France: "Taxes and social charges suffocate the French football clubs" (B. Caïazzo, Saint-Étienne)

"Taxes and social charges suffocate the French clubs much more than their European neighbors," stated Bernard Caïazzo, chairman of the board of AS Saint-Étienne (Ligue 1 Conforama) and also president of the Première Ligue (union of primarily French first division clubs), in presenting a document entitled "The Weight of the Social Charges and...