The FC Barcelona and the Real Madrid will join to confront legally to LaLiga. Next Monday to the 10:30 hours, in the court of First Instance number 63 of Madrid, both institutions will form part of a litigio in which they will confront to the patronal. This is due to a demand presented in the gone through whites and Barcelona against the organism rector of the tournament of Spanish football, alleging that it has denied them the right to participate in the deliberations and votes of the Organ of Control of the Management of the Audiovisual Rights.
This organ is responsible to manage the commercialisation and exploitation of the audiovisual rights, ensuring that they fulfil several principles, statutes and rules. So much the Barça like the merengues are the two clubs with greater audiovisual income in the last five years. Besides, they form part of this entity two more chosen clubs by vote (Athletic of Madrid and Osasuna) and one of second division (Ponferradina), aunado to the president of LaLiga, Javier Thebes.
Why it arises this demand of the FC Barcelona and the Real Madrid against LaLiga?
The demand, presented by the buffet of lawyers Clifford Chance (the same that represented to the Superliga), was admitted in February of this year. In her, both squares allege that no allowed them participate in three meetings in the year 2022 (12 March, 12 April and 19 May), which consider a rape of his rights.
Aunado To this, argue that this exclusion produced like consequence of his participation in the project of the Superliga, since LaLiga considered that it existed a conflict of interests in audiovisual matter. Nevertheless, they stand out that the Athletic of Madrid himself had the opportunity to participate in these meetings, in spite of being one of the clubs founders of the Superliga.