SEBAS SAYS CLUB WORLD CUP BREAKS THE CLUB ECO-SYSTEM and make it end it

June 18 – Javier Tebas seems to be determined not to make the list of Christmas Cards of FIFA President Gianni Infantino, because of his criticism of the expanded FIFA Club World Cup. But this is the problem – he might really have a point.

Last week, the La Liga president said the tournament was “really absurd”, and at an event at Esade Business School in Madrid, he did not hold back: “My goal is that there will be no more Club World Cup. I am very clear about that.”

“There is no room for it. There is no need for other competitions that move money in the direction [same] club and player. This model affects all national league ecosystems, especially in Europe, and there is no more money in the world of audiovisual rights. “

Now, before we consider this as a distinctive slash, because he really loves A. Camera and microphone, let’s check what he really said. Tebas has played a major role in building La Liga into one of the most successful domestic competitions in the world, and his concern about fixture congestion is not very baseless.

“We have to maintain the ecosystem that we already have and eliminate it. Stay [the Club World Cup] As before, when it was played basically for one weekend and only that. There is no available date. “

This is where SEBAS made the strongest argument. The soccer calendar has exploded in the stitches. Pre-season-seasoning, winter holidays disappear, and the players openly talk about the action of strike on workload.

Two Spanish clubs represent La Liga in the form of Rival Madrid Atlético and Real Madrid, which is a place for frustration to become a skirt up to eleven. And you can understand why – he witnessed valuable assets with other FIFA competitions that have the potential to have an impact on their domestic form and availability.

“This is not only about physical wear and tearing on the players, which is clear, but the Club World Cup model affects the entire national league ecosystem, especially in Europe.”

But this is the other side. The expanded FIFA club World Cup is an original effort to globalize games outside the traditional European fort. For clubs from Asia, Africa and America, this tournament offers exposure and income flow that can change their entire operations.

This tournament also discusses striking inequality in world football. While European clubs increase the largest part of global income through the Champions League, clubs from other continents are left to fight for memos. The Expanded Club World Cup, with significant money prizes and global spectators, can help level the play field – even if only a few.

What we really witnessed was a clash between established power and opportunities that emerged. Tebas represents the old guards – European leagues that have grown fat in their own success and see new competitions as a threat to their dominance. FIFA, for all its shortcomings, tries to create something that serves global games rather than just European elites.

The truth may be in a place in the middle. Tebas is right about the congestion of fixture and the welfare of players – this is a real problem that needs to be addressed. But the solution to maintain the status quo basically means keeping the whole world locked from the biggest football day.

This is a story that will not end in the near future.

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