Court suspends planned strike by Spanish players
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A POTENTIAL strike by top Spanish footballers has been suspended after a petition filed by the league (LFP) against planned action by the players’ union (AFE) was upheld by the High Court yesterday.
The strike threatened to disrupt the final two matchdays in La Liga, and the Copa del Rey final at the end of the month, because the AFE was unhappy with a new law mandating collective bargaining for the sale of television rights. That provoked a challenge by the LFP which argued the action was illegal.
The national soccer federation (RFEF) is also unhappy with the law but, following yesterday’s court ruling, it reversed its decision to suspend competition indefinitely across Spanish football from tomorrow.
“Taking into account the order made by the High Court today, the Spanish football federation lifts the measure (suspension) ... so the competitions can be played according to the schedule and times originally planned,” the federation said.
La Liga leader Barcelona can now visit Atletico Madrid on Sunday when a win would secure a fifth title in seven years.
The new TV law, approved last month and backed by the LFP, would replace the current system under which rights are marketed by individual clubs, unique in Europe where collective bargaining is used.
The measure aims to share out cash more fairly between teams, starting from season 2016-17, and remove some of the weighting towards the richest and most successful clubs such as Real Madrid and Barcelona.
The AFE supports the idea of collective bargaining but is less than pleased with the share of cash set aside for lower division clubs. The RFEF believes the law will rob the federation of powers and is opposed to what it says are plans to use money from football to fund other sports.
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