With fewer than two goals a game in France's top division, Ligue 1, soccer chiefs have commissioned Michel Hidalgo, the coach who inspired France to victory in the 1984 European Championship, to look at proposals to liven up the product.
Possible measures include penalty shoot-outs instead of draws, two points for a score draw and a bonus point for a victory by more than two goals, according to the UK's Observer newspaper.
Canal Plus, after shelling out a record euros 1.8billion for live coverage over this and the next two seasons, fears viewers will stop tuning in if the negative football continues.
