This Wednesday, the Higher Sports Council (CSD) approved the urgent precautionary measure requested by FC Barcelona and the players Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor. Both footballers, not on the list to face Athletic, if Barça beats Ernesto Valverde’s team. The CSD’s decision comes just over an hour before the competition starts in Jeddah with the first semi-final between Barcelona and Athletic. This measure, which is provisional in nature until the appeal presented by the club and the players is definitively resolved, suspends the Agreement of the Monitoring Commission of the RFEF-LaLiga Coordination Agreement, dated January 4, 2025, and the cancellation of the sports licenses of the aforementioned players. Likewise, it maintains the validity of such licenses until this appeal is definitively resolved.
To estimate this urgent precautionary measure, the CSD has analyzed the 52-page appeal and the more than 60 documents that accompany it. In their argument, FC Barcelona point out that the Monitoring Committee is exclusively assigned the functions of interpreting the application of the clauses of the RFEF-LaLiga Coordination Agreement, monitoring compliance with the agreement and promoting any other activities that tend to the greatest effectiveness of the Convention. They question, therefore, whether the Monitoring Commission has the power to grant or not grant the prior visa or the definitive license of professional football players, appreciating indications of nullity of full right in the Agreement of the Monitoring Commission of the Coordination Agreement RFEF-LaLiga. Without prejudice to the allegations requested for the resolution of the merits of the matter, the CSD has observed the possible concurrence of a cause for nullity by operation of law and the existence of immediate damages that are difficult to repair, which would affect the rights recognized in the current Sports Law to the footballers Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor and their legal security. In this sense, the CSD has assessed that, according to article 27 of the Sports Law, professional athletes have the right “to a sports career in accordance with their potential” and with all the guarantees and certainty. At the moment, FC Barcelona and its players are immersed in the Spanish Super Cup, the first official title of the season, with global visibility and impact and in which only the teams that have had the best performance in national competitions during the course participate. former.
The CSD considers that failure to adopt this precautionary measure would cause serious economic and sporting damage to the club and, above all, to the footballers. This could also harm the interests of the Spanish team, as well as the rest of the national competitions, including LaLiga. Finally, the CSD emphasizes that this ruling does not prejudge the substantive issues raised in the appeal.
