France Football Referee Threatened To Boycott Nike

2010/12/22 16:13:00 90

According to the French media 21 reported that the French football senior referee union said that if you can not get a share in the sponsorship fee, all the referees of the League will sponsor the Football Association.

Nike

The clothing and equipment provided by the company are boycotted.

In the past 30 years, the French Football Association has been

Adidas

Cooperation, but because Nike gave more favorable conditions, the football association signed its 8 year in August 2008.

Sponsor

Contract.

According to this agreement, from 2011 to 2018, Nike will pay a 40 million euro sponsorship fee to the football association each year.

The referee's Union wanted to withdraw 2 million euros from it, but it was rejected.

In an internal letter to all members, the trade union said that it had consulted the referee of the French and French League on the 17 th of this month for the matter. Although everyone suggested that the way of action should be different, most people wanted to carry out the protest.

Before that, the referee Union also sent a letter to the French Football Association, complaining that it had never been included in negotiations with Nike and France post, and said it would fight back.

Nike entered the field of football in 1994, but its development was fast.

The company once set ambitious ambitions to become the world's largest supplier of football products.

In their view, the result of the French team is relatively stable, and the football market is also huge, which will help the company achieve this goal.