OK so here is the threat
France’s top football clubs, who employ some of the country’s wealthiest professionals, have said they may go on strike this weekend in protest at plans to tax earnings over a million euros at 75 percent.
Here is the reality
French football "is still in the red as all Ligue 1 clubs saw its debt increase at the end of last year, compared to the previous season," according to SPORTS. Ligue 1 "continues to show negative financial results."
Here is a possible compromise.
Get your business model in order and pay your players less, then they wont have so much tax to pay, not forgetting the owners of said clubs.
My personal viewpoint
Earning millions for playing with a ball, seriously; you are going to complain about taxes?
Perhaps their fans could also go on strike over excessive ticket prices?
Perhaps a dose of reality might be good for professional sports as a whole.