Senate steps in over return of promotion and relegation in Mexico

Senate steps in over return of promotion and relegation in Mexico This Monday, a roundtable was opened in the Senate of the Republic to address a reform that would allow the return of promotion and relegation in Liga MX. Senator Clemente Castañeda will be responsible for taking the proposal to the full chamber, and it could be introduced on Tuesday, September 22. "Tomorrow, a bill will be put on the table to expressly incorporate sporting merit among the obligations that national sports associations must observe. In short, that promotion and relegation be enshrined in Mexican legislation," he said.. The senator made it clear that the law does not seek to manage soccer, but rather that "the objective is to find a balance among sports organizations that responds to three essential principles: competition, merit, and opportunities." Players from Liga de Expansión also attended the event, and it was Roberto Galán who gave one of the strongest statements about the current state of Mexican soccer. "It’s not a whim; it’s something completely necessary. Otherwise, we promote a completely mediocre competition system." "We have teams in Liga MX that, by Matchday 7, had not won a single game, yet they still played the song of hope. We have players in Liga de Expansión who, no matter what happens, cannot be promoted unless an investment fund or a businessman comes along and decides to pay 80 or 90 million for a spot in the First Division." "In the last six years we have lost 80% of our salary, but we keep working and putting in the same effort; it’s something that hurts us a lot. We know this is a before and after in Mexican soccer, and possibly in the history of Mexico," he said. Mikel Arriola, commissioner of the Mexican Football Federation, and Francisco Iturbide, president of Liga MX, were the two major absences from the meeting, as their stance is on the other side of the coin. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.