October 15, 2008

France To Take Ball, Go Home

By: Daniel Kennelly

Via AFP:

Any football match in France before which the country’s national anthem is booed will now be “immediately stopped”, French Sports Minister Roselyne Bachelot said Wednesday after meeting with President Nicolas Sarkozy.

“We cannot tolerate our Marseillaise being jeered,” said Bernard Laporte, ministerial secretary of state for sport.

Really? Then I guess this clip is right out: