Podemos has brought a proposal to Congress to allow the installation of giant screens in public spaces during sports matches of special relevance, even when there are objections from LaLiga. The party believes that matches such as promotions, relegations, or decisive playoffs have a social dimension that should prevail over strictly commercial criteria.
The initiative proposes creating the figure of "sports event of special public interest," which would allow the free broadcast of certain matches in squares and other municipal spaces. The goal is to avoid situations like those recently experienced in cities like Málaga or Las Palmas, where LaLiga opposed the creation of mass viewing zones.
Furthermore, Podemos denounces that many fans are forced to face exorbitant prices to follow their teams on key away trips. Therefore, it proposes studying mechanisms to detect abusive price increases in flights and trains, as well as agreements with transport operators to offer stable or subsidized fares.
The proposal also contemplates reserving quotas of seats at regulated prices for visiting fans and reinforcing transport capacity on dates of high sports demand, in order to ensure that supporters can accompany their teams without suffering extraordinary surcharges.
According to the party led by Ione Belarra, football cannot be conditioned solely by economic interests. "Fans are the ones who keep football alive," the purples argue, demanding a new regulatory framework to strengthen popular access to professional sports and preserve its collective and community dimension.
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