New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- La Liga players launched protests against the league's decision to stage a regular season game in Miami, but the first protest on Friday was not televised as expected.

The television feed of the game at Oviedo against Espanyol cut to the exterior of the stadium for the first 25 seconds of the game, when players paused for the opening 15 seconds in opposition to plans to take a game to the United States.

The game came just hours after the Spanish soccer players' union announced that protests would be held straight after kickoff in games in the ninth round from Friday through Monday.

The players' union said in a statement that the "players will protest in a symbolic fashion to denounce the lack of transparency, dial...