Surprising as it may be, the Argentine Football Association (AFA), under the leadership of president Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia, has become one of Milei’s most staunch opponents. Argentina’s football clubs have always been run as nonprofit civil associations. Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri first presented a bill on the matter in 2001, when he was at the helm of Boca Juniors. In January 2025, a recording of La Libertad Avanza (LLA) deputy Juliana Santillán asking an Argentine football club to file a complaint to become a private sports corporation went viral. On July 28, the government announced the new taxation scheme for football clubs, essentially raising their taxes from 7.5% to 18.6%.