La Liga president Javier Tebas could face sanctions for comparing Real Madrid’s communication methods to those of Joseph Goebbels, the propaganda minister of Nazi Germany. On Thursday, Spain’s National Sports Council (CSD) asked the Administrative Tribunal for Sport (TAD) to assess whether Tebas had committed an offense.
In a statement, the CSD, a government body, said it had referred the matter to the TAD to determine whether Tebas’ remarks constituted a serious violation of Spain’s 1990 Sports Law, which classifies “notorious and public acts that undermine sporting dignity or ethics” as a serious offense.
In mid-October, the La Liga president wrote on social media that Real Madrid used a television channel considered close to the club to “play the same tune over and over again”: “selecting the incidents that suit them, repeating insults, fueling suspicion and pointing fingers at their enemies.”
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“This method recalls the propaganda mechanisms used by Goebbels, the propaganda minister of Nazi Germany: systematic repetition, the construction of an enemy and the subordination of facts to a narrative,” he wrote.
He later clarified that “the comparison concerned propaganda techniques, not an ideology and certainly not Real Madrid supporters.”
Following the remarks, Real Madrid called for the La Liga president to resign.
On Thursday, Tebas reiterated on his X account that he was “distinguishing between propaganda techniques and ideology.”
