Unfair Practices in the 32nd Finals of the Coupe de France: Professionals Rake Profits from Amateurs

2024-01-09 10:41:00

the essentials The 32nd finals of the competition were held on Friday 5, Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 January. The tradition, which requires that professionals let amateurs benefit from all the income generated by the meetings, has not been unanimously respected.

Anger and bitterness, since Sunday January 7, within the Dinan-Léhon club, in Côtes d’Armor. The Breton team, which plays in National 2 (4th division), was eliminated by the professionals from Reims (Ligue 1), who came to win in Bretange 3-0.

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If the defeat on the field was digested, once morest a logically stronger Champagne team, the post-match was more indigestible. The Rémois would, in fact, not have left the entire proceeds of the meeting to the amateur team, as denounced by the president of the club: the professionals in fact left with half of the 12,000 euros generated by the sale seats.

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“They are within their rights, but these are cad methods!” launched the president of the club Laurent Dartois to our colleagues from West France. In customs and customs, professional clubs leave the recipe to the amateurs, when the big ones move to the little ones.”

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“It’s not like the match, which went very well,” said Arnaud Lécuyer, president of Dinan agglomeration. The latter also author of a scathing tweet: “Congratulations to the Dinan-Léhon players for their match and their journey in the Coupe de France, see you soon in N2! Happy end of the season at the Stade de Reims in Ligue 1, do well use of 50% of the entry receipts… Big club, great team, small leaders” he said, punctuating his post with a thumbs down.

?? Congratulations to the players of @dinanlehonfc for their match and their journey in @coupedefrance. See you soon in N2! ??

Happy end of season @StadeDeReims in @Ligue1UberEats.
Make good use of the 50% of the entry receipts… Big club, great team, small leaders. ? https://t.co/YErq4idk4P

— Arnaud Lécuyer (@alecuyer) January 7, 2024

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As for the other professional teams who challenged amateurs during these 32nd finals, we know that Marseille left the recipe to Thionville, just like PSG to Revel and TFC to Chambéry.


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