EDITORIAL - "Don't you think we are suffering enough like that at the moment?"

Don't you think we're suffering enough like this right now? Why try to enlarge the line and pretend that the apocalypse sport awaits us around the corner? There is no doubt that the health crisis is shaking the world of sport. There are a lot of questions to ask yourself, a lot of adjustments to find, and you have to really think about sports events in depth. But there, the statement of Thomas Bach seems to me anxious without reason. I let you judge. "If the Tokyo Olympics cannot take place in the summer of 2021, they will not take place at all." It is perfectly normal for the President of the International Olympic Committee to reflect on this possibility. But however IOC boss he is, he has absolutely no idea today what the health situation will be in a year and two months. So what is the point of waving the red cloth in public places? The Olympic athletes are already digesting the fact that the games are postponed, which is perfectly logical, we may let them resume training gradually without telling them that they may be working for nothing… And everything that without any new information. For athletes at the end of their careers, it is almost like telling them that it's over for them. I find it awkward to say the least. 

Mediapart, for its part, published yesterday an investigation into "the resounding bankruptcy of French football"

Again, just the title is anxiety-provoking. We have the impression that we are going to witness the death of French football. Mediapart has obtained a confidential report from the League on the economic consequences of the health crisis. The cost is estimated at 438 million euros. Yes, that’s a lot. What worries Mediapart is that the League has requested a loan guaranteed by the State, but that given the deficits of certain clubs it is the taxpayers who risk paying. No. There are clubs which are in deficit for several years in a row, yes, this is the case of OM for example. But it doesn't add up, huh. There is one shareholder who bail out every year. And if you really want to imagine the worst, clubs have assets, like players for example, that they can always sell. So again, why scare everyone "wow, wow, you're going to pay for the soccer clubs"? No. You really don't need to hear the sirens howling because some people choose to make the line bigger. We are not in the global bankruptcy of French football, and we do not know if the Tokyo games will take place next year. Sometimes it's hard to admit that you don't know. But it seems more reasonable to me than playing on fears.