Change for the better in Argentine football?

Crisis in Argentine Football

It is easy to see football as just a beautiful sport. Unfortunately there are problems outside the football pitch that threaten to sully the good name football has made for itself. Julio Grondona, president for 32 years, has been the center of controversy for the last couple of weeks in Argentina.

Billions of people watch football everyday

The most impacting thing is his pending decision to make a 38 tournament merging the second division and the first division into one. The immediate reaction of the people was that the decision was made to bring River Plate back into the first division after being relegated, but there are other reasons why the decision would benefit the government and AFA.

The government would be in favor of this because of the TV rights. The government would be able to advertise their campaigns helping the people. It is election year in Argentina, so this would go down well with the fans of Boca Juniors, River Plate, Racing and San Lorenzo and that is at least 40% of the country.

The is another big problem which is a massive number of meaningless games. The structure is as followed: At the beginning of the season the teams are divided into 2 groups of 19. The top 19 teams make their own tournament and play out for the top spots, while the other teams would be fighting to avoid relegation. The problem is the number of viewers in the later league would be very diminutive.