Last Friday was a busy day in the internship of the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) and, of course, in the development of the league 1 Betsson 2023. What happened? The Judiciary, through the Second Civil Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice of Lima, annulled the precautionary measure that gave the FPF absolute power over the broadcasting rights of the clubs. With this, the opposition filed by the Peru Football Consortium (CFP) was also declared founded and, automatically, they recovered the power to broadcast the matches of Alianza Lima, Melgar, Cienciano and Deportivo Binacional.
Under this confusing panorama, there were many doubts about which operator was going to pass the game between Alianza Lima and Atlético Grau, which at first was scheduled to be broadcast on the Liga 1 MAX signal. And although the company GOLPERU -after the resolution of the Judiciary- could have broadcast the meeting without any problem, this did not happen. Even, Oscar Romeropresident of the Professional Football Association (ADFP), denounced blackmail by a member of the FPF.
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As stated by Romero in an interview on the program to anglean official from the highest governing body of Peruvian soccer called the staff of Lima Alliance to tell them that if they did not allow the cameras and all the logistics of 1190 Sports to enter, they would automatically be demoted. This serious statement would result in a complaint by the ADFP.
“The resolutions are fulfilled once they are notified and as far as I am aware, the resolutions have already been notified. There is an official from the Peruvian Football Federation who has supposedly called the Alianza Lima staff, telling them that ‘if you don’t let the operator’s cameras (1190 Sports) in, I’ll immediately lower you’”, said Oscar Romero.
The president of the ADFP, in turn, indicated: “How about the power of this official, it goes over the members of the board of directors, the members of the base assembly. We are going to request the arrest of all the members of the board of directors, starting with the president and ending with the general secretary”.
With what happened this weekend, it remains to be seen what position the FPF and the CFP will take, because without the precautionary measure Alianza Lima, Melgar, Cienciano and Deportivo Binacional They have a free letter to broadcast their matches on GOLPERU, just as they were doing Sports University, Sport Boys, Municipal Sports and Carlos A. Mannucci, who have a valid contrary. In this way, only Sporting Cristal, César Vallejo University, Alianza Atlético, Cantolao, Deportivo Garcilaso, Cusco FC, Atlético Grau, Sport Huancayo, UTC, Unión Comercio and ADT they would transmit their commitments by Liga 1 MAX.
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Who wins and who loses?
Undoubtedly, the great beneficiary after the resolution of the Judiciary is the Consortium, because it has the green light to execute the new contracts it signed with Alianza Lima, Melgar, Cienciano and Binacional. What’s more, its intention is to transmit the next matches that these clubs will play at home through the GOLPERU signal. However, at that point there is another problem, since -according to the regulation change that the FPF promoted months ago- the clubs are obliged to allow the entry of the Liga 1 MAX cameras for the transmission of their commitments. If that does not happen, according to the new provisions, the game is rescheduled and, if the case occurs again, it is declared a ‘walkover’. As is known, the opposition clubs already have a WO and receiving the second would mean their relegation to League 2.
In this sense, from a sports point of view, Alianza Lima and the rest of the opposition clubs must comply with the regulations and authorize the entry of Liga 1 MAX; but, from the judicial point of view, nothing prevents the Consortium from entering its cameras to broadcast those matches, because the precautionary measure has already been annulled and the new contracts allow it. Seen from this angle, the clubs affected are between their backs and the wall, because they could receive sanctions or punishment from both sides. However, there is also the possibility that their matches will end up being watched through the signal of the two channels that broadcast Betsson League 1: Liga 1 MAX and GOLPERU. Where will it all end?
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