Mexican second division golf equipment from the Liga de Expansión have filed a lawsuit in opposition to the highest flight Liga MX and the Mexican Soccer Federation (FMF) relating to the return of promotion of relegation, sources confirmed to ESPN.
The Athletic first reported on Tuesday that the case was filed on the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) by 10 Liga de Expansión groups.
In response to ESPN sources, a majority of Liga de Expansión golf equipment with voting rights within the Normal Meeting, which are not within the strategy of being offered, united to reinstate promotion and relegation for the 2025-26 season.
The FMF mentioned in a statement Tuesday that it “has not been notified of any proceedings in opposition to it by the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport. If notified, we’ll current our stance to the corresponding authorities.”
The first argument stems from a earlier choice by CAS that allowed a brief suspension of promotion and relegation inside Liga MX for six years, with the anticipation of that call lifting in 2026. Whether or not that returns for the upcoming 2025-26 season, or 2026-27, stays a degree of competition for all events concerned.
Liga MX’s subsequent Normal Meeting is about to happen on Might 26, someday after the second leg of this season’s 2025 Clausura ultimate between Toluca and Membership América. The attainable return of promotion and relegation is at the moment scheduled to be mentioned by stakeholders. Sooner or later later, a separate Normal Meeting might be held by Liga de Expansión sides.
The official pause on promotion and relegation was cemented in 2020 through the uncertainty that COVID-19 introduced to Mexican soccer. In response to second division golf equipment asking for monetary assist, a deal was set with Liga MX for offering annual funds to the second division, however with the caveat of briefly suspending promotion and relegation.