Without Clubs There Is No Football: Brazilian Teams Boycott Federation Vote

Without Clubs There Is No Football: Brazilian Teams Boycott Federation Vote

Twenty prominent Brazilian football clubs announced a boycott of the upcoming Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) presidential election scheduled for Sunday. The clubs released a joint manifesto titled “Without Clubs There Is No Football” on Wednesday, signaling a major power struggle in Brazilian football governance. Corinthians, São Paulo, Santos, Flamengo, and sixteen other clubs joined forces […]

Brazilian clubs to boycott CBF presidential elections; players lobby for change - Inside World Football

May 23 – Brazilian football clubs will boycott the CBF elections to protest against what they claim is an unbalanced power structure in the domestic game with Samir Xaud (pictured), president of the Roraima Football Federation, poised to become the organisation’s new president.  A group of 20 clubs from Serie A and B, Brazil’s top two leagues, have said that their representatives will not attend the CBF elections on Sunday as a protest against t…