After the anarchy in the Top 14 calendar created by the cases of Covid 19 which follow one another in French clubs, it is a completely different reason which once again disrupts the schedule for the weekend where 4 games late, including that of Aviron Bayonnais in Castres are scheduled. The latter is found collateral victim of the imbroglio of TV rights in Ligue 1 football after Mediapro, the main broadcaster, refused to pay for the second rights deal.
The National Football League has not, to date, found an agreement with a new broadcaster, Canal + took the opportunity to snatch the rights to broadcast of the shock match between Olympique de Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain, scheduled for Sunday at 9 p.m.. However, at this time, the encrypted channel before initially planned to broadcast another shock meeting: the opposition between Racing 92 and La Rochelle, respectively 3rd and 2nd in the Rugby Top 14 ranking.
With this new programming, Canal +, which owns the TV rights to the flagship domestic competition of the hexagonal oval and is in fact the big money maker of French professional rugby, has decided to advance the clash between Racingmen and Rochelais at 2.15pm. As a result, the late match of the 12th day between Castres (11th) and Aviron Bayonnais (12th), initially scheduled for this time slot (2.45 p.m. to be exact), it is also shifted … at 6 p.m..
Difficult to follow for rugby aficionados who find themselves once again tossed about at the mercy of football programming.
Despite these last-minute turnovers, the Bayonne match will be good broadcast live and in full on Sunday at 6 p.m. on France Bleu Pays Basque.
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