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RACING NEWS

THE PLAYERS HAD AN EMERGENCY MEETING IN THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS UNION. THEY CALLED THE MEETING SO THAT THEY CAN DECIDE WHAT TO DO BECAUSE OF ALL THE VIOLENCE THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING THIS CHAMPIONSHIP. SOME OF THE VIOLENT EPISODES WERE TARGETED AT THE PLAYERS. IN LA PLATA, GIMNASIA'S PLAYERS WERE THREATENED AT GUNPOINT BY HOOLIGANS. THE VIOLENT FANS WANTED THE TEAM TO LOOSE THE GAME AGAINST BOCA BECAUSE BOCA WAS THE LEADER AND THEIR ARCH RIVAL, ESTUDIANTES, WAS IN SECOND PLACE. SO THEY WANTED TO LOOSE SO THAT ESTUDIANTES WOULDNT HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN THE TOURNAMENT. THE WORSE PART ABOUT THIS IS THAT THE PRESIDENT AND SOME OF HIS PEOPLE WERE PRESENT DURING THE THREATS AND MADE THREATS OF HIS OWN TO THE PLAYERS. THE PLAYERS WERE TOLD THAT IF THEY WON THEY WOULD ALL GET SHOT IN THEIR LEGS SO THEY WOULDNT BE ABLE TO PLAY ANYMORE AND THAT THEIR FAMILIES WOULD GET HURT ALSO.

SOME PLAYERS ARE VERY ANGRY AT HOW THE PLAYERS UNION HANDLED THIS MATTER AND OTHERS. AND THE PLAYERS ARE DIVIDED INTO 2 GROUPS. THE ONES WHO WANTED TO STRIKE AND THE ONES THAT PLAYED ANYWAY. SO THIS MEETING WAS CALLED TO TALK EVERYTHING OUT AND TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO. AT THE SAME TIME THERE WERE FANS OUTSIDE PROTESTING, MOSTLY RACING AND SAN LORENZO FANS, SINGING SONGS AGAINST GRONDONA, TORNEOS Y COMPETENCIAS (TV CHANNEL), FOX SPORTS (TV CHANNEL), CLARIN AND OLE (BOTH NEWSPAPERS). ALL OF WHICH MAKE A LOT OF MONEY FROM FOOTBALL AND TO PROTECT THEIR HUSTLE, LIE ABOUT THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND BEFORE THAT ALSO.

THE PLAYERS MADE A STATEMENT AFTER THE MEETING. THE BLAMED THE LEADERS OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE ACTS OF VIOLENCE THAT OCCURRED IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, THEY CRITICIZED THE DECISION TO ALLOW ONLY SEASON TICKET HOLDING FANS INTO THE STADIUMS. THEY DECIDED TO ASK FOR MORE SECURITY BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER EACH GAME AND THAT ALL FANS BE ABLE TO GO TO THE GAMES. AND IF THIS DOESNT HAPPEN FOR THIS WEEKEND'S GAMES THEN THEY WILL GO ON STRIKE. THEY GAVE GRONDONA AND AFA UNTIL WEDNESDAY TO DECIDE. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNION SAID THAT THE VIOLENT PEOPLE HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH THE LAW, IF THE JUDGES APPLIED EXISTING LAWS THEN VIOLENT PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND GAMES AND SHOULD BE PAYING FOR THEIR CRIMES.

THE PROBLEM IS REALLY A POLITICAL PROBLEM. POLITICIANS USE HOOLIGANS FOR PERSONAL REASON TO ADVANCE OR MAINTAIN THEIR POLITICAL CAREERS. MANY HOOLIGANS WORK IN GOVERNMENTAL BUILDINGS. MANY HOOLIGANS WORK IN JUDICIAL BUILDINGS. MANY HOOLIGANS WORK FOR POLITICAL PARTIES. MANY HOOLIGANS ARE IN WORKERS UNIONS. ITS NOT A SPORTS PROBLEM, ITS A SOCIETY PROBLEM. MANY PEOPLE MAKE MONEY OFF FOOTBALL AND THE HEAD OF THE GANG IS GRONDONA.

GRONDONA HAD MEETING WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO SEE WHAT HE CAN DO TO MAINTAIN HIS POWER OR IF HE WAS GOING TO STEP DOWN. MANY PEOPLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT, PLAYERS AND TEAM MANAGEMENT HAVE BEEN MANOUVERING SO THAT GRONDONA HAS TO STEP DOWN. HE HAS BEEN IN POWER FOR ALMOST 3 DECADES AND SOME PEOPLE SAY ITS TIME FOR HIM TO GO, BUT BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE ARE FILLING THEIR POCKETS FROM FOOTBALL, BOTH LEGALLY AND ILLEGALLY, MOST DONT WANT HIM TO GO.

AFTER THE MEETING HE SAID THAT THERE IS CONSENSUS BETWEEN THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FOOTBALL CLUBS TO NOT ALLOW A PLAYERS STRIKE. SO THEY ACCEPTED THE CONDITIONS OF THE PLAYERS UNION. ALL THIS MEANS IS THAT EVERYTHING GOES BACK TO HOW THINGS WERE 2 WEEKS AGO, BUT LETS HOPE THAT NOW THINGS WILL CHANGE. LETS HOPE THAT FROM THE COUNTRY'S GOVERMENT, THEY MAKE THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM APPLY THE LAWS SO THAT VIOLENCE ENDS. STOP VIOLENT FANS, VIOLENT POLICE, VIOLENT CLUB PRESIDENTS AND STOP ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN FOOTBALL