However current debates are not on the merits

This is not a problem in the French football Federation. This is a problem of a political nature relating to the management of French sport. Since the beginning of the Republic V e, the State considers that the sport is part of its sovereign domain. The France is one of the few countries to be considered as such. Thus, among the Member nations of the international Olympic Committee, only three have adopted this configuration: the France, Cuba, and the Korea of the North... The FFF is given a genuine delegation of public service mission. In reality, it is under the authority of the State. Understand, therefore, why when Roselyne Bachelot tried to manage the crisis in South Africa, difficulties are emerged with Fifa. Indeed, it is very critical of the political autonomy of its national federations.

This so-called reform of the Federation, is a reform of governance in the foot! The debates are on elements of representativeness. This is not the essential. Governance is first to political targets in the medium and long term. The question of the representation arises then when it comes to finding solutions to achieve. However, current debates are not on the merits. For example, the fact that it identifies today two economies in football: economy of soccer practice and an economy of football to look at. These are two different worlds which call for modes of governance separate car bearing on social and economic issues that have nothing to do with each other.

We forget that the professional football league (LFP) is an association under tutelage of the FFF is itself under the authority of the State. However, the LPF budget is higher than the budget the State dedicated to the sport... I do not think that such a situation of budgetary imbalance can be identified in other sectors of the French administration. Moreover, Ligue 1 clubs suffer a terrible international financial pressure while they have little autonomy of management. This "double constraint", organizational and financial, many forms of management just rigorous. In reality, money from French football is lost in the sand. It is absolutely scandalous. Is known, for example, what are the annual TV rights of French soccer They represent the whole of the international assistance received by Pakistan in the earthquake that this country has recently suffered, all of the research budget that the France will invest in 2011 to new computer as the "cloud computing" technologies or even the budget needed for digitization of libraries all French. Next to the enormity of these funds, not only international outcomes do not follow, but our Millionaires Club still have the front to ask communities to finance their stadiums... In the context of crisis that we know, the French took little awareness of the financial scandal that represents French football. Its authorities would do well to take conscience.

It is obvious. It explains that the reason is the difference financial with major foreign clubs. There is no doubt a kernel of truth in this assertion but good financial management might change a part of the deal. Critics today come to the place of the DNCG (National Directorate of management control, Editor's note) are disturbing because they suggest that this "financial gendarme" French football would not be in its role in making some alarm bells. Not only it is but I am among those who consider that its role should still be amplified. I remember only in 2009, an intergovernmental organization such as the group financial action (force FATF) has published a detailed study on the risk of money laundering in the football sector. At the time where the economy of the paris online seems to be considered by all actors as the future financial Saviour HABs football, there is to be worried.