Hard blow for the National Association of Professional Soccer, Anfp, and great news for Second Division clubs. Is that the Free Competition Defense Court (Tdlc) condemned the Quilín agency to pay a fine of more than $ 2.3 million for having required the teams of that category to pay an incorporation fee of 24 thousand UF as a requirement to ascend to the First B. In passing, he ordered the immediate cessation of that charge.
Through a document it was explained: “The Tdlc fully accepted the accusation made in February 2018 by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE) and affirmed that “the Incorporation Fee had the effect of limiting the competitive and sports capacity of the clubs that paid it” and that this collection has constituted “an artificial barrier that hinders entry to the market or, in the event that entry is achieved, hinders the competitive performance of the entrant “”.
Faced with this, the national economic prosecutor, Ricardo Riesco, maintained that “this ruling eliminates conduct that has affected competition in national football and confirms that the work of the FNE and the institutionality of free competition it applies to all markets without distinction and to all kinds of conduct sanctioned by DL 211, including those of a unilateral nature that do not involve agreements between competitors. “
Finally, the Tdlc concluded that “the Anfp it did not base its decisions regarding said quota on reasoned arguments of an economic nature, let alone free competition. “
“Everything indicates that the decisions taken within the Council of Presidents were based on the desire to protect the interests of the clubs that regularly participate in the First B championships,” the report closed.
Justice was done !!! Three years ago, with the fans and managers J Salazar and F Riffo of Club Deportes Valdivia, we denounced the @ANFP before the Ministry of Justice and the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office … it was hard and slow … today he was convicted ANFP to pay US $ 2.3 million for abuse. Good! pic.twitter.com/EtNxrsYobE
– Iván Flores García (@ifloresdiputado) June 26, 2020
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