Fifa wants fewer "sexy" fan plans on TV

Could this be the beginning of a change of mentality within Fifa? As the last two matches of the World Cup take shape, the body that manages the world football has decided to reduce the television plans showing sexy supporters present in the stadiums. A "normal evolution" for Federico Addiechi, head of FIFA's diversity program

Blatant Sexism. While expecting rather racist excesses, the International Football Federation has noted a high number of inappropriate sexist behaviors around stadia. According to Fifa, half of the reported incidents involve women journalists accosted, even assaulted, while they are on the air. Very frequent behavior, especially at the beginning of the World Cup, which caused a wave of indignation. Actions have been taken to prevent the excesses of supporters.

But Fifa also wants to act on the images of television cameras that have a little too much tendency to linger on very "sexy" supporters. Cliché images that convey a connoted image of women. The federation will therefore work with broadcasters to put an end to this kind of practice. "It will be one of our axes of development, it is normal.We have studied the images, and this sexism was quite obvious," said Federico Addiechi. A justified reaction for Javier Prieto Santos, editor-in-chief of So Foot : "When we film men, they are always paunchy guys who return the image of the supporter a little cliche, almost hooligan, while when they are women, they are always top models, "he says on Europe 1.

Between hypocrisy and anticipation. The sports journalist goes even further: "It's the most total hypocrisy!" "Fifa did not watch the matches it was broadcasting, it waited all the World Cup to take a position, it's communication, Fifa is completely disconnected, we're in the middle of now MeToo and #BalanceTonPorc and she wakes up at the last moment, "Javier Prieto Santos tackles. But for Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Fifa may be anticipating the World Cup in 2022 in Qatar: "The big federations of the Arab countries have said that they have problems with these images of supporters. had big problems during his matches. "