Reality can be interpreted in many ways and readers are smart enough to draw their own conclusions about published opinion. This is due to the different measuring sticks with which the majority of the media attend to two of the great media protagonists of the week: King Joan Carles and Joan Laporta.
The president of Barça held a press conference on Monday designed more in a judicial way and to prevent the club from being punished in court than to really clarify how it was possible that so much money had been paid to a former football referee. It is clear that it is impossible to justify the unjustifiable, but there is no evidence that the money spent was used to manipulate the league competition and that, rather, we would be facing a case of disloyal administration. Among all the newspaper pages, hours of television, tweets and other media noise that has been generated these weeks there is no real evidence that Barça has bought hundreds of referees over several years to win leagues. The president of La Liga, Javier Tebas, said yesterday that he was convinced that Barça wanted to influence the arbitrations, but there is still no evidence to confirm this. Only that an indecent amount has been paid to a representative of the arbitration committee.
On the other hand, on the other side of the scale, the king emeritus appears as a victim because, without having any pending court case, it is argued that he can come to Spain to practice his favorite sport and get in shape (in age 85) to participate in future regattas. There are indeed conclusive judicial reports on the actions of King Juan Carlos. The Prosecutor's Office filed the case against him pointing out that criminal proceedings could be initiated for his actions but that his status as inviolable by article 56.3 of the law made this impossible. Prosecutors specifically mentioned money laundering and tax evasion. God forbid.
This is the reality of both cases, pending the conclusion of the Public Prosecutor's investigation against Barça. The rest are speculations and sentencing something that has not yet come to trial.
