Liga MX and its clubs could be facing some serious legal trouble from the Mexican government over the issue of double-contracts. Mexico’s SAT (Servicio de Administración Tributaria, also known as Hacienda) announced it is investigating the practice in Mexican soccer.
The Hacienda is analogous to the American Internal Revenue Service or Canada’s Canadian Revenue Agency. It’s a government organization that collects taxes and enforces tax laws, and according to their press release it believes that these double-contacts were circumventing tax law.
A double-contract is where a person (manager, player, etc.