I don't think any of this is a surprise, or, new over the past few years, or, decades.
CSA mismanaged funds they did have, and got into bad deals, for a while. And this was before players wanted a fairier share of funds. It got so bad that even the money mismanagers knew they had to have someone else run the business.
The CSB did the deal they did not out of benevolence, but out of profit, as is their choice. If the deal called for opt out clauses to the CSA? Or if it called for $6M a year to the CSA, not $3M? Deal wouldn't have been done on their end. And they are just sticking to the terms of their agreement.
Meanwhile, with the WC exposure, and now Copa America, and the row amongst player salaries (women and men) there are bills that were never budgeted for like a CA training camp and paying $9k a head for a win bonus. And, as the article says, discovered now that the CSA is relying on charity from the other countries for those upcoming friendlies.
Besides big game and tournament experience and development, and though it can't be monetized, getting to CA, knowing already that the world will be watching your first game, maybe more eyes than any other game in CMNT history, because it's Messi's first major competition game since the WC Final, is massive.
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