Exclusivee-Think Sport/media: "Some club presidents want to have their cake and eat it" (G. Bolle,Nicecactus)

"The Canal+ group has changed a lot since the arrival of Vincent Bolloré, a businessman who knows how to work on power relations. The Canal+ group saw itself as the saviour of French football with the Mediapro affair, but it realises that there are still some club presidents who want to have their cake and eat it too," said Grégory Bolle, chief revenue officer at Nicecactus (a startup specialised in esports) and adviser to international investors, during e-Think Sport 2021, on Thursday 28/01/2021.

Grégory Bolle, together with Pierre Maes, consultant and author of the book "Le business des droits TV du football" (The Business of Football TV Rights), and Arnaud Simon, CEO of In&Out Stories, a consulting firm for international sports organisations, spoke on Thursday 28/01/2021 during the third morning of e-Think Sport 2021 devoted to media in a round table entitled "Ligue 1 TV rights: what lessons can be learned from the Mediapro fiasco?".

"The balance of power is so unbalanced in favour of Canal+... For the (French) League, it's a nightmare. When you see the free channels that offer to…