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Spanish Football Federation Faces Questions After Turning Down Federal Funding

Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) President Ángel María Villar "continues to want nothing to do with" Spain's Superior Sports Council (CSD), from which the RFEF "opted not to receive money from Spain's Quiniela lottery," according to Enrique Marín of EL CONFIDENCIAL. This "unprecedented incident has provoked presidents of some territorial federations to turn against Villar." Although these "territorial federations prefer to remain anonymous -- the question is whether it is simple discretion or fear of possible reprisal from Villar -- many do not understand why their president has rejected money they can no longer receive." Last week, CSD President Miguel Cardenal sent letters to the presidents of every territory "in which, in addition to scheduling a meeting that had been requested, a series of documents were included." Those documents "included a study of the investment in infrastructure from '05-13 and the method of assigning the funds that both the CSD and RFEF had followed." This information revealed that "federations for the Canary Islands, Valencia, Catalan, Extremadura and Basque regions -- within this, the Gipuzkoa province in particular -- have clearly benefited in terms of investments received." The presidents "incidentally" are "principal confidantes" of Villar, from the Canary Islands' Juan Padrón to Valencian Vicente Muñoz, among others. The "anger from other federations like Galicia, Madrid and Aragón which have not been so fortunate has been logical" (EL CONFIDENCIAL, 11/25).

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