The most anticipated sentence in recent years, barring unexpected events and a new last-minute twist in the script, will be known this Thursday. At 9:30 am, the European Union is expected to set out its position on the complaint filed by Super League promoters against UEFA, which it accuses of exercising a football monopoly in violation of EU laws. , which expressly establishes the prohibition of monopoly in any activity, which also includes football.
Although the content of the resolution of the European Union is logically unknown, various sources agree that it is a compromise solution, which aims to satisfy, as much as possible, both parties. Or at least, to force them to sit down to find an agreed solution that will end the conflict.
According to these sources, the European Union will defend its decision that there cannot be any monopoly in football, a thesis defended by the promoters of the Super League, accusing UEFA of using said monopoly. European law clearly prohibits this type of action anywhere and football cannot escape it.
But on the other hand, the EU will recognize the specificity of football as an economic activity and the ability of UEFA to organize its own competitions. A resolution that, if confirmed, will not give an absolute excuse to either of the two parties, who will nevertheless have arguments to justify their ‘victory’.
In any case, this will open a scenario that will force the two parties to sit down at a negotiating table to find a solution to resolve the conflict and allow the border to be opened to the dispute of the new European competition or, where appropriate, to the specific its archive, which due to this ‘landscape’ will likely undergo remodeling of the current Champions League model.
In recent weeks, and while this ‘deadline’ is marked in red for December 21 at 09:30 hours, demonstrations on both sides have intensified in defense of their respective positions.
The Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood
Javier Tebas, president of LaLiga, once again raised the flag of opposition in the Super League, withdrawing the videos in which he showed it as the Wolf who, in the story, ended up eating Little Red Riding Hood, who was no other but UEFA, the current Champions League and with it, the national Leagues, which in the opinion of the recently re-elected head of the employers’ association will be doomed to death if the model defended by the Super League promoters continues.
Source: La Verdad
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