Even though there are still two weeks left before the Spanish Liga programme kicks off, there is already little doubt as to which teams will finish first and second.
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Not since 2008 have Barcelona and Real Madrid failed to finish together in the top two, with Barca winning four leagues and Real one in the last five seasons.
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The only doubt is whether Real's new coach Carlo Ancelotti will be able to reverse this trend, or whether newcomer Gerardo Martino will keep Barca at the top.
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What is not in doubt is that this bipolar hegemony will continue, after yet another summer in which the big two have become stronger and their rivals weaker.
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Barca and Real have failed to go the distance in the Champions League in the last two seasons, but their domestic domination is stronger than ever.
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Two years ago Real established a new record by finishing with 100 points, a feat that Barca managed to equal last season despite the throat cancer suffered by coach Tito Vilanova.
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"There is no way," commented Radio Marca Thursday, "that a team from outside the big two will win La Liga next season...This is one of the most unequal leagues in Europe. They just get richer, whilst the clubs become more indebted."
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The root of the problem - according to Marca, most other media and practically all club presidents - is the unequal distribution of television revenue to the clubs.
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Last season, Barca and Real received 140 million euros (185.6 million dollars) each from the television consortium that owns the rights to La Liga, whilst Atletico Madrid and Valencia received 42 million each and Sevilla 24 million.
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Little wonder, then, that Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido has been campaigning for a more equal system, such as exists in other countries.
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"This is a diabolic system," said Del Nido last week, "because it reinforces an unfair status quo...The difference between us and them is growing every year."
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Sevilla, like most Spanish clubs, are heavily in debt.
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This summer they were forced to sell Spain forwards Alvaro Negredo and Jesus Navas to Manchester City.
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Whereas Barca have strengthened their attack with the signing of Brazilian star Neymar, and whereas Real are poised to smash the world transfer record for Welsh winger Gareth Bale, the other clubs have all been forced to sell.
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Atletico Madrid - who finished third last season then beat Real in the cup final - have sold star striker Radamel Falcao to AS Monaco.
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Real Sociedad, who surprisingly finished fourth, have sold midfielder Asier Illaramendi to Real Madrid, while fifth-placed Valencia confirmed Thursday that captain Roberto Soldado will leave for Tottenham Hotspur.
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Soldado's departure means that the third, fourth and fifth top scorers last season - Falcao, Negredo and Soldado - have all left La Liga.
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In addition, Spain striker Fernando Llorente has left Athletic Bilbao for Juventus, while Celta Vigo have sold youngster Iago Aspas to Liverpool and Getafe have sold the promising Abdel Barrada to Al-Jazira.