Mexican Senate to Consider Restoring Promotion and Relegation
NewsThe short version
- Mexican soccer suspended promotion and relegation in 2020 due to Covid-19.
- A promised reinstatement in 2025 did not take place.
- Senator Clemente Castañeda will propose a reform Tuesday to restore the system.
- The proposal has cross-party backing, including from Morena's Ignacio Mier.
A legislative proposal to bring back promotion and relegation in Mexican soccer is set to be introduced in the country's Senate.
Mexico's top soccer leagues eliminated promotion and relegation in 2020, citing the Covid-19 pandemic. A promised return of the system in 2025 never happened, and the issue has now reached the Senate floor.
Senator Clemente Castañeda of the Movimiento Ciudadano party is set to put forward a legislative reform on Tuesday that would restore promotion and relegation. The proposal has support from members of other parties, including Ignacio Mier of the ruling Morena party.
The move marks the most significant political intervention to date in a dispute over a structural change that has shaped how clubs move between divisions in Mexican professional soccer.
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Written by the Matchday Live desk from reporting by The Guardian.
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