RFEF asked for help to resolve this project without risking complaints… and time is running out | Relief

Today is November 4th and the match between Barcelona and Atlético Madrid, which are both La Liga and Relevent Whether it will be played in Miami on Dec. 21 is still up in the air. They are missing 47 days on the date indicated on the calendar for this official League match, but time is starting to run out and pessimism is already spreading among some organizers.

The last point of the matter is that The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), which must sanction the match, has asked the Supreme Sports Council (CSD) for help. to see if you can do it. Because? Well, because it’s immersed in the election process and right now It is unclear whether anyone has the authority to do this..

There is no president (Pedro Rocha is disqualified) and the RFEF is now run by a Management Commission that can barely cope with “everyday” tasks: paying bills, processing payroll. etc. In fact, during the previous Management Commission, after the departure of Luis Rubiales, relevant decisions were taken, such as the extension of the coach, the dismissal of some high-ranking officials or the signing of important sponsorship agreements. was the reason they had to face a complaint and risk being disqualified.

. Nobody wants to go through this again.

That’s why they now want to play it safe. RThe FEF has written to the CSD not only to see if it can allow an official match to take place outside Spain, but that is not a problem. The question is whether she can do this in the situation with the Management Commission. in which they are immersed. If there was a normal president, he could sanction and sign it on the fly, because in fact, no one has any special problems with the dispute over this match in Miami… Everyone wants this, especially Barcelona, ​​which urgently needs the income that it will cost you (about 5 million euros).

The big problem is time.. If the president were elected for the match in February or March, there would not be the slightest problem: the question is that they want it to be this particular match (the one that they have already prepared), and there is no president in the country. RFEF.

One more week… at least

He The CSD intends to refer this advice to the Federation to the Sports Administrative Tribunal (TAD).. They won’t be able to sort it out until Thursday, although it would be very unusual for them to resolve it so soon. Usually at this consultation a rapporteur is appointed who reviews it and makes a decision at the next meeting. It will be next Thursday, and it will be November 14: 36 days after the theoretical celebration of the meeting. Very difficult. The ball is now in their court and A lot of it depends on how quickly they deal with it..

It doesn’t seem like it, anyway. a question that is too complicated from a legal point of view: they only need to say whether the Management Commission can allow this match or not.

. If the answer is yes, permission will be received almost immediately. If not… that will be the end of the Miami game for now, which will remain a work in progress for the third time. With the election of the President, the celebration of this meeting, which interests La Liga, Relevent and the clubs themselves, will be sew and sing. The problem is trying to move forward on this issue, which has become little more than race against time.