European Cup play-off: OGC Nice blames M. Tel-Aviv for the lack of broadcasting agreement in France

"Following numerous messages via social media, OGC Nice would like to provide an overview of how things stand regarding the broadcast of our UEFA Europa Conference League play-off tie with Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) on Thursday (18/08/2022, kick-off at 19:00 CET). The broadcast rights to the game belong to the home team for each leg (for the play-offs)," said the Ligue 1 Uber Eats club on 17/08/2022. OGC Nice therefore holds the rights to the second leg in Nice (Thursday 25/08/2022, kick-off at 20:00 CET), and Maccabi to the first leg in Tel Aviv.

"To guarantee the games could be seen by both sets of fans in their own country, OGC Nice proposed an exchange of rights in France and Israel, based on pure and simple reciprocity, and committed to the production and broadcast of the second leg. Unfortunately, Maccabi Tel-Aviv did not wish to reply favourably to that suggestion, which is something that is done frequently at this level of continental competition, preferring instead to negotiate the rights deal for the game in France on their own. French radio stations wishing to cover the match…