Real Madrid Wins supreme Court Battle Over LaLiga TV rights Distribution
Madrid, Spain – Real Madrid has secured a decisive victory in a decade-long legal battle with LaLiga, following a Supreme Court ruling concerning the distribution of audiovisual rights for the 2015-16 season. The ruling validates the club’s challenge to changes implemented by laliga in 2015, which Real Madrid argued were introduced “illegitimately” and unfairly altered television revenue distribution.
The dispute centered on the Second Additional Provision introduced by LaLiga in 2015, which the Supreme Court has now declared null and void, deeming it unauthorized and incompatible with existing legislation. This decision effectively reverts the 2015-16 distribution model back to its original framework.
As a result of the ruling, approximately €88 million in compensation will be distributed among a group of clubs that competed in the Segunda División during that season, including Alavés, Albacete, Alcorcón, Almería, Bilbao Athletic, Córdoba, Elche, Gimnàstic de tarragona, Girona, Huesca, Leganés, Llagostera, Lugo, Mallorca, Mirandés, Numancia, osasuna, Ponferradina, Real Oviedo, Tenerife, Real Valladolid, and Real Zaragoza.
Real Madrid will receive €8.8 million, the court persistent, representing funds the club had been “unlawfully deprived of.”
In an official statement released Friday, Real madrid emphasized the ruling “restores legality” and stressed the importance of “full respect for the law and clarity” in future governance decisions. The Supreme Court’s decision fully upholds a prior ruling by the National Court in favor of the club, dismissing LaLiga’s appeal.
the club concluded by stating the judgment confirms that both Real Madrid and the Segunda División clubs were “unlawfully harmed by LaLiga’s actions.”
