EDITORIAL
"I find it shocking" Our editorialist Virginie Phulpin does not fool. The French championship of women's handball rerpsi Wednesday night, but no TV channel will broadcast any game this season, while the Blues reign over Europe and the world.
"You realize there is no more broadcaster, while the French handballers are world champions and European champions in title.The least we can say is that they make the French sport shine And this season, in addition, they are preparing for the Olympic Games in Tokyo.They will be quiet to prepare them for the Olympics, not a single camera on the horizon to disturb them.
BeIn Sport had the TV rights for several years, but did not want to continue the adventure, as they say. So I have no desire to tap on BeIn, it's a private channel that broadcasts what she wants, what it can, no problem. But maybe we could have found another solution, right? Finally, there is one. Clubs are encouraged to look for local partners, websites, local channels, if they want to be followed. But they have to pay for the production of images themselves. So yes, I find it shocking.
The underlying message is that what they do in sport is less important than what boys do
Toput that while it is necessary, it seems, to value the feminine sport. But if you do not make the difference between words and deeds, we will not get away with it, huh. You have to be there to rave about and recover when there are titles, but the rest of the time, to be silent.
No, but more seriously, back to school comes in a few days. And at school, children play a lot of handball, it is one of the mainstays of sports classes. And at the weekend, after classes, they will be able to watch the men play hand on TV, the men's championship is still broadcast, him, of course. But the girls will not see their elders playing. What does it mean ? The underlying message is that what they do in sport is still less important than what boys do.
Of course, the girls will still be able to watch the French team play on television. But if you want to see women's sport grow you can not be content with the national team. There is the snake biting its tail. We do not broadcast because there is not enough public interest. But maybe we should go back to the problem: if there is no interest, it may be because we do not broadcast enough. Let's launch a call to the public authorities to try to find a solution. This is also the fight against sexism and discrimination. "