The European Super League has revolutionised the world of football, and many articles and opinions have been written about it and its various vicissitudes since its announcement by Florentino Perez on 18 April 2021.
However, the great forgotten ones in the discussions and commentaries have been the members or “socios”, despite the fact that they are an essential figure, without whose support the clubs could not survive. Therefore, we are going to briefly analyse the Super League from the point of view of the members of the Spanish clubs involved.
The first thing to bear in mind is the different legal forms that football clubs can take in Spain, as the form affects members' rights.
Until 1990, all Spanish football clubs were merely private associations, whose corporate purpose was the promotion and practice of football and participation in non-profit sporting activities and competitions, and which were governed by Spanish Associations Law, which did not contain any special provisions in relation to those of a sporting nature.
In 1990, due to the enormous development of professional sport, Law no. 10/1990 of 15 October 1990 on Sport was adopted, and is still in force today. One of the novelties contained in the aforementioned Law was the creation of the figure of “Sociedades Anónimas Deportivas” (SAD), or Sports Public Limited Companies, a variant of the commercial limited companies, which was conceived to provide greater control and transparency to the clubs, and which was...
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