Tebas: Free TV game may be Saturday

Javier Tebas has conceded that the free-to-air La Liga game on Spanish TV could be shown on a Saturday night.

The Spanish League President was speaking on Punto Pelota about the situation concerning audio-visual rights in Spain, with his most significant comments reserved for the one free game screened for every round of fixtures.

“There have been teams like Betis and Sevilla that have complained a lot because they have had to play several times on a Monday,” said Tebas.

“The solution could be to rotate the games more and leave the free one for Saturday at 10pm [local time]. In that case we could play the pay-per-view fixture on Monday at 9pm.

“It’s true that this is a bad day to go to a match but those clubs have been more than compensated with what they have received from the television companies.”

Even so, Tebas claimed he would do away with the open TV game if he could, although he maintained it was not his decision to make.

“I’d take away this game if I could but it’s not down to me and requires some political will.

“We are the only country in Europe that has this [free game]. Our audio-visual rights are worth less because of it,” he explained, before commenting on the mounting debt in Spanish football.

“If you suddenly had to pay the debts of all our clubs then 15 La Liga teams would immediately disappear.”

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