This Tuesday, the President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron will have a videoconference with sports leaders about the current economic crisis, linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. To represent French basketball, Tony Parker was chosen, reported L’Equipe, which was also announced to us.
Several leaders of the National Basketball League (LNB) clubs had pushed for the best player in the history of this sport in France, who became president of the 2019 French champion clubs, ASVEL and ASVEL Féminin, to lead the fight. . TP toured the media from San Antonio, Texas to get a message across, eliciting a public and private response from Minister Responsible for Sports Roxana Maracineanu.
It remains to be seen what Emmanuel Macron will announce to federations, professional leagues and event representatives. The main track comes down to the release of the compensation fund (announced between 107 and 110 million euros) by the European Union and its allocation. The introduction of a partial unemployment scheme would also be very useful, in particular for indoor sports with less savings than football and rugby clubs. One or more devices that could allow the Jeep ELITE, Pro B and LFB season to continue.
