Problems facing Spanish top flight football - La Liga Special (Part 1)
When you look at the footballing horizons of La Liga, everything associated with it looks to be in tranquillity. In fact, the league is a living embodiment of a duck gliding on a lake surface; calm on the above and struggling underneath. Spanish top fight
football has been trying to save its face in the past and following the conclusion of 2010/11 La Liga, the situation has turned from bad to worse.
Television revenues have been the major bone of contention among La Liga clubs for quite some time now. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Barcelona-c39078 and Real Madrid CF boast mammoth audiences, over half of the combined total for Spanish teams. Thanks to this amazing statistic, they take
a majority of the television revenues. Around 540 million Euros is split between the two Spanish superpowers, while the remaining 18 clubs fight it out for the remaining 670 million.
La Liga has lost its competitiveness as Real Madrid and Barcelona break long established records. A new galactic revolution is underway at Santiago Bernabéu with Jose Mourinho in charge, while Pep Guardiola breaks trophy acquisition records with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296
by his side. Remaining Spanish clubs have been left to play second fiddle in the contest run by the two powerhouses.
Last season, Barcelona won the league with 96 points, closely followed by Los Blancos with 92. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 finished a distant third 25 points off the pace. Relegation battle in the league was about the only competition. As many as 12 teams fought it out for
survival on the last match day. La Liga plays host to the biggest superstars in the footballing world and provides the superstars with all the competition in the world, yet fails to challenge the duopoly established by the top two clubs.
As things stand, the Catalan side fights for supremacy with Real Madrid while the remaining teams dwell in their shadows. The league has arrived to this point owing to financial misgivings of the clubs in the competition and failure of Liga Nacional de Fútbol
Profesional to act accordingly. Matters are going to get worse as full ramifications of the double dip recession come forward.
To add to their woes, financial institutions have been refusing to provide financing to smaller clubs. Barcelona and Real Madrid have continued on with their transfer frenzies in spite of their mammoth outstanding debts. This has been made possible with
assistance from banks, which are unwilling to help out other outfit. The transfer of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mendes-c25206 was involved.
These matters have been discussed in great detail by the press, however, no concrete solution has been put forward – little surprise that no action has been taken so far. Competing clubs have been reduced to quarries for the two giants, as they use their
financial muscles to poach the best players in the league. The case of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629 should be pointed out for reference. The transfer of the Spanish international away from Mestalla to Camp Nou was a highlight of the whole debacle.
Real Madrid and Barcelona enjoy rich audience thanks to their rich history in both domestic and European competitions. They receive bigger share of the spoils which, in its own domain, can be justified. However, this is hurting the game on all avenues and
action needs to be taken sooner than later.
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