Javier Méndez Cartier, a member of the AFA Executive Committee and head of the Governance, Transparency, and Integrity Commission, stated that these proposals “would create an unprecedented financial gap for Argentine clubs, correlated with the underfunding of professional football and the social function they fulfil.”
He emphasized: “We do not defend commercial interests; we defend the sustainability of the clubs and their social role,” while warning that excessively restrictive regulation could foster the growth of the illegal market."
Meanwhile, AFA’s Legal Manager and Integrity Officer, Andrés Urich, presented the guidelines from FIFA and Conmebol to combat match-fixing, focusing on detection, reporting, and training referees, national teams, youth squads, and officials. He also emphasized the need for each institution to have an Integrity Officer.
However, appearing before the same committee, religious leaders called for a total ban on gambling advertising.
Concerns over underage gambling have led to moves to impose a new national online gambling policy. The proposed legislation, if approved by the Senate, would ban advertising, promotion, and sponsorship of online gambling across all media platforms, including social media and sporting events.
The initiative would also prohibit welcome bonuses, mandate biometric verification for user identity and age confirmation, and impose several other restrictive measures on online gaming operators.
However, if the project does not progress before December, it will lose parliamentary status and will have to be discussed from the beginning.
Source: G3 Newswire
