Have the Ultras, “the essential 12th man”, taken too much power in French football?

2023-09-29 01:36:40

This month, three French researchers asked themselves a slightly provocative question in the journal Sports Economics Reviews. Should football fans, and particularly Ultras, be paid to come to the stadium? A strange thought, one might say, when incidents regularly arise in the news calling into question the exemplary nature of certain supporters. This month of September was no exception to the rule, from Lyon to Marseille via Nantes or Paris.