2023-11-11 18:33:57
The First Division clubs of Argentine soccer demonstrated against the privatization model of candidate Javier Milei if he became president. Boca, Racing, River, Independiente, San Lorenzo, Huracán, Banfield, Lanús, Barracas Central, Newell’s, Argentinos Jrs, Platense, among others, issued statements in the last few hours in which they state that they will not abandon the condition of being a civil association non-profit, as expressed in its statutes. And that the clubs belong to the members.
The reaction of the clubs occurred after a viral video in which the libertarian spoke out in favor of the privatization of Argentine soccer clubs and opened the doors to the SAD.
The expressions of the First Division clubs
The last club to join the movement of statements aligned with the president of the AFA, Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia, was River Plate, this Saturday afternoon.
“The Board of Directors of Club Atlético Independiente is convinced that our Club has to remain a Non-Profit Civil Association. As our statute indicates, we will never resign this figure. The club belongs to the members,” reported the club, chaired by Néstor Grindetti, former candidate for governor of Buenos Aires for Together for Change, on its social networks. In addition, the Avellaneda club added a photo of article 1 of the Statute where it makes it clear that it is a non-profit Civil Association.
“No one has to explain to us what SADs mean in a football club. Our members and fans, who recovered democracy for Racing, know it well. For past, present and future, Racing Club ratifies its status as a civil association without for profit. As expressed in its Social Statute. The club belongs to the members!”, expressed the Avellaneda club on its social networks.
“Club Atlético Lanús ratifies its position in accordance with what was resolved in its eighty-fifth Annual Ordinary Assembly (1999), where the door to sports corporations was definitively closed, being the first Argentine football entity to make an open and official statement. against the SAD and energetically and unwaveringly reiterates its rejection of the imposition of public limited companies in Argentine football. The club belongs to its members,” he told the entity in a statement.
“119 years are our guarantee and ours that we were always on the side of the people. We will never be supporting whoever pushes us out of our place. Barracas says NO TO CORPORATIONS!!”, expressed the Barracas Central club. “The club will always belong to the members and fans.”
“FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR SPORTS INSTITUTIONS. Club Atlético Central Córdoba firmly expresses its rejection of the arrival of Public Limited Companies to football, as we understand that they threaten the identity and very essence of our sports institutions,” posted from the Santiago institution. del Estero next to a photo with a parade with the Massa-Rossi formula.
“The Board of Directors met this Thursday and made the following determinations regarding the issue of Public Limited Sports Companies. Not the SAD. The only owners of the clubs are their members, their fans, the neighborhood and their history,” they stated. Platense.
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