At the FFR, one case chases the other. Thus, according to The team, the French Rugby Federation could very quickly be enamelled again by a new case, this time against the backdrop of supplies of computer services. Indeed, according to our colleagues, the body which is preparing to officially appoint its treasurer Alexandre Martinez as interim president following the resignation of Bernard Laporte may not have respected the rules of competition applying in such cases. . The Directorate General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Prevention (DGCCRF) could therefore very quickly open an investigation in this direction. The team also indicates that it is the Ministry of Sports that would have alerted the DGCCRF. He also confirmed to our colleagues that he was indeed at the origin of this new case which the DGCCRF could take up very soon. “Following a report to the ministry at the end of January concerning contracts awarded by the French Rugby Federation, Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra asked the Sports Department to refer to the DGCCRF so that an investigation be carried out concerning in particular compliance with competition rules. The DGCCRF has just been seized in this sense. »

Would the FFR have favored one company over another?

always according to The team, the report in question which could put a little more in turmoil an FFR already at its worst “would relate to the development and the provision of software allowing the viewing of video and the statistical analysis of matches. » The investigation will have to say on the rules of competition for this type of commercial activities referring to article L131-13 of the Sports Code have been respected or not with regard to these markets supposedly linked to computer services and whether a company in particular has not been favored at the expense of another, when the texts require that “contracts cannot be concluded without prior call for competition. “ Whether or not the investigation proves that the regulations have been respected, the FFR would have done well without this new inglorious episode.