Here is the requested translation in English:
In early January, Baseball TV France announced that it was no longer able to publish its articles or set up its broadcasts.
The reactions were quick to come. Numerous, moving, sometimes worried, they were above all bearers of solutions. Your public or private messages reminded us of one essential thing: beyond a media, Baseball TV France is a collective adventure. And this mobilization has given us the desire to fight together, to continue.
Being a volunteer means committing time, energy… and also financial means. From the beginning, the functioning of Baseball TV France has been based on personal funds and occasional aid, which is not being renewed today.
In a classic, professional model, the application and broadcasts would have been made payable. But that is not our choice: we are not a structure with a lucrative purpose, and we want to remain accessible to everyone.
Following your many suggestions, we have decided to launch a call for donations, via a crowdfunding platform, here for the entire baseball, softball and baseball5 community.
For the sake of transparency, it is important to specify that the hosting costs of the application and the website amount to €3000 per year. These costs directly condition the possibility of continuing to publish, broadcast and inform.
Because Baseball TV France is not just a media.
It is one of the voices of French baseball, softball and baseball5.
The one that tells your clubs, your players, your fields, your passions — where too often, the mainstream media is silent.
Behind every article, every match broadcast, every interview, there is a team of 100% volunteer journalists, driven by one thing: the love of our sports.
Today, this voice needs your support.
Not to grow,
Not to generate profits,
but simply to continue to exist and to keep alive the news of baseball, softball and French Baseball5 in 2026.
If you believe that these sports deserve to be seen, told and shared,
if Baseball TV France informs you, brings you together or moves you,
we invite you, with humility, to help us continue the adventure.
Every donation counts.
Every gesture makes a difference.
And together, we can ensure that this voice does not go out. ⚾🥎
THANK YOU.
