La Liga strike called Spain's national court

Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) suspension and players' strike was called off by the Spain's national court. This means that the remainder of the season with two match-days left will now be allowed to finish.

he strike which was held by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and the Players' union (AFE) which threatened the rest of the season, has been suspended by the Spanish High Court.

The Spanish High Court, deeming the strike as illegal, took the decision on Thursday. This effectively means that the remainder of the La Liga season and the final of the Copa del Rey will be continuing as decided.

The strike was called following a dispute over distribution of the television revenue and rights. The Spanish government had proposed a new television deal on April 30. According to this, a more collective system will be introduced that would no longer allow the giants such as Real Madrid and Barcelona to negotiate their own terms and contracts for broadcasting the league games.

Although being praised, the AFE said it lacked some major issues and hence called a strike for the last two match days  as well as the Copa del Rey final. This was supported by the RFEF but made no such progress.

The decision initially was to be made on Wednesday but got delayed to Thursday. The court in Madrid has finally suspended it, meaning Barcelona can secure the title this week if they win their clash against  defenders Atletico Madrid.

Some of the key fixtures that were threatened by the strike were,

Sunday, 17th May: Atletico Madrid v/s Barcelona AND Espanyol v/s Real Madrid
Saturday, 23rd May: Barcelona v/s Deportivo AND Real Madrid v/s Getafe
Saturday, 30th May: Copa del Rey final - Athletic Bilbao v/s Barcelona (Camp Nou)

La Liga giants like Real's Sergio Ramos and keeper Iker Casillas have given their support to the AFE.

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