the new normality and the security protocols against the spread of the covid-19 have become a millionaire spending for the clubs of the MX League, That each day must disburse large sums of money for the application of the PCR tests which demands the championship as a requirement from the past Guard1anes 2020 Tournament.
Every club has to perform about 150 tests each week, taking into account the planters, technical body and staff of the teams Sub-17, Sub-20, Women’s MX League i MX League, Which represents an expenditure of between 240 thousand and 330 thousand pesos each date, For each institution.
In other words that is, each of the 18 teams spent the last tournament, And they will do the same in the Guard1anes 2021, between 4 and 5.6 million pesos only in the payment of the tests, Which have been applied with the laboratories that each of the teams choose. For example, Pachuca i Santos they have done so with labs that have within their portfolio of sponsors.
It should be noted that the cost of testing, According to information close to the clubs, has varied between one thousand 600 and 2 thousand 200 pesos.
By the end of the 2020-2021 football year, which includes tournaments opening 2020 i closing 2021, the Mexican clubs will have spent between 13 and 15 million extra pesos to its annual operation, since to the 8 or 10 million pesos in tests, it is necessary to add to him around 5 million in each equipment by the investment for the adaptations in the stages and facilities of training.
In total, by May 2021, once the Guard1anes 2021, the 18 teams in the MX League will have paid around 270 million pesos because of the pandemic for coronaviruss, which in March 2020 he stopped the Clausura tournament, Forcing him to stop Mexican football for four months.
HOW MANY TESTS DOES EACH MX LEAGUE CLUB PERFORM?
On average each club performs 45 PCR tests in its First Division squads and 35 in each of its youth divisions (Under 17 and Under 20), as well as in its staff of the Women’s MX League. This number varies according to whether the match is local or away, as a smaller number of staff travel to a visiting match.
GUARD1ANES STARTS WITH 47 CASES
At the start of the Guard1anes 2021 Tournament were reported 47 cases confirmed by covid-19 in the four different divisions, Of which 11 were reported first Division: Blue Cross (4), Atlas (2), Lion (2), Pachuca (2) i Chivas (1).
Santos was the team that recorded the most infections prior to the day 1 in all categories with 30 cases, 19 on their youth and staff teams, and 11 more on the women’s team. The first team showed no contagion and was able to play against the Blue Cross this Sunday night.