Village Idiot Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Also the Spanish FA has implemented a third party ownership ban, as part of UEFA's European-wide ban of the practice. All current contracts will be respected but no new contracts involving third party ownership can be signed by Spanish clubs. That means players finishing their contracts can't extend them until their ownership status is resolved. However, the Spanish club owners association (alongside the Portuguese one) have appealed the prohibition to the EU competition authorities, as they consider it to be "restriction of trade". La Liga has now refused to implement the ban. However, it's doubtful that they can avoid it since the FA is the one handling the player licenses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 In one of the most tone deaf decisions ever, the Spanish Footballers Association is considering to go on strike to protest against their tax burden. Millionaires to go on strike because of high taxes. That will go down well in a country ravaged by recession. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 In one of the most tone deaf decisions ever, the Spanish Footballers Association is considering to go on strike to protest against their tax burden. Millionaires to go on strike because of high taxes. That will go down well in a country ravaged by recession. The supafans will back them, the same type in Liverpool are demanding that Stirling is given a £150,000 a week contract. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Funniest thing is that the tax changes they seek would mostly favor the highest paid footballers, not the guys at the Rayos and Levantes of the league. Mental stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Man, what a mess. Now the Spanish FA has called a strike starting May 16th, in protest for the new TV deal (as in, they want their cut). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 At least we get to the watch the Real-Valencia game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 So whats going on with this, is it just the Spanish FA being greedy twats? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Spanish football suspended http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32618821 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 What a mess Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 So whats going on with this, is it just the Spanish FA being greedy t***s? They list some other grievances, but those have been around for a while and they only called a strike when the new TV deal left them with less % than they wanted. So you can guess the motive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 La Liga and the High Council of Sport (the government's board that regulates sports) have rejected the FA's demands and the strike. La Liga's members will meet on Monday to look at the situation. Ultimately, even though La Liga is the one that organizes the competition, the Spanish FA provides the referees. No referees, no game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 I thought the Strike was because the rest of the clubs in La Liga (apart from madrid & barca) are sick to death of the fact that those two clubs take 70% of the television revenue whilst the other 20 battle it out for the crumbs. That is one of the reasons La Liga will always be a two club league. Really would love to see some sort of approach mimicking the american basketball format, sick to death of inequality and the same old same old always winning things... Kind of mimicks the current political situation; two big parties creaming everything off for themselves and their cronies until their is a "revolution" and the smaller more socialist leaning parties oust them... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 I thought the Strike was because the rest of the clubs in La Liga (apart from madrid & barca) are sick to death of the fact that those two clubs take 70% of the television revenue whilst the other 20 battle it out for the crumbs. That is one of the reasons La Liga will always be a two club league. Really would love to see some sort of approach mimicking the american basketball format, sick to death of inequality and the same old same old always winning things... Kind of mimicks the current political situation; two big parties creaming everything off for themselves and their cronies until their is a "revolution" and the smaller more socialist leaning parties oust them... This strike is *because* we just changed to collective bargaining and the Spanish FA and the Players' Association aren't happy with their share. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Do you know what the distribution ratios are currently for the TV revenues? Mine is only hearsay (crappy tabloid sports press) but it would be interesting to know if it resembles reality... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Currently or the new model? This is fairly outdated (figures are a bit higher across the board for La Liga), but gives a good idea. http://s9.postimg.org/g34bmekfz/ligaabcweb644x550.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 That is laughable when you compare it to the other leagues. I am all for having iconic teams which help with league marketing and attract new football followers but I am totally against unfair advantage over other teams. In my utopian world each club would get the same TV revenues, would be obliged to use at least half of the squad from locally produced players and would be restricted to the other half of the squad being made up of half national and other half imported players. By doing this we would have clubs we could connect to and would seem much more representative of the leagues they came from. Oh well... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 The new deal is 50% of TV revenues equally shared between all clubs, and the remainder awarded depending on league position and TV audiences pulled (in a formula yet to be determined). There's also a provision that no club can get less money than it gets now (intended to protect Barça and Madrid, although it will benefit Atlético/Valencia in the short term too); so it will be a while until the others "catch up". What will happen is that Barça and Madrid will see their TV revenue frozen while the rest of the league grows. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 The new deal is 50% of TV revenues equally shared between all clubs, and the remainder awarded depending on league position and TV audiences pulled (in a formula yet to be determined). There's also a provision that no club can get less money than it gets now (intended to protect Barça and Madrid, although it will benefit Atlético/Valencia in the short term too); so it will be a while until the others "catch up". What will happen is that Barça and Madrid will see their TV revenue frozen while the rest of the league grows. Actually sounds pretty decent. Obviously Real and Barcelona wouldn't cut their part, but a progressive increase for other teams while they stay on the same so the gap closes sounds like a decent idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 It's a sensible arrangement, imho. I'm a bit bearish about future TV income though. The Spanish domestic market has collapsed these years, and out of the three broadcasters that usually bid for La Liga rights, one is bankrupt and the other two are merging. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 The fallout of the strike is being short of embarrassing. La Liga's head is comparing the FA and the PFA to Spanish terrorist group ETA and threatening to take them to court since the strike is illegal according to them. Childish accusations are flying all over and there's threats that the league will even finish this weekend for good. This country. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Which side are the players on? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 The strike. The Spanish PFA wants a larger cut of the TV contract to go to players. They also have issues with taxation, but they are saying it's not part of this strike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 A meeting between the parts has ended today without an agreement, so it looks like the strike is on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 What happens if they strike? Can they make up the games later? Or does every team simply play a 37 game season instead? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 They are saying a shortened season is a possibility. Fact is that with the Copa América around the corner there are no dates available, unless we play them without the Copa América players. With no Neymar, Suárez or Messi we might even still lose the league Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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