LFP TV rights: "We asked to extend the calls for tenders from 4 to 10 years" (J-M Aulas, OL)

"We asked during our meeting with the (French government) ministers (Tuesday 16/02/2021) about the possibility of extending the duration of calls for tenders for TV rights from four to ten years. This is a reform that does not cost anything to the State, and which would allow the League (LFP) to revalue its rights in the medium term and recover cash by requesting an advance when the rights are allocated," stated Jean-Michel Aulas, president of Olympique Lyonnais, during the video-press conference to present the half-year accounts of OL Groupe, on 17/02/2021.

Vincent Labrune, president of the French Professional Football League, and a delegation of professional football clubs made up of four presidents who own their clubs, three from Ligue 1 Uber Eats: Jean-Michel Aulas (Olympique Lyonnais), Loïc Féry (FC Lorient), and Laurent Nicollin (Montpellier Hérault Sport Club), and a Ligue 2 BKT club, Pierre-Olivier Murat (Rodez Aveyron Football), met via video-conference with Jean-Michel Blanquer, French Minister of National Education, Youth and of Sports, Roxana Maracineanu, Minister…