“The supporters arrogate to themselves the rights they do not have”, denounces the co-president of the UNFP

The day after new overflows in a stadium, during the 32nd final of the Coupe de France between Paris FC and Olympique Lyonnais, the co-president of the UNFP, union of professional players Philippe Piat protested Saturday on franceinfo against the behavior of some supporters. “I have been denouncing for a while things that concern supporters, who now arrogate to themselves rights that they do not have“, he regrets.

According to him, supporters “believe that they are the ones who must decide on the recruitment of players or their sale and it becomes unbearable. So, we will have to take a serious look at this problem.“, he says in response to the overflows.”We are not in the Spanish system where there are ‘socios’ and where the supporters are shareholders of the club. In France, this is not the legal status of clubs“, recalls the co-president of the UNFP.

Philippe Piat adds that firm measures must be taken to avoid further overflows: “We have to imagine rules and laws that punish supporters, in quotes, who are caught in the act“and take the British success story as an example:”If the English arrived at this, it is because they were draconian, drastic on the sanctions and the penalties to be given to the supporters.“.