The Mexican Football Federation (; abbreviated as Femexfut or FMF) is the governing body of association football in Mexico. It administers the Mexico national team, the Liga MX and all affiliated amateur sectors, and controls promoting, organizing, directing, expanding, and supervising competitive football in Mexico. The Federación has three operational centres: the Central Office, the High Performance Centre (, CAR) and the Training Centre (, CECAP). FEMEXFUT is a member of the CONCACAF and FIFA, and is subject to policies, statutes, objectives and ideals of those international play football governing bodies. The Federación was established on 23 August 1922 under the inaugural president Humberto Garza Ramos. In 1929, FIFA affiliation was established; CONCACAF affiliation was established in 1961. Structure The governing body of the Federación is the General Assembly that conforms with the participation of the Liga MX with 55% of the votes; Ascenso MX with 5%; Liga Premier, with 18%; Tercera División, with 13%, and the Amateur sector, with 9%. The executive and administrative body is the National Council, which comprises five members, one from each of the divisions mentioned, and are elected every four years. Association staff Competitions The league is composed of four professional divisions: Liga MX, Liga de Expansión MX, Liga Premier, and Liga TDP. The Liga MX Femenil is the top-tier of women's football in Mexico. Criticism Multi-team ownership issue The issue of multi-team ownership has been a highly debated one within the owners of the professional football clubs and the Femexfut. Of 36 clubs in the top two tiers, about a third of the teams are owned by three groups: Grupo Pachuca (Pachuca, León, Tlaxcala), Grupo Caliente (Tijuana, Dorados de Sinaloa, Querétaro) and Grupo Orlegi (Santos Laguna, Atlas). Of those groups that own more than one team, that ownership is usually split between the top two tiers of the league and act as a form of player development. In May 2013, the Liga MX club owners approved banning a person or company from owning more than one team. The issue came to fore when rumor was that Carlos Slim, whose telecommunications company América Móvil owns a 30% stake in Grupo Pachuca, sought to acquire Guadalajara; he would refute the speculation. The ban applied to future acquisitions, not the then current team ownership, and did not require the sale of teams in excess of the one team limitation. The issue reemerged in November 2013 when