Following the incident, the French Football Federation’s (FFF) National Ethics Council (CNE) wrote to Jean-Clair Todibo asking him to explain “his incomprehensible attitude”, reminding him that the CNE could always refer the matter to the French Football Federation’s Disciplinary Committee. The OGC Nice center-back then made a point of apologizing at a press conference on Monday, 16 October 2023, referring to a “nervous laugh” whose purpose was “in no way to mock”.
As the economic and political stakes in football become ever higher, this context gives players more and more social responsibility when they are in public, particularly on television. This incident raises questions about the control and repression of the behavior and actions of professional players and, ultimately, about their real freedom to behave as they wish, on and off the pitch, even when these behaviors are not...
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