Mexican football club Santos Laguna application Walt Disney Company claiming damages of millions of dollars due to alleged breaches of contract arising from the acquisition The fox of the 21st century last year by the American global entertainment giant.
He filed the documentation in a California court this week, claiming that Disney violated the terms of a five-year agreement signed in 2017 that established profitable broadcasting rights for its games at home, among other promotional services. They claim that the alleged violations can leave you without a viable partner to televise your games.
Santos Laguna claims that the initial agreement they signed with what was then known as FSLA Holdings was worth about $ 106 million, covering the rights to broadcast the games in Mexico and abroad beginning in the 2019 season. 2020.
But after the acquisition of Fox, for $ 71 billion, Disney agreed to give up the FSLA, now known as TFCF Holdings. “We believe the allegations are completely unfounded and we will defend ourselves strongly against them,” a Disney spokesman said.
The lawsuit says Disney agreed with Mexican regulators that ESPN, whose majority owner would not try to buy from its competitor to facilitate the approval of the operation in the Latin American country. ESPN and Fox Sports are the two main stations for professional football games in Mexico.