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Only a few women have established themselves in the super-closed club of athletes’ agents. How do they cope in an environment that is still very sexist? Between failures and successes, they give the game away.
This Thursday, 2011 On August 4th, Mary Simone arrived by disaster at the National Rugby Center in Marcusis (Essonne), the headquarters of the French XV, which was then in full preparation for the World Cup. Of the ten players for whom he manages press relations and advertising contracts, 24-year-old winger Yoan Huguette has just been dropped for “failure to comply with anti-doping localization requirements”. No stranger to media storms, the former head of communications at Endemol History of the Loft – already knows the next few hours are going to be hectic. You have to comfort the player, filter the press, calm the sponsors, face the indignity. But also dealing a bad blow on a personal level that he didn’t see coming…
“Slight sexism and misogyny”
In the five years since setting up her sports marketing agency (rugby, football, handball), Mary Simonett believes she has endured the worst trappings of the 100% masculine microcosm whose values are proclaimed on the right;
Source: Le Figaro
