Summary A management crisis in the AFA has disrupted Argentine domestic football and the national team
BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - Argentina s government said Thursday it paid $22 million dollars to the country s Football Association to avert a players strike over unpaid wages that threatened to disrupt the new season.
The Argentina Footballers Union (AFA) had threatened to strike on the first day of the season Friday in a dispute over redistribution of broadcasting revenues.
It said some players had not been paid for four months because the state had failed to redistribute broadcasting revenues to their clubs.
In a decision published in the official journal, the government approved the payment of 350 million pesos ($22 million) to the AFA, which will pass it on to clubs.
A management crisis in the AFA has disrupted Argentine domestic football and the national team.
It has sparked criticism of the AFA by the likes of Argentina s World Cup legend Diego Maradona.
Last week the AFA ended a contract that gave the state broadcasting rights to top matches. The association is scheduled to elect a new president next month.
