For anybody , right here's a abstract of the independant monetary report on the 2022-23 season of TOP14 and ProD2.

The precise report may be consulted within the hyperlink above but it surely's in French although.

TOP14

Incomes for the 2022-23 season for TOP14 have gone up once more to a mean of 28.4 M€ per membership for 397 Mo€ in complete, which is nice.

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Revenues per membership have steadily gone up for a decade (besides throughout Covid)

Sponsorships nonetheless symbolize half of the revenues, TV deal solely 18% and ticket gross sales 14%

Nonetheless, bills have additionally gone up considerably which implies (after some accounting wizardy I don't perceive) that general the golf equipment misplaced about 33 M€ collectively. Salaries have gone up, not for gamers however quite for different roles on the membership (teaching, assist, misc, administration, enterprise jobs). The report additionally factors the finger to participant agent prices which have been steadily going up for a decade. Lastly, this season, the worth of mounted property has gone up considerably from 125 M€ to 160M€ that means that golf equipment have considerably invested on infrastructure and different long run property.

All in all, prices went as much as 456.1M€.

Salaries symbolize 41% of prices, non-wage labour prices 17% of prices.

Because it stands, 5 golf equipment have had a constructive internet revenue final season, 9 have had a damaging internet revenue. One membership registered a 11 Mo € loss. It seems to be quite unhealthy, however I prefer to suppose extra when it comes to the 4 worst golf equipment representing 85% of these losses.

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Don't ask who's dropping a lot cash.

The important thing characteristic will likely be that benefactors will entrance up cash to shut the hole in income earlier than the following season, in order that golf equipment don't accumulate debt.

ProD2

As for ProD2, incomes have additionally improved, following the identical pattern for a decade besides through the COVID years, leading to an all time excessive revenue of 146.4M€

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in 2023 ProD2 golf equipment generated 9M€ in income per membership

Sponsors symbolize 40% of revenues, TV deal is extra important with 23%, ticket gross sales solely 7%

Nonetheless, prices have additionally elevated sooner, representing in 2023 slightly greater than 160M€. Salaries for gamers and different staff symbolize the brunt of those rising prices.

All in all, 3 ProD2 golf equipment operated at a revenue final season. A superb chunk at a small loss. The 4 worst golf equipment had a lack of greater than 1 M€.

Wouldn't be stunned if it was Biarritz on the left. Montauban additionally in a dire scenario.

In conclusion, whereas we earn more money, we nonetheless spend more cash than we earn, seemingly with the intention to keep aggressive. The LNR is urging golf equipment to regulate their spendings nonetheless, and wish to cease having to pay participant brokers as effectively, as a result of in any other case the professional leagues are headed in the appropriate route.