The excuses of Javier Tebas to justify your fudge with the calendar of Second Division They fall to the first exchange. The president of the League justified that the playoffs ascent to firstA disputed in June and on FIFA selections dates because “It is very important that subscribers remain subscribers”. However, audience data They do not indicate that there is great interest in these playoffs.
The party between Mirandés and Racing de SantanderTour of semifinals of this ascent to Primera phase, registered only a 2.2% of share (And that was broadcast on three different television channels, 247,000 viewers), while the other semifinal meeting, the Real Oviedo – Almeríagave a 2,7% (broadcast on two television channels, with 251,000 spectators).
Los data are very poor If we stick to the excuses of Javier Tebas to have four second division teams until June disputing the promotion to the First Division, also coinciding with the first of the two rounds with Selections dates. The audience is not entirely bad if we compare it with other meetings, especially those of Second Division during the regular season, but if this is worth justifying that there are subscribers, the bar is very low.
“It is very important that in the month of June we have national football so that the subscribers remain subscribers”Javier Tebas said to the wave of criticism for having four second teams still playing in June, in addition to the semifinal round of this ascent phase coincides with date FIFAwhich causes teams to lose some of their players.
Perhaps for Javier Tebas the data of these two second division games is spectacular, since he is accustomed to seeing very low audiences in first, with data even sometimes as poor as 0.5% of share (The case of Leganés-Real Valladolid of the last day, to cite an example). But even so, this 2.2% in the promotion playoffs is a very low and more fact if that is the form of the league president to justify that there is football at this time.
