Both rugby and football do not develop in the media and financially. The huge gap between the two sports is evident in the earnings and bonuses that are linked to major European club competitions: Champions League for the round-ball, Champions Cup for oval.
Stade Rochelais could have gotten 600,000 euros as a victory bonus by lifting the cup at Stade-Velodrome de Marseille, Saturday May 28, to place it near Old Port of La Rochelle. La Rochelle will receive around 1.55 million euro if she wins the competition.
A few hours later, Real Madrid received a 20 million Euro bonus for its 14th coronation at the Stade de France. Real Madrid had already earned 12.5 million euros through qualifying. Real, which received between 900,000.00 and 2.5 million euros for each draw or victory in the competition, was worth approximately 60 million euros more than the ticketing fee.
Each club is eligible to be in the elite European rugby cup. This prize includes 900,000. This major competition is not financially viable due to the high costs of travel and match organization. The quarter-finals will be the time when all the venues are filled and clubs share the ticketing revenues (55% for the home team, 45% for traveling teams). The club that moves is able to benefit from a distribution that does not involve the organization costs.
Even though lifting the cup is a bonus of 1.5 million euros, this bonus can be a significant part of a Top 14 club’s budget. The budget for La Rochelle in the 2021-2022 season was 27.9 millions euros (8th Budget of the Top 14), an increase of 2 million over the previous season. This is due in large part to the European course, which had led the yellow-black team to the final.
