[13] Due to its notoriety and ready-made connections with the broadcasting world, he quickly saw the PSG brand as the ideal vehicle for his provisionally named Paris Rugby League club.

Tas Baitieri, a France-based Australian player-turned-executive with a long experience serving as a go-between between his adopted country and the game's Anglo-Saxon authorities,[16][20] was named as the team's football manager.

The coaching job went to Australian Peter Mulholland (who was replaced by Englishman Andy Goodway after a slow start), while the share allocated to domestic players greatly decreased under both the RFL's pressure for better results, and an increasing lack of cooperation from more storied French clubs, who resented loaning their talent to a propped-up Paris side.

[26] The team's mounting financial issues lead its parent organization to temporarily strip it of the PSG name in the middle of the season, and further negative attention arose when it was publicized that many of its imports were salaried in the U.K. rather than France, as part of a tax avoidance scheme.

[2] Former PSG member Laurent Lucchese assessed: "I understand why Jacques Fouroux at the start wanted a team in Paris, to promote the sport and get the TV coverage in Charléty, but I think we should have moved the club [...] to be closer to supporters and play in different spots in the south of France.

[23] The spectacle of generous crowds, amplified by the thorough television coverage expected from PSG parent Canal+, was supposed to create a virtuous circle, attracting more corporate sponsors and pushing the team into the black.

[12] Based on spectacular attendance figures at early games, the strategy was praised, with Bradford chairman Chris Caisley crediting Paris as the only club other than his own "who really tried" to live up to the Super League's mainstream aspirations.

[33] In the end, PSG RL never developed the requisite network of corporate partners, with many tickets disseminated via public institutions, while Murdoch and the RFL were left to absorb most of its losses.

[34] Partway into the 2023–24 Ligue 2 season, soccer's Paris FC, also playing out of Charléty Stadium, announced that it would transition to a similar free admission scheme in hopes of boosting its sagging attendance at the notoriously unpopular venue.

[29] LeMonde.fr also named Fouroux's aggressive promotional tactics at PSG as a precursor to union team Stade Français' more widely recognized marketing efforts under president Max Guazzini.