Real Madrid Hails Supreme Court Ruling in Long-Running Audiovisual Rights Dispute with LaLiga

Actual Madrid has publicly celebrated a landmark Supreme Courtroom determination that brings an finish to a decade-long authorized dispute with LaLiga over the distribution of audiovisual rights for the 2015–16 season.

In an intensive official assertion launched on Friday, the membership confirmed that the ruling validates its place in opposition to the statutory adjustments made by LaLiga in 2015—modifications that Madrid claims have been launched “illegitimately” and used to distort the distribution of tv income.

The Supreme Courtroom determination triggers roughly €88 million in whole compensation for a gaggle of golf equipment that competed within the Second Division that season. The beneficiaries embody: Alavés, Albacete, Alcorcón, Almería, Bilbao Athletic, Córdoba, Elche, Gimnàstic de Tarragona, Girona, Huesca, Leganés, Llagostera, Lugo, Mallorca, Mirandés, Numancia, Osasuna, Ponferradina, Actual Oviedo, Tenerife, Actual Valladolid, and Actual Zaragoza.

€8.8 Million for Actual Madrid

Actual Madrid itself will obtain €8.8 million, which the courtroom decided the membership had been “unlawfully disadvantaged of” as a result of LaLiga’s alteration of the revenue-sharing mannequin.

The Courtroom dominated null and void the Second Further Provision launched by LaLiga in 2015—an addition the judges deemed unauthorized and incompatible with the laws governing audiovisual rights on the time. Because of this, the legitimate distribution for 2015–16 reverts again to the unique framework:

Actual Madrid emphasised that the ruling “restores legality” and ensures that comparable governance choices should be made with “full respect for the regulation and transparency.” The assertion additional underscores that the Supreme Courtroom has fully dismissed LaLiga’s attraction, thereby ratifying the sooner Nationwide Courtroom ruling in favor of Madrid.

The membership closed by highlighting the ruling’s significance for each Actual Madrid and the affected Segunda División golf equipment, asserting that the judgment confirms they have been “unlawfully harmed by LaLiga’s actions.”