Corinne Deacon does not intend to stop there. According to information from L’Équipe, after being dismissed from her position as coach of the France team by the Comex of the FFF on March 9, she is demanding compensation that she considers she deserves. Since her departure on March 9, she claims to have received no letter of dismissal. On April 6, Corinne Deacon’s lawyer wrote a letter to the FFF to ask for a final point on the situation. The letter specifies that Corinne Deacon asks to be compensated by receiving the salaries she was supposed to receive until the end of her mandate in 2024, at the end of the Olympic Games in Paris.
But that’s not all, since she is also asking for compensation for the damage suffered. Even if the former coach opened the door to negotiations with the FFF, the total amount amounts to 6 million euros. “His revocation took place under abnormal conditions. This causes extremely significant additional harm. We keep her as a selector and we exempt her from activity. Psychologically, it’s unbearable. This mail is made to provoke a discussion. There’s no reason we can’t find an agreement. announced Me. Christophe Ayela, Corinne Deacon’s lawyer.
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To arrive at such an amount, Corinne Deacon’s lawyer relies on a salary comparison with the coach of the French men’s team, Didier Deschamps. “We are asking that she be compensated for her damages,” he adds. The Federation itself recognizes that all this is not normal. And we discovered in the collective sports agreement a principle of equal pay for men and women. Many federations in the world have opted for equal pay for men and women in selection. The pay gap between the coach and the coach is 1 to 8 (Deacon receives 350,000 euros annually). We raised this point in our request. We want pay equity. For players too. The FFF has a public service delegation. There is no reason that players should not be paid as much as men.
For its part, the FFF intends to pay the salaries provided until the end of the contract in 2024 and one year of additional compensation.
