La Liga players held a 15-second silence to protest overseas matches, and Laliga asked not to broadcast the footage in order to cover it up.

Hupu, October 20, the latest reports from TheAthleticUK and many Spanish media, multiple insiders revealed that Laliga asked TV stations not to broadcast the protests by La Liga players this weekend. Therefore, these protests did not receive widespread support and people did not even see them.

The Spanish Football Players Association (AFE) said on Friday that players are dissatisfied with the La Liga match plan for Villarreal's home game against Barcelona originally scheduled to be held on December 20 in Miami, Florida, so the La Liga team will not start the game according to the scheduled time, but will hold a 15-second silence in protest.

During the match between Oviedo and Barcelona, ​​TV cameras first filmed the exterior of the stadium, and then returned to film the stadium after the 15-second protest.

In other games, the aerial camera focused on the center circle, rather than using a wide-angle lens to capture the players on both sides standing still.

However, during Elche's match against Athletic Bilbao on Sunday, DAZN's Spanish affiliate broadcast wide-angle footage of 22 players motionless for 15 seconds.

When Real Madrid kicked off in Getafe, the chants of fans protesting against overseas matches were clearly visible in the stadium but could not be heard on the television broadcast. However, English broadcasts on Spain's Movistar TV and DAZN showed the players standing still before the game started.

La Liga is produced by HBS, which previously reached an agreement with Mediapro. HBS has not responded to a request for comment, and Laliga declined to comment.

AFE stated that the protest was supported by the captains of Spain's top league and was a "symbolic protest" against La Liga's "lack of transparency, dialogue and consistency" in its decisions on overseas matches.

The union added that the move was a rejection of "a project that has not been endorsed by the major players in our sport" in the face of "continuous rejections and unrealistic proposals from Laliga".

Previously, European football's regular season leagues had never been moved abroad, but earlier this month, UEFA "regrettably" approved the official request of Laliga and Serie A, citing "global regulatory gaps."