Sporting lose out in Liga Portugal after all proposals rejected | OneFootball

Sporting took center stage at the extraordinary general assembly of Liga Portugal, held this Wednesday, May 20, in Porto, but ended up seeing all the regulatory amendment proposals submitted by the Lions rejected.

The Alvalade club was represented by Amândio Novais and Patrícia Silva Lopes and brought a total of six proposals to the meeting: four related to the Disciplinary Regulations and two concerning the Competition Regulations. Even so, none of the changes suggested by the green-and-whites won approval from the sports companies present.

On the disciplinary side, Sporting argued for a significant increase in the fines imposed on clubs and sports agents for criticism, pressure or attacks directed at refereeing teams. In addition, the Lions proposed the creation of a new disciplinary offence aimed at holding members of SAD boards accountable for offences against the referees’ honour through official statements or social media posts.

On the competitive side, the SAD led by Frederico Varandas wanted to expand VAR’s powers of intervention, allowing corrections in wrongly awarded corner-kick decisions that could directly influence match results. Another of the suggested measures involved swapping the locations of the home and away teams’ benches.

Although several of these ideas coincided with proposals put forward by Liga Portugal itself, only the changes supported by the body were approved. The assembly included representatives from almost all of the sports companies, with only Nacional and Feirense absent.

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