Wednesday’s Sports News: LA Minute Sport
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More music. The day after the defeat against Le Havre (0-1), Nicolas Benezet complained on Twitter about the lack of atmosphere at the Antonins stadium. “Playing a hold with no music in the warm-up to motivate the players. An empty stadium as if it were a friendly match while we are playing the first of the championship. The impression of playing outside every weekend. “During the reception before and the 4-0 success against Annecy, there were hardly any more spectators and there was already no music at the time of the warm-ups. How is it possible ? The club is currently in renegotiation with Sacem (Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers) which is asking clubs to pay a fee for the right to broadcast music on match days in the presence of the public. A cost that is between €2,000 and €3,000 per year for Nîmes Olympique. The price of the remuneration is fixed on various criteria including that of the gauge of the stadium. That is to say that the NO pays for a capacity of 8,000 spectators while the crowd rarely exceeds 2,000 people, which the management denounces. Discussions are underway even at the level of the League, which also deals with Sacem. At the Crocos, we are studying the possibility of broadcasting royalty-free sounds for next season, which is much cheaper. Until the negotiations are completed, there should be no more music at the Antonins until the end of the season. Four matches are still to be played against Pau, Valenciennes, Dijon and Sochaux.
Discipline or lack of commitment? Abused, jostled and finally beaten 3-0, the Crocodiles did not shine on Saturday against Paris FC. This failure, combined with the victories of Valenciennes, Laval and Pau, put the NO in great difficulty in the Ligue 2 standings. end of the championship. However, in this difficult moment, Nîmes did not receive any warning. Usually, the teams in difficulty lose their lucidity a little and they commit penalized faults. But in Nîmes this is not the case since Frédéric Bompard’s players have only received six yellow cards in the last five days, where they have been beaten three times. Some will see it as a great discipline and others a lack of commitment. Everyone will have their own idea. For his part, at the end of the match, the Nîmes coach pointed out the lack of investment of his players: “We were behind on all the duels, we lacked aggression. “The Nîmes will really have to show something else if they want to stay in Ligue 2.
The tribute to “Toni”. On Monday, Antoine Sauli died at the age of 79. The Corsican entrepreneur, founder of the Catavana tool brand, is part of the history of Nîmes Olympique after being the club’s main sponsor from 1986 to 1992, during the years presidency of Jean Bousquet. It was he who helped bring Éric Cantona to the Crocos in 1991. This Wednesday afternoon, his funeral took place at the Saint-Paul church in Nîmes. A hundred people were gathered to pay a last tribute to the one who was nicknamed “Toni” by his relatives. In the audience, some Nîmes Olympique personalities were present: the former general manager, Alain Gazeau, doctor Jean-Charles Pierret, the former secretary, Jean-Pierre Vaillant, and the former players Michel Mézy, Patrick Champ, Daniel Sanlaville and especially Alain Espeisse. After his playing career, the Nîmes had become a close friend of Antoine Sauli. The Mayor of Nîmes, Jean-Paul Fournier, and the President of Nîmes Métropole, Franck Proust, also attended the funeral.
Olympic Alès in the Cévennes
“It’s not acceptable !”. The general manager of the OAC does not take off. After having denounced in the local press the conflict of interest suffered by his club on the part of the French Football Federation (read here), in particular because of the presence of Jean-Michel Aulas in the executive committee which analyzed the case of oacien, Philippe Mallaroni intends from now on to give a national repercussion to the business. “L’Équipe, RMC, France Football. I tell myself that it may be of interest to the national media. Because beyond what affects the OAC, it is more a question of highlighting the dysfunctions of the French Football Federation which seems subservient to the hands of a few. The statutes have been flouted. We are still in the logic of not seen not taken. Except that it is so huge that it could not not be seen. is not acceptable!”, fulminates the right arm of Didier Bilange. And to add: “In this case, you have to go both to the administrative field, but I also believe a lot in media coverage.” From then on, the general manager tried to attract the attention of the national sports media – and beyond – by seeking contacts to satisfy his request.
This article is originally published on objectifgard.com
