Corinthians join the Italian league clubs and sign the creation of a new Brazilian league; Dolio celebrates

Corinthians joined five other clubs on Tuesday morning to take a step towards greater football independence in Brazil. In Sao Paulo, the teams signed a document to create a league to organize the Brazilian championship.

In addition to the Parque São Jorge team, The document was also signed by Bragantino, Flamengo, Palmeiras, Santos and Sao Paulo – With the exception of Cuiaba and Juventus, all Serie A clubs attended the meeting. The sole representative of Série B, Cruzeiro also stuck to the idea – The meeting was attended by the leaders of Guarani, Ponte Preta, Sport and Vasco.

The clubs’ proposal is to create a consortium made up of Codajas and BTG, giving the clubs some autonomy from the CBF (Confederação Brasileira de Futebol). Now, a new meeting has been scheduled for next Thursday, 12. The meeting should be based on the participation of the 40 clubs that make up the Series A and B of Brazil.

There was an expectation from some officials that more clubs would sign the document as early as Tuesday, but points in the proposal still differ in opinions. For example, Mario Celso Petraglia, president of the Atlético PR club, said he was surprised without the opportunity to read the law.

“For our 14 clubs, we don’t consider (that the league has been created). We were surprised by the meeting agenda. The intention will be a conversation between clubs to adapt. Then they came with the ordinances ready and that the six would sign, and everyone who wanted to sign was also welcome. I haven’t even studied the statute. Atlético will listen to your council, and if it is in line with our principles, we will sign. As long as it is clear that the base will be from 20. We will not go in the draw of the six. What we want is for us to participate better and more equitably, not for Flamengo to have 70 times the value of Athletico-PR on pay-per-view. 70 times in the same competition. Let them play alone. Let Flamengo play against Corinthians and Corinthians against Flamengo. Now they need the other eighteen to make a product, Campeonato Brasileiro. The actor said to ge.globe.

The teams are still divided into two blocks. On one side are Corinthians and the other five who have already signed the document, while on the other are the ten clubs that make up “Forte Futebol”: Atlético-MG, Atlético-GO, Athletico-PR, Avaí, Ceará, Coritiba, Cuiaba Fortaleza, Goiás and young people.

Among the main differences between the “groups” is the division of resources from television contracts, as evidenced by Petraglia’s speech above. The proposal of Codajas, one of the constituent companies of the league, was that the transfer be made according to the following distribution: 40% fixed amounts, 30% variable amounts for sports performance and 30% for audience. However, the Forte Futebol group defends that the numbers are there 50% for the first subject and 25% for the other two subjects.

In turn, the president of Corinthians, Dulio Montero Alves, celebrated the first step towards the creation of the league. He has played down the differences between the clubs and shown that he believes the next meeting (scheduled for the 12th) will be more helpful in advancing negotiations.

“(Having) disagreements is normal, it is a process that Brazilian football has been seeking for a long time in shaping up the long-awaited league. We leave very happy, very happy to take the first step. Until May 12 (another meeting date), we hope that all clubs, some still having problems with advice, approvals and legal part, will participate 40 clubs in Series A and B‘, the Corinthian began to Newspaper.

Duilio also took the opportunity to explain the format proposed in creating the league. He noted that the idea is that there is a separation between Serie A and a pandemic and also stressed the possibility of change during construction.

“The law provides for the existence of a Council for the First Division and the Second Division, consisting of the participating clubs, and headed by a professional.This is the look we’re looking for, and it’s a professional league, so we can improve whatever we’re not satisfied with, the actor analyzed in an interview with Globo TV when you leave the meeting.

“Everything that has been suggested can be changed later within the league itself. We want the discussions to leave the informal scope to be discussed within the league itself, so any differences can be resolved up front in discussing the clubs that make up the league. The main thing we sought was the participation of the clubs. Today the platform has been introduced and everything can be discussed within the league environment. That’s what we’re looking for, today the league is born, it becomes a reality and all our difference can be discussed later and all necessary changes like platform, revenue split form and everything else can be discussed. in the environment of a formed union.

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