00:00Promotion and relegation in Mexican football is gone.
00:03El presidente dijo, Nanay, I know that I said I was going to be five years, but I feel differently
00:09now, so no longer.
00:11And whoever wants to come and play with the big boys, you're going to have to save some money.
00:15It doesn't matter that you win el apertura ni el clausura del ascenso.
00:21There's no path for the lesser teams to come to Liga MX First Division.
00:26This is something that is increasingly happening around the world.
00:30The MLS model that we like to call it is taking over football around the world.
00:35How dangerous, let me stress this, my friends.
00:38How dangerous it is for the development of football around the world to do away with promotion and relegation?
00:46Let me break it.
00:48Look, MLS has done it very well without relegation.
00:53And they have many players playing in Europe right now.
00:56So having the relegation is not an excuse for a nation not to have these players playing in Europe.
01:04Now, why is MLS doing it that way?
01:06They want to protect the investors.
01:08They want to build a league that is super strong and that the investors don't have to worry about their
01:14team being relegated the next season
01:15after they invested millions and millions of dollars to the club.
01:18In Mexico, it's different because we were used to El Ascenso.
01:23I think La Liga, La Liga de Ascenso, it was very important for the youngsters.
01:28They had a very good opportunity of showing themselves in La Liga de Expansión, now called Liga de Expansión,
01:34and having more minutes.
01:36Now in Mexico, unfortunately for our league, there's a lot of extranjeros playing in the starting 11 for Mexico.
01:43Before, back in the day, it was only four, max five.
01:46Right now, it's up to nine.
01:47So all of those things are taking time away from players, young players, young talent from Mexico.
01:55Why is it important, relegation?
01:57Because it's been traditionally good for Mexico, right?
02:01It has brought a different flavor, just like it does in Europe.
02:06It has brought very good players, like, for example, we have Johan Vázquez, we have Montes,
02:13players that play in Liga de Expansión.
02:15National team.
02:15Yeah, and national team players that play in Europe now.
02:17De los Cimarrones.
02:18De los Cimarrones, exactly.
02:19One of the teams from the Expansion League that has provided the most players to the national team.
02:25And that team no longer will have a path to play at the highest level, Camila.
02:29As a young player, that you are part of an academy that is legendary, and you have this illusion to
02:37go.
02:38And now, there's no more a path for you to go into first division with the team that you grew
02:46up playing with.
02:47How is that changing your outcome as a player, you're looking forward into the sport?
02:52I mean, I think the biggest word is motivation, right?
02:54Where is the motivation to continue to work harder to get to those top, you know, level teams in your
03:00dreams?
03:00And motivation also to stay in the league.
03:02If we don't have consequences for teams that aren't performing, how are we supposed to, you know, keep the standard?
03:09I think relegation and promotion, it helps, you know, even though it works for the MLS,
03:12it doesn't necessarily work for the Mexican League.
03:14And I think, you know, relegation and promotion helps keep the standards of the teams high
03:19because, honestly, my worry is that it's just going to slip.
03:23There's no bottom.
03:24There's nowhere to fall from.
03:26So you can play as bad as you want, and there's no consequences.
03:29And yeah, we're talking about players and player development and this and that,
03:32but we're forgetting about the fans.
03:34Yeah.
03:34Fans that don't have that opportunity, like Tampico Madera, very iconic club.
03:38Yes.
03:39And the Mexican League, Zacatepec, UDG, I mean, you name it.
03:43There's a lot of teams out there that they don't have the opportunity no longer to be part
03:48of La Primera en Liga MX.
03:50Those fans are La Trinca Fresera, que aman el equipo, that they follow.
03:55Irapuato, yes.
03:57And I think that Liga MX has to think about that.
03:59You want football and soccer to be in every single region around the country, right?
04:04And I feel like right now, just how many teams do we have in Mexico City?
04:09So many.
04:09Four, five, yeah.
04:10I don't think that's fair, but again, if they win it on the field y suben a La Primera
04:15División, it's going to make a difference.
04:17That's why I say culturally, I think that el descenso y el ascenso en Liga MX has been
04:21very important for the tradition of football in Mexico and also for the fans of La Liga
04:26Mexicana.
