Wednesday was a day of many meetings in the argentine soccer. There was a meeting of Executive Committee of the Professional League and also of AFA Executive Committee. They look the same, but they are not the same. And while in the first it was decided to ask the Disciplinary Court to apply an amnesty to players who have suspensions of less than four games – something that has not yet been implemented due to bureaucratic issues -, in the second conclave several important resolutions were made: the increase in the value of ticketsthe call to receive offers for the transmission of Ascenso football and the determination that Players who leave clubs due to parental rights or due to a conflict are not called up for the national teams.
The meeting began with the request that “the Executive Committee endorse each and every one of the procedures carried out to date and those carried out for this annual exercise, which together or individually were and are ordered by the President (Claudio Tapia), Secretary (Cristian Malaspina) and Treasurer (Pablo Toviggino) as members of the Board of Directors in the exercise of their positions.” There was a vote and the motion was approved unanimously. Everything was captured in Bulletin N°6817.
Next, also with unanimous support, Changes were made to the composition of the Executive Committee. It was piece by piece. Carlos Anacleto y Sergio Constantinenew presidents of La Plata Gymnastics y San Lorenzooccupied the places as titular members of the outgoing Mariano Cowen y Marcelo Moretti; while Ignacio Boerothe new owner of Newell’s, filled the vacancy left by Ignacio Astore as a substitute member.
The next point was the announcement of the opening to the reception of offers for the exploitation of the television rights of the Primera Nacional, Primera B Metropolitana, Primera C and Torneo Federal A tournaments. “It is decided that potential bidders can present them until Monday, January 26 at 4 p.m. at the headquarters located at 1366 Viamonte Street, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Second Floor, Secretary’s Office,” the bulletin highlights after Tapia himself reported that “on December 31, 2025, the contract with Tournaments and Competitions SA and Tele Red Imagen SA“, which had the rights for the exploitation and commercialization of the matches of the two highest categories of promotion.
Then the increase in the value of general tickets was established. For First Division matches, the general one will cost 40 thousand pesos, while retirees and pensioners will pay $20 thousand and minors $10 thousand. In First National, meanwhile, the scale will start at 32 thousand pesos; in First B it will be $27 thousand, in First C and Women it will be $24 thousand and in Futsal it will be $15 thousand.
Finally, a decision that had been made in the first days of January was made official based on “various cases that have occurred recently in which underage players process their transfers without the agreement of the club for which they are registered” and that will affect those who leave “through a conflict or due to the application of parental authority or because they have a passport from the European community.”
And he specified: “After debating various aspects of these situations, in support of the defense of the interests of the Clubs, sand those present unanimously decided against the call to join the squads of the different National Teams.“. It will be necessary to see if this measure applies retroactively.
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