The difference is abysmal. If they win tonight’s Champions League against the German Frankfurt, the players of Paris Saint-Germain will receive each a premium of … 5000 euros. A pittance compared to the million that the club’s leaders had promised their male counterparts, they eliminated in the quarterfinals of the competition by FC Barcelona. If historic win (this is the first time they contest the final of the European competition competitor), protected coach Farid Benstiti and would receive two hundred times less than the jackpot would have pocketed Laurent Blanc’s men if they had won the Champions League on 6 June in Berlin.
A gulf reproduced, by amplifying the abysmal gap between the men’s section of the budget (480 million) and female (7 million euro) of the PSG. With the largest salary (16,000 euros gross monthly), Laura Georges win, her 84 times less than Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who will initial at 1 350 000 euros gross monthly.
“We share away. “ So Beatrice Barbusse, sports sociologist, summarizes the current situation of women’s football in France. “Ideally, I do not think it’s normal , she says. But in the particular context of women’s football, the difference between the premiums does not shock me. The economic base is not sufficient. “ It portrays a discipline where ” everything remains to be developed. “ ” We must organize, boost competitiveness, “ she said.
A long road
Since the establishment ten years ago, the first women’s football section in Montpellier, by its president Louis Nicollin, long progress has been made. Olympique Lyonnais has twice won the Champions League in 2011 and 2012. Women’s football is also imposed on television. The DTT channel D8 achieved very good audience by broadcasting the semifinal World Cup between France and the United States, July 13, 2011 (2.4 million viewers). According to Beatrice Barbusse, such rapid development – with such good results – would be difficult to imagine in rugby. “Women’s football benefits from the global football will , she analyzes. And some players are paid as well or better than professional handball players . “
Les Parisiennes are not popular face in Frankfurt, already sacred three time in the Champions League (2002, 2006, 2008). And they can not count on the presence in many of their supporters for galvanizing. The meeting takes place at the stage Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark in Berlin, home to the reserve of Herta Berlin and has a modest capacity of 20 000 places – among which only 1,000 are reserved for Parisian supporters. We are far from the Munich Olympic Stadium carrying capacity (69,250 places) used in 2012 for the final between Lyon and Frankfurt.
“To be visible, women’s sports must win “
It should be remembered that the women’s team PSG still evolving at the amateur level there are four years. The women’s section has been broadened since 2011 and the redemption of the Parisian club by Qatar Sports Investments funds (QSI). She now has the most voluminous budget, which is double that of Olympique Lyon President Jean-Michel Aulas (€ 3.5 million). Les Parisiennes became fully professional, and working conditions have changed dramatically. They have a training center which is reserved for them Bougival (Yvelines), located a few kilometers from that of their male counterparts, based in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. They played for the first time this season a Champions League match at Parc des Princes on March 28 against Glasgow, in the quarterfinals (5-0 victory), before 11,300 spectators (over a 45 gauge 000 places) .
If they prevailed tonight against Frankfurt, players PSG would write a new page in the history of French women’s sport. In addition, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) would pay 250,000 euros to the club if successful (against € 50 million affected by the male section, fell in the quarterfinals).
“They have more pressure as women , insists Beatrice Barbusse. To be visible, women’s sport has no choice. He must win. “
David Gauthier
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