What They're Saying
- by Soccer America , Jun 27, 2012
"Today, many French people will ask why we pay so much out to people who respect the public so little. When the French are suffering from things such as a fall in their purchasing power and yet see
players pocketing 100,000 euros at the end of this competition before then showing contempt for their public it is very painful."
-- French Socialist lawmaker Olivier Faure
objects to the $125,000 bonuses paid to each player of the French team whose quarterfinal exit was marked by Samir Nasri's foul-mouthed exchange with a journalist. (AFP)
Well said. He's right. I will probably very rarely in my life go on record agreeing in full with what a socialist politician says, but Monsieur Olivier Faure is on target. His comment is a bullseye. Merci beaucoup.