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Promotion and relegation to be suspended in Mexico?

A report in El Universal reveals that the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF) is considering suspending promotion and relegation between Liga MX and Ascenso MX for four years starting in the 2019-2020 season. This is ostensibly to allow Ascenso MX clubs time to “comply with regulations” that the FMF has in place.

As of right now, only six of Ascenso MX’s sixteen teams are eligible to be promoted should they win the league: Atlético de San Luis, Atlante, Celaya, Dorados de Sinaloa, FC Juárez, and Universidad de Guadalajara. It’s not clear what regulations the other ten clubs would need to comply with.