Overview
- The Commission Nacional Antimonopolio registered an investigation under file IO-001-2026 in the Diario Oficial on Monday, September 14, 2026, and the case is now handled by the CNA’s Dirección General de Investigaciones de Mercado.
- The probe formally covers the market for affiliation, organization and access to professional football competitions in Mexico and will examine related services and procedures used to admit and place clubs.
- The first investigatory phase runs between 30 and 120 business days with possible extensions, and the CNA can require documents, summon people to testify and carry out on-site verification visits.
- The opening of the case does not name any accused party and does not restore promotion and relegation automatically, though public petitions and legal challenges from figures such as Jorge Álvarez Máynez and several Liga de Expansión clubs helped prompt scrutiny.
- If the CNA later finds violations it can fine agents up to 10% of annual revenue or order corrective measures, a risk underscored by a 2021 federal sanction and by football’s economic scale in Mexico, which the CNA says exceeds 52 billion pesos and supports tens of thousands of jobs.