CUFADE calls for the presence of regional and indigenous sports in the new Llei de l’Esport

Ang Union of Sports Federations of Catalonia (UFEC) issued the following statement:

“Autonomic and grassroots sports are raising their voices. State federations have chosen the shortcut to weaken regional sports competition and some are implementing so -called integration quotas for licenses issued by regionals, which established in assemblies by simple majority And if there is no agreement, the case ends in court, as in the case of the integration fees of the Spanish Padel Federation, where justice has given reason to the regional federation.

12 autonomy against RFEDA

The most serious case is the Royal Spanish Automobile Federation (RFEDA). Up to 12 regional federations have challenged the approval of this quota.

But RFEDA ignored these claims and even allowed itself the luxury of initiating the disintegration process of the Federació Catalana d’Automovilisme (FCA). A direct and frontal attack on Catalan athletes and clubs, who cannot compete in national or international competitions. “It’s not about non-payment,” admits Joan Ollé, president of the FCA, “and more, the Catalan federation has offered to the disputed court to deposit the amount the Spaniards take from us as proof of good faith, because, still not The payment was made in Spanish, the money was given.But this rule should be abolished because it leaves the autonomous federations with no defense against the arbitrariness of the Spaniards and assumed to be a danger not only for motorsports but for other sports “, Details the leader.” We see a clear tendency to reduce the weight and influence of regional federations “Ollé sentenced.

Meeting of Congress

The issue was exposed and denounced by representatives of the Confederation of the Union of Autonomous Sports Federations of Spain (CUFADE) in front of major parliamentary groups in Congress this morning. The meeting was attended by representatives of the entity, including the presidents of the motoring federations of Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Catalonia, Castilla y León, Galicia, Navarra, La Rioja and the Basque Country; and various regional sports secretaries.

“Entities give their best version by working from the consensus. And we cannot break the consensus that elite sport should contribute to grassroots sport”, declared Vicente Martínez, vice-president of CUFADE and president of UFEDEMA .

CUFADE called on parliamentary groups to protect regional competitions with the new Sports Law (pending in parliament) once and for all, to establish the free integration of regional federations into state federations and public control in case they choose of paid membership.

“The competition pyramid must respect the general interests in sport, sensitivity to the structures of the grassroots entities we represent, who are very vulnerable to this type of action”, explains Alfonso Escribano, vice president of CUFADE and president of CAFD.

Avoiding the legal limitations of a single license

Some state federations approve aggregation quotas to avoid legal limits established by the Constitutional Court for a single license. This rule established a quota, approved by a qualified majority in the assemblies of state federations, for all licenses issued by regional federations, regardless of whether athletes competed in state competitions. The Court ruled that the quota could only be established for state -level licenses, maintaining a quota distribution system approved by a qualified majority in the state federation assembly.

New phase of CUFADE

CUFADE began a new phase of consensus and growth in March, with a firm and determined commitment to recognizing and recovering grassroots sport after the pandemic and to securing equitable financing for the sector. “The entity will raise its voice when necessary to affirm the important nature of indigenous and regional sports”, said Gerard Esteva, president of the entity.