They reached an agreement regarding money, but did not reach a common point regarding the time to complete the Footballer’s Statute.
He Professional Football Council met this Monday to debate the proposal of the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) where they were able to approve most of the premises, but without reaching an agreement regarding the time stipulated for the creation of the Soccer Player Statutewhich could affect the decision of the Uruguayan Mutual of Professional Soccer Players (MUFP) in this sense, which meets this Wednesday.
The institutions involved managed to reach an agreement regarding the salary increase of the Second division and bring it to 62.5% of the Primera’s minimum wage, as well as an increase of one month of responsibility on the part of the AUF in the payment of minimum salaries, going to four months for the Second Division and three months for the First Division.
However, there are other aspects in which we still They couldn’t match. The most important, and for which they did not reach an agreement at this Monday’s meeting in the Council, belongs to the fact that it is intended that the AUF continue paying the complementary items within a maximum period of 15 days to finish approving the Soccer Player Statute and not 45, as previously proposed.
This decision by the Council could affect the spirit of the players’ assembly that will meet this Tuesday to discuss the AUF proposal. Meanwhile, on Wednesday the AUF Congress where they will also vote for or against the proposals.
The keys to the claim
The players ask that the minimum salary for the Second Division equivalent to 62.5% of the minimum salary of the First Professional Division, which is 59,060 nominal pesos. Currently, that salary floor is 29,538 pesos. Although the AUF board is paying this increase, Mutual intends for the adjustment to be agreed upon in writing. Meanwhile, some “B” clubs affirm that they would not be able to pay the new salaries, and others in First Division question whether the money comes from the coffers of the AUF —and, therefore, of all the clubs.
On the other hand, the situation became even more complicated when the Union of Clubs —made up of Peñarol, Defensor Sporting, Danubio, Liverpool, Cerro, Cerro Largo, Fénix, River Plate and Wanderers— made it a condition for approving the statute that the Professional League Uruguay, in an action with political intentions recognized and the search for changes in the income distribution between the different clubs. Here there are new discrepancies, since the smaller clubs demand a greater participation.
Source: Ambito
