility, while breaking down many barriers," announced the International Federation on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Legal, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations
• Article # 291940
• Published on 15/06/23 at 11:00
©  FB
Foot Unis Convention/FIFA agents' reform: "Clubs will be faced with a dilemma" (P. Moyersoen)

"In France, agents are not allowed to have two mandates. It's forbidden by law; an agent can only represent one party. If FIFA regulations are applied in France, agents will not be able to benefit from this double mandate, leaving commissions at 3% or 5%, compared with 6% or 10% in other…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Transfer Market, Authorities, …
• Article # 291791
• Published on 14/06/23 at 14:00
©  FIFA
FIFA: SC Malesherbois (FRA), first club to receive a payment from the FIFA Clearing House

On 12/06/2023, French amateur club SC Malesherbois (Loiret, FRA) will become the first beneficiary of a payment made by the FIFA Clearing House, announced the International Federation on 13/06/2023. The Clearing House, located at the Hôtel de la Marine in Paris (8th arrondissement) is "the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 291755
• Published on 14/06/23 at 11:40