Every day, the morning of Europe 1 looks back on one of the sporting events that make the news.

This Wednesday, Virginie Phulpin returns to custody of Bernard Laporte in the context of the Altrad affair while the person concerned denounces an "attempted putsch".

According to her, the end of Bernard Laporte's mandate is not up to the stakes for French Rugby.

Bernard Laporte, the president of the French rugby federation, was taken into custody on Tuesday.

He is suspected of having intervened with the federation's appeal committee to reduce sanctions against the Montpellier club.

For Virginie Phulpin, 10 days before the election of the president of the federation, the end of Bernard Laporte's mandate is not up to the stakes for French rugby.

It looks like a noir novel in the heart of French rugby.

A clan war, invective, threats and now an open letter from Bernard Laporte to the clubs which smacks of conspiracy theory.

The president of the Federation has been in custody since Tuesday with four other people.

Of course, 10 days before the election to the presidency, things could not have been worse for Bernard Laporte.

There is obviously a presumption of innocence, but that can rock the undecided, it's true.

Suddenly he rushes into this gap in the unfavorable calendar to speak of an "attempted putsch" and a cleverly orchestrated campaign of destabilization which is falling on French rugby.

Frankly, as if Florian Grill, his main opponent in the presidential race, could manipulate the financial police.

Even Bernard Laporte's lawyer dissociates himself from this conspiratorial discourse.  

But ultimately, it's not so surprising to get there, as the atmosphere has been deleterious in French rugby for many months.

Nobody speaks to each other in fact, except for a dialogue of the deaf.

Look at what is happening between the federation and the league regarding the matches of the XV of France this fall.

The federation wants six matches, while the league does not want to leave the players at the disposal of the Blues more than five matches.

They could have talked calmly, but it escalated very quickly.

And the league still threatens to seize the Council of State.

In short, French rugby is going through a virile but not very correct moment.  

Yet this is when rugby would need to be brought together. 

The health crisis plus the resulting financial crisis considerably weaken the clubs.

Is it really the time to tear each other apart while the ship sinks?

Are electoral struggles really more important than coming together to save French rugby?

With the spectator gauges reduced in the stadiums, there are clubs which are crying out for famine.

The ticket office is their livelihood, more than TV rights.

Right now they have fear in their stomachs, the health protocol is suffocating them, and it is not these fratricidal struggles that will give them confidence in the future.

They need unity, clear speech and action, surely not a conspiracy theory.

It will be long, these 10 remaining days of campaign ...