Overview
- The AFA president defended keeping 30 clubs in the Liga Profesional, calling the size a deliberate development policy.
- He quantified the benefits as 10 additional teams, a minimum of 300 more players and 10 more coaching staffs.
- Tapia highlighted leadership production, noting that eight of Argentina’s 11 national-team starters are club captains and that many South American national sides have Argentine coaches.
- He said bringing the league back under the AFA structure aimed to enable more attractive and competitive tournament designs.
- The remarks, delivered this week in Miami after a similar message in a private talk, drew renewed criticism over instability and shifting rules, and no structural changes were announced.