Thirteen clubs first joined forces with the LFP to hijack the Week 30 and the middle class challenges the break

Thirteen clubs in the First Division and all of Second have partnered with the Professional Football League to blackmail the Spanish Government by threatening not to contest the 30 th day of La Liga (and 32 meetings of the Liga Adelante), moving the dates Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 April to after the last day, bringing the final of the League could be delayed by three weeks until June 12.

The two requirements that have arisen with Jaime Lissavetzky, Secretary of State for Sport, are the provision of a higher percentage of revenue from sports betting and the abolition of compulsory televise a game open every day. There is no doubt that there are two reasonable questions and that everything can be brought to a negotiating table, but it is not gold that glitters, much less. On the issue of sharing of the benefits of sports betting, there is no doubt that clubs are not just your right to request a higher percentage, but it is quite logical, since currently only receive around 10%. So, henceforth, we will focus on another point, the party's open.

The abolition of the open game is a longstanding claim that the LFP, beset by debt, and do not know where to get the money. The intention of the clubs has partnered with employers is that the obligation to deliver an open match (secured by law in 1997 driven by Alvarez Cascos, with which it intended to give an economic blow to PRISA, rather than looking for "general interest", as I said) prevents them from maintaining a strong negotiating position in this case. They explain that it is not wishing to eradicate the meeting open, but only want to delete the requirement that they negotiate the sale, can get more money than they currently receive. So far so good. Let the merits.

The LFP carries a great debt to the Spanish Football Association. Since the arrival of Luis Rubiales and his team to the union government, the LFP, led by the puppet is José Luis Villar Astiazarán, has had to withstand the pressures of the AFE to pocket the money owed ​​him. In this sense there to understand the threat of break that AFE conducted earlier this year, which, though it was disguised behind a problem with the calendar and holiday entitlement in the fund was about debt and abuse of the LFP, used to have controlled the union as at the time of Movilla. At that time, most Spanish clubs said they make a break was not the solution to anything.

Now the LFP said that his only intention is to obtain a series of income devoted entirely to take over the debt with the AFE (what have been spending money that was not theirs? Is a question that would for another post) a purpose other than support from the SFA, as well as they do not trust a Astiazarán hair, they know they would not receive the amount of debt in payment or in a few, but the LFP will end up making the same move as always: No tingo money, Pallo ...

The clubs of First and Second Division met to decide whether they support the intentions of the LFP to hijack the Week 30 and it is certain that failed to reach a unanimous position, six are against teams reach the end of a strike in full final stage of the competition: Athletic Club, Real Sociedad, Sevilla, Zaragoza, Villarreal and Espanyol (Malaga stood halfway between each other). These clubs, which are the same ones that were planted with the purpose of Madrid and Barcelona for the distribution of television revenues (and the pants drop small teams ) believe that it is unethical and just stop now and advocate League bury the hatchet until the end of the competition, in the summer again reunrecneon the Government and if the bids do not come, they would agree to delay the start of next season.

Despite having no unanimity, the Group of Thirteen has reiterated throughout the week his intention not to contest the Week 30 (2 and April 3) and adjourn until after the last date. Given this position, the Group of Six has challenged the break filing a lawsuit in the courts of first instance in Madrid to seek injunctive "urgent" that prevent other clubs and suspend Second League. In addition, the Six have sent letters to the LFP, the RFEF Mediapro and urging them to allocate schedules for the 30 th day since the appointment of referees for the same.

I align myself with the tenets of the Group of Six, the middle class of the league, which, among other things, seem the only ones who have what it takes to face the powerful, be they clubs or institutions cacique questionable reliability and trends. It is unethical to threaten a strike would not be such, but a business slowdown: workers, unions in the AFE, do not support the "strike", among other things because no one was interested in knowing what its position in this conflict (the players are silent and AFE is none). Moreover, leaving aside the ethics or morality, are you going to get some of the Government with this threat? Are they going to get more by going the hard way and split that made things calm and consensual? I think not. In the end, will have to put up, will be held what is normally league and after the end of the competition will return to enforce the two proposals that have a great deal of reason in theory, but lost it with practices of dubious integrity.

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