Argentinian clubs want an end to Grondona’s Futbol Para Todos programme
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s Primera Division clubs want the government’s to scrap the Futbol Para Todos system which ensured free-to-air coverage of domestic football competitions.
Clarin said a letter signed by 26 of the 30 clubs has been sent to the government. Arsenal, Olimpo, River Plate and San Lorenzo were said to be the only teams not to sign the letter.
The clubs claim that the end of FPT will release a major economic burden on the state, while also allowing them to pursue a more lucrative agreement. They are seeking that an international tender be launched for new rights partners.
FTP was created by the previous government of CFernando Marin, head of the FPT, said: “There are six months ahead, half of the championship if the championship is long, to define everything. We will discuss the letter sent by the clubs, who want to directly market their product.”
The latest development comes after world federation FIFA and South American confederation CONMEBOL appointed a four-man normalisation committee to take over the running of the Argentinian federation.
Last month AFA president Luis Segura and three former state presidential cabinet chiefs were indicted in an investigation into the sale of the country’s domestic media rights.
Segura, as well as former President Cristina Kirchner’s cabinet heads Anibal Fernandez, Jorge Capitanich and Juan Abal Medina, and six former AFA directors, were named in the indictment.
Federal judge Maria Servini de Cubria is investigating suspected embezzlement in relation to the government’s Football for All scheme. Kirchner spearheaded the introduction of the government’s scheme in 2009.
President Mauricio Macri, who was elected late last year, previously vowed to bring an end to the scheme in 2019.
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