Racism and homophobic football, La Ligas President speaking

The president of La League, Javier Tabas, analyzed the “Rac-18x1> the first days after the return of football to Spain. As usual, there was no need to try too hard to list “bombetic titles”. These are his key statements.

Racism and homophobic football We're already positioned against the issue of racism. I believe this problem is in the United States today. When we had issues of racism, we openly attacked them. We are the only League in the world that has filed a criminal complaint against William's attack on “Cornelà”. That's what needs to be done to attack racism. No less than 15 times have we filed charges for racist or homophobic choirs. So we're here to make difficult decisions about this phenomenon.

If footballers could talk freely about their homosexuality, I have my attitude. If we really have homosexuals among our footballers, it would be good for them to combine their personality. I would find it perfect if some players did this, not keep their sexual inclination secret. Why not, it would be good for friends too. I don't like the fact that they want to hide this”.

Reducing Teams in La League No, it's a competitive pattern that, in our opinion, doesn't work. We are not considering reducing the number of teams in a short or medium term. The model is set with 20 clubs and has its reason to be so. The problem is with calendars, because the Champions League is to be calculated, the matches are played on weekends, the competition is invented like the League of Nations, the number of teams on a World Cup is growing... It is important to note that in just one season, the biggest leagues in Europe generate more money than five World Cups, five times more than a Champions. Let us not change what works and create a huge industry. The football industry in Europe is more important than the NBA and NFL”.

Football crisis after pandemic “We will certainly see more players between clubs now. Of course, there will be money circulation but no more large numbers. The situation is what it is. Europe's main leagues have undergone major crises. There will be no major money movement if state clubs do not revive the market, but no money from the gas or oil sector. If last summer 3 billion euros were circulated among the great leagues, I don't think we're going beyond 800 million this year”.