2024-03-05 12:53:16
Miguel Ángel Loor, President of League Pro EC, He spoke exclusively to Estadio Play about the changes made in Serie B for next season, which will govern with a new rule: priority for sub-25 players, while in 2026 it will be sub-24 and finally in 2027 it will be sub-23.
Next year, footballers who pass that age will only have 7 places to be members of B clubs, while in the 2026 and 2027 will be 6 and 5 places respectively.
Given this, Loor was asked if this limitation could expose the Pro League to a class action lawsuit by players older than the imposed rule, with the argument of employment discrimination.
Loor rejected: «Not at all, It’s like you get angry because there can be 4 sports programs, win it, be better. In that program if there are 6 people, then earn one of those spaces to be taken into account.
However, for the lawyer specialized in constitutional law, León Roldós Icaza, the case would give rise to a lawsuit: “yes, it would lead to a protection action against Liga Pro for this matter (Serie B).”
Going deeper, Roldós explains: “in effect, their right to work is harmed (the players) because they are discriminated against based on age.”
But not everything ends there, since for example What would happen to clubs that maintain multi-year contracts with players who pass the age rule?
According to Loor, the process: “what happens when you have to finalize a contract, they pay you and you leave.”
For its part, Roldós He believes that the clubs, being forced to terminate contracts, would have to terminate them en masse: “since by not being able to register them, there will surely be hundreds of labor demands for this fact to the clubs, legally, this change of format will be a disaster” .
Loor praises the spirit of the decision made with the permission of the Pro League: «If you are a player over 25 years old, you should be good enough to play in Serie A. Then there is another step, if you are not good enough to A league, you have the opportunity to be one of the 7 best of a Serie B club. And if you are not good there, then you have the Second Category. For me it is quality competition, that is what we want in the future, to improve football.