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Original Title: LaLiga has decided to take legal action against the players for allegedly staging an illegal strike on the ninth day of the championship. This strike was one of the factors that led to the cancellation of the match between Villarreal and Barcelona in Miami.
Liga has decided to take legal action against the players for allegedly staging an illegal strike on the ninth day of the championship, during which the players stopped playing for the first 15 seconds of each match. This strike was one of the factors that led to the cancellation of the match between Villarreal and Barcelona in Miami.
“What I want to know is whether stopping a match for 15 seconds is a breach of labor regulations because I am concerned that, in the name of theoretical freedom of expression, matches are being stopped for 15 seconds. Rights of this kind must be requested five days in advance,” said Tebas at the Europa Press breakfast a few days ago on this issue.
“Our footballers’ union should roll out the red carpet for LaLiga every time they see us, because 70% of what we sell in audiovisual rights goes to their salaries. We are the ones who do the most to ensure they earn more,” added the president of LaLiga in the same interview. He said this to David Aganzo, president of AFE, when a meeting between the parties took place last December.
The employers’ association had already filed a complaint against the players with the Interconfederal Mediation and Arbitration Service (SIMA) and has now decided to take the case to court. AFE has not yet been notified of this complaint. For the union, the strike was “an exercise in freedom of expression and a symbolic protest” that did not disrupt the game or the competition.