Let’s review the adverse situations that the president of the MX League has had to face in less than 50 days in office
Mikel Arriola is still less than half a hundred days away from leading the MX League and has already had to face at least five scandals as president of the Mexican tournament. The former PRRI candidate for head of government has been put to the test with situations such as the Covid 19 outbreak in Monterrey that affected America, the record problem of Atlético Morelia, the indiscipline of the players in the pandemic, alleged acts of racism in Alfonso Lastras and, now, an alleged misalignment of the azulcrema ensemble.
The last two scandals facing Mikel Arriola were born on day seven of the Guardians 2021. One is Sants’ complaint against Atlètic Sant Lluís, for alleged racist acts against his player Fèlix Torres and the other is the complaint for an alleged misalignment of America in the match against Atlas, in which the player Federico Viñas is involved.
The president of the MX League has used Twitter as a way to expose the position in the face of the controversy that his management has faced. In the case of Sants, he immediately reacted and assured that “any kind of discrimination will not be tolerated in the MX League,” but in the American controversy against the Atlas he made “mutes” and barely gave a retweet to the publication of the Disciplinary Commission, in which it is announced that an investigation is being opened to resolve the conflict between the two teams.
Arriola’s silence is surprising in the case of America, because he has well overturned other problems he has had in his 49 days at the helm of the MX League. In the conflict between Monterrey and the Eagles, on day two, the president reacted by bringing together all the representatives of the MX League clubs, in an emergency meeting, and strengthening the health protocol.
In the indiscipline of players like Alana Mosso and Jonathan Rodriguez during the pandemic, Mikel Arriola and his team designed a mechanism to sanction footballers who left the protocol during the emergence of Covid 19, which ultimately serves as one more tool for clubs to maintain control of their elements.
In the controversy of Atlético Morelia, which was noted for registering more than eight players older than the one established in the tournament, in the MX League, in this case Expansion League, they accepted the shared blame and the purépecha equipment only received an economic fine, in addition that there were changes within the structure of the Mexican match.
In the case of Sants v. Sant Lluís, Mikel Arriola immediately condemned racism and his team explained how the case was handled. With America, so far there is no position in the MX League, other than a statement informing the action of the disciplinary committee, which will be the entity that decides whether the Eagles lose the game at the table or s ‘points to the referee chamber as the culprit.