Gay Dating App Grindr Sponsors French Second-Tier Rugby Club

  • Deal worth $1.2 million a year for Biarritz Olympique: report
  • Homophobia commonplace in professional rugby, survey found

    

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Players at French rugby club Biarritz Olympique will carry the name and logo of gay dating app Grindr on their shirts in a rare sponsorship deal that kicks in next season.

The second-tier club based in France’s southwest will receive around 1 million euros ($1.2 million) a year under the deal with the world’s largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people, French Bleu radio reported.