The América manager reiterated that they will not go to TAS to appeal the three points they lost at the table.
Santiago Baños, president of América, claimed they cannot sanction so harshly for not using a player who was not registered for a match. In an interview with ESPN Radio Formula Azulcrema manager affirmed the sanction as unfair, although he remained loyal to the regulations
‘You can’t get a life sentence for something like that. It was very unfair (the punishment). It’s tied to regulations, I know. However, the regulations are unfair. We deserved a penalty for the mistake, but I think that penalty, compared to the facts, isn’tBaños said.
In addition, he confessed that there was a scolding on the person responsible for the matter and stated that he had asked the players and the coaching staff to apologize because what they won on the field of play could not be sustained.
“An apology to the coaching staff and players. They are doing their job and earning the points on the court properly and we are hit by an operational transcription error. We do not want to escape our responsibility and we are deeply sorry for what happened. Er came a call of important attention and we need to pay more attention and there will be an adjustment in personnel matters and we will pass all those complicated days and then we will make the relevant decisions, ”he said.
Likewise, he confirmed that they will not appeal the decision in the CAS as a negative view of Mexican football can be given in relation to international football and he expressed his views on what he means by the participation of a player.
The problem is that the regulation is very rare and can be interpreted in different ways and we can use it to rely on TAS and we have decided on the Televisa board that we will not do it. We accepted the sanction, but the topic was raised, we asked from different quarters and they made us understand that this appeal could be won.
“We, and I personally, believe that participation should hit the field or participate, and not sit in a bench for a few minutes that the decision was made to apply that sanction due to the fact that it participated,” participated in the bank “.
Finally, he said that the regulations should be revised so that these gaps do not exist and interpretations are not given as this causes confusion about the sanctions.
“I understand that they are the rules that have time, that every tournament start is not revised punctually and therefore we ask in the statement that the rules are revised from now on to avoid bad decisions or that there is no sports justice as stated in the court “.
“ In the end we know and we take our responsibility and at the end of the day it was due to an error in the area of operations and we should take the consequences and not move on as there may be a bad image in Mexican football that a team takes this to international bodies ”, he concludes.