The Mercantile Court nº17 of Madrid issues its sentence
The Mercantile Court nº17 of Madrid has today communicated its judgment on the case of the European Superliga to LALIGA, which states that it does not endorse the said competition, in line with the judgment of the CJEU, and insists that this procedure does not judge the abandoned project of the Superliga, in which it also takes into account the modifications of the UEFA in its regulation of the authorization of competitions.
The judgment of the Mercantile Court nº17 of Madrid
The aforementioned sentence states that “as in the Superliga in the terms initially raised in the lawsuit, that is, in accordance with the initial project – in the terms contained in the lawsuit – which has been abandoned and has already been discarded by the same drivers, demands in relation to this must also decline.”
LALIGA’s defense
In a statement from LALIGA, the employer reaffirms in its defense that “the European Super League project is a debate that must take place at the heart of European football, an ecosystem that has already been discussed on many occasions and in majority against the Superliga, through domestic venues, clubs, players, fans, public institutions, etc”.
The reasoning of the judge
An argument that connects with the reasoning of the judge who specifies that “we are faced with a regulatory conflict that affects the organizational model of football; it will be up to the interveners to modify and adapt it later; this does not determine that the subject of the procedure is authorization of any competition, but to establish the foundations for a system of free competition for the organization of football competitions”.
This is not the authorization of the Superliga
On the other hand, despite the fact that during these months the idea has been spread that this sentence would be about the authorization or not of Florentino Pérez’s alternative European competition, the judge clarifies forcefully that: “this judge has already exposed countless “occasions, which has not been requested and will not be resolved on the project authorization of the Superliga”.
UEFA’s modifications
The Commercial Court has also not been alien to UEFA’s modifications to the approvals of new competitions and includes in its judgment that “UEFA in 2022 has modified the regulations of the prior authorization system so that has ‘codified’ and completed existing”, which also follows the line of what the ECJ recently ruled.
conclusion
In conclusion, the Mercantile Court nº17 of Madrid has issued its judgment on the case of the European Super League in LALIGA, stating that it does not endorse the said competition and taking into account the modifications of UEFA in its regulations for the authorization of competitions LALIGA, for its part, defends that the debate on the Superliga must take place within European football. This ruling does not deal with the authorization of the Superliga and emphasizes that the regulatory conflict affects the organizational model of football. The court has also taken into account UEFA’s modifications in its approvals of new competitions. This ruling is another step in the debate about the European Super League and the future of European football.
