Referee’s debt to millionaire puts restart of professional league in doubt | National Championship | Sports

Los Angeles Ecuadorian referee confirmed on Tuesday that he would not appear in court From next Friday to the second phase of football matches If they don’t pay off debts of more than $1 million Keep the professional league going with them.

“The amount owed is due to Not paying for the last 12 dates in the first group and more than 20 dates in the second group or series B”, the judges pointed out in a statement to Francisco Egas, president of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF).

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Since 2019, Liga Pro has been responsible for organizing the Ecuadorian championship, only with the recognition of the FEF, the official body of Ecuadorian football, before Conmebol and FIFA.

“We find ourselves in a painful decision and ask you, as the highest representative of Ecuadorian football, Notify the arbitration committee not to make an appointment as long as the outstanding balance is not paid The amount was over a million dollars,” the statement said.

They emphasized:We have unanimously made a regrettable decisionIf this is the case, We will not personally coach professional league matches until 100% of the outstanding debt is paid.”.

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They added that they decided to ask Egas to inform the Arbitration Committee after “learning about the financial inconveniences that the Pro League has been experiencing (since the beginning of the year) due to non-payment of television rights for the competitions.” (via GolTV)”.

Los Angeles The clubs and the professional league recently decided to terminate their contract with GolTV On June 21, they signed a new agreement with XTRIM for the remaining matches of the current tournament, “due to continued payment delays”.

“We expect that the debt will be cancelled during the suspension period (June 2 to August 2). But no response has been received yet”, and to end the measure they will wait for “the total cancellation of the debt”.they noted in the letter.

They also demanded that “pre-match travel expenses be paid as per regulations”. and the value of the approved fee schedule for the 2024 season.”

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Miguel Ángel Loor, President of the Professional League He recalled in his account We have been trying to explain this to the referee by requesting a meeting for four weeks but have been unsuccessful.”.

Lohr added “The referees association will not accept any reduction or discount.”We have requested a loan to cover most of what they owe us, we already have the money and we asked to sit down and see if it is possible for them to charge us the same fee that the FEF charges per game in the Ecuadorian Cup.”

Luis Muentes, representing the arbitrators, promised to maintain the measure, but they would not refuse dialogue in order to find a formula for the payment of the entire debt. (IV)