Liga MX clubs have agreed in principle not to sign or renew television contracts beyond 2028, a first step toward the league selling its broadcast rights collectively, according to a report by David Medrano of Mediotiempo.
Medrano reported the understanding on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, in his Mediotiempo column and his En la Mira video segment. The clubs agree, in a first instance, that none of them will negotiate television rights beyond 2028 so the centralization project can begin.
Under the project, Liga MX itself would negotiate the rights as a single product, with a guaranteed amount for every club.
The Money Split Is Still Unresolved
Medrano was clear that the hardest part remains open: how the money gets divided. The clubs must decide what quantity is shared in equal parts and what percentages follow sporting achievements and targets, a discussion he said they have two years to settle.
Neither the FMF nor Liga MX has confirmed the reported agreement, and no club executive has commented publicly on it. This is an in-principle understanding reported by one journalist, not a signed collective sale.
The Mandate Behind the Report
The direction itself is official and years old. In May 2023, the Asamblea Ordinaria de Clubes approved a mandate to centralize broadcast rights and commercial sponsorships in Mexico, the United States and the rest of the world, according to RECORD.
FMF commissioner Mikel Arriola has kept the goal public, and he dates the board authorization to May 22, 2023. At the Expansion Summit in September 2026, he said the board had authorized centralizing the television rights and that it gives new push to the league’s value.
Centralization was also the engine of the Apollo investment fund project. That deal collapsed at the owners’ assembly of December 13, 2024, for lack of unanimity, and FMF commissioner Juan Carlos Rodriguez resigned the same day. Arriola kept the goal and dropped the fund.
The Big Earners Are the Test
The reported obstacle has always been the clubs that earn the most alone. Coverage of the report puts Chivas at more than 40 million dollars a year from its individual deals, between Amazon Prime Video for home matches in Mexico and Telemundo in the United States.
Clubs in that position have historically resisted pooling, since a shared formula could pay them less than their current contracts. Whether they accept the final split is the question the next two years will answer.
What It Could Mean in the United States
American viewers currently follow Liga MX club by club. United States rights are negotiated team by team and sit across TelevisaUnivision and ViX, Telemundo and Peacock, FOX Deportes and FOX One, and ESPN Deportes.
Medrano’s report does not specify whether the 2028 cap covers the United States deals, although the 2023 mandate did include the United States and the rest of the world.
If a collective sale eventually includes the U.S. package, the league could be sold to American audiences as one product instead of 18 separate negotiations. For now, that is a possibility attached to a report, not an announced deal.
