The debate about the Argentine football format remains ongoing. Amid constant changes and increasingly longer tournaments, several voices in the field are calling for restructuring. One of them was Sebastián Domínguez, who shared his critical view of the current system and proposed a smaller, more competitive league.
According to his perspective, the presence of too many teams ends up "leveling down" and affects the technical quality of the competition. "Everything became much more federalized and the cost is that the tournament loses technical quality," he explained in a conversation with F4ctos. "If you have 20 teams and you add 10 from the Second Division, you added a percentage of players who were competing at a different pace. So, those who were in the First Division have to adapt to that pace. In the process, things even out, which for me means leveling down," he added.
Although he is critical of the current format, Domínguez acknowledged that the current format allows for surprises and changes in performance: "Platense went from being 13th in the tournament to becoming champion. That is part of a spectacle that is fine. That is how the format works and it is the same for everyone. I am not saying it is good or bad, it is a way of choosing the tournament format."
To solve the issue of the level, Domínguez suggests that a championship with far fewer teams would allow for a "super elite" tournament and a competitive Second Division, without compromising the ability to supply players to the First Division. He also compared the Argentine situation with more organized European leagues: "If Germany has 18 teams, I would look there. I would look at leagues that are super organized."
