French National Assembly passes professional sport reform law | OneFootball

France's Assemblée nationale approved a bill to reform professional sport on Monday, after stripping out several unpopular amendments.

According to L'Équipe, the proposal, titled "relative à l'organisation, à la gestion et au financement du sport professionnel", passed by 75 votes to 2 at around 20:00, a year after it cleared the Senate.

The sitting began at 9:30 to review 360 amendments, opening with Horizons MP Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo criticising LFP leaders who had urged a postponement, arguing sport faces a decisive moment and urgency. She said some provisions could still be improved but backed the bill's spirit and objectives.

MPs dropped the requirement to reserve a free-to-air match each matchday, and reverted to reasoned consultation of supporter associations without binding opinions. The 1-to-3 cap on sharing broadcast revenues between clubs was kept for football only.

Three points will be revisited in the commission mixte paritaire on 8 July. They cover a ban on multi-club ownership, with existing cases unaffected, a prohibition on sports-betting adverts five minutes before and after match broadcasts, and extending the remuneration cap to employees of delegated federations.

Source: L'Équipe