Six La Liga clubs have hardened their opposition to a TV deal brokered by Real Madrid and Barcelona.
La Liga teams torn on whether to back Real/Barca proposal
Villarreal, Sevilla and four other clubs have hardened their opposition to an agreement brokered by Real Madrid and Barcelona with 11 other La Liga teams on sharing television revenue.
Athletic Bilbao, Espanyol, Real Zaragoza and Real Sociedad are also against the proposal, arguing it will maintain Madrid and Barca's duopoly of the Spanish game and continue to limit competition in the top flight, reducing its appeal to TV audiences.
After the latest round of talks on Wednesday, the six clubs said they were considering filing a complaint with Spain's competition authority about the agreement, which would come into effect around 2014 after current contracts expire.
Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido believes Spain need a system similar to that used in rival European leagues like England's Premier League, where TV income is shared more evenly between the rich and the poor.
"Under the current system of revenue sharing, it would be impossible for any club other than Madrid or Barca to win the league," Del Nido said, flanked by the presidents of the five other clubs.
Little competition
"I don't know how any of us could justify to our fans that we are only able to compete for fifth place."
Of the 20 La Liga clubs, only Malaga are yet to confirm if they are for or against the proposal.
Previous TV deals have been negotiated individually by Spain's big two, allowing them to net about half the total pot of around 600million euros (£510m) and ensure they have a bigger income than any other clubs in world football.
As a result, most other La Liga teams are unable to compete in terms of wage demands and transfer fees, therefore restricting their ability to compete for the domestic title.
Real Mallorca, Malaga and Levante have been forced into administration while the only club outside the big two to win the La Liga title in the last 10 years was Valencia in 2002 and 2004.
Barca set a points record of 99 in winning last season's championship, with Real three behind in second place and third-placed Valencia 25 points adrift of Real.
New deals
The Real/Barca deal is expected to bring in between 200m and 300m euros more per annum than the current total of about 600 million, with Real and Barca getting 34 percent of the extra income, 11 percent for Valencia and Atletico Madrid, and the rest shared among the remaining 16 clubs based on their league position.
An alternative proposal tabled by Sevilla, Villarreal and the other four clubs would result in 40 percent of the extra income being shared equally and 60 percent distributed according to results on the pitch and share of TV audience.
A study published in May by consulting firm Sport+Markt showed Real and Barca earned almost 19 times more from TV deals than the smallest clubs in the top division - by far the biggest gap among European leagues.
The richest clubs in the Premier League, which earns just over a billion euros a year in broadcast revenue, earned around 1.7 times more than their smaller rivals.
