Over a decade ago, Chilean professional football began to expose a paradox that could no longer be overlooked.

The domestic clubs and the national team accumulated international achievements - with milestones such as Universidad de Chile’s victory in the 2011 Copa Sudamericana, third place at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, competitive campaigns at the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups, Copa América titles in 2015 and 2016 and the runner-up finish at the 2017 Confederations Cup - projecting the image of a consolidated and competitive institutional model at the apparent height of its institutional maturity.

However, that sustained success did not reveal the underlying fragility of the institutional model underpinning it. Rather, it operated as a veil: sporting success deferred regulatory scrutiny of Chilean football governance, concealing structural...

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