That’s a wild extrapolation of a random executive saying they have to bring “games that matter” to the US in an empty sales pitch to attract US broadcasters to buy Ligue 1 rights.
If anything, that sounds a lot more like the Supercup trophy, that is already played abroad anyway.
No way fans let this happen.
Ez, bring back the Coupe Drago and have it played in exotics places, during the CdF games.
Or create like a Coupe des Clubs Champions (de l1) where you have the past winners play where there used to be 4 more matchdays, like either you start L1 in September/last W-E of August and have that in the US (it’s 4 matchs) or just before/after international breaks (not the entire competition at once in that case)
Ligue 1 still chasing the lost revenue from its deal with mediapro that went sour. Was a record deal and they had all planned for it accordingly, and going from 20 to 18 teams was an attempt to fix their finances. It’s still on its way back but this isn’t the way
I don’t think it would go that well, PSG’s really the only French team that could draw a half decent crowd in the US, otherwise you’re probably looking at Mazatlan-Juarez repeats.
If they want to bolster the US market, how about not signing a TV deal with beIN Sport? Of the top 6 European leagues, Ligue 1 is the most inaccessible.
Dembele is not a big enough name to get people to watch
Given that people consider it a Farmers League - let’s send some matches to Idaho or Iowa.
In all seriousness, who has thought that this could be a good idea? No league has done that, and the only time Spanish League did that, nobody liked it.