⚠️ Clubs consider halting the Brasileirão to pressure the government | OneFootball

The meeting organized by the Ministry of Sports for this Tuesday (29), whose purpose was to discuss the ban on betting companies, ended up being canceled after a boycott by a large portion of the top Serie A clubs.

According to journalist Marcel Rizzo, from Estadão, even a suspension of the Brazilian Championship is on the table as a way to pressure the Federal Government.

That possibility began to be discussed last Monday (28) in phone conversations and message exchanges between executives.

According to the reporting, the idea is to pressure the Government to go beyond a low-interest credit line to help the clubs — something that had already been under discussion even before the ban on betting companies through a Provisional Measure.

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The clubs also want a transition period of between six months and one year before the end of betting company advertising, which would help maintain sponsorship deals.

Fourteen of the 20 clubs in Brazil’s top flight are sponsored by betting companies.

The possibility of a strike would also serve to pressure the CBF to "take action."

There is no room in the already tight schedule for a suspension of the federation’s main tournament.

Also according to Estadão, the National Union of Professional Football Associations (Sinafut) filed a request with the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to take part in the case opened by the betting companies challenging the ban imposed by the Provisional Measure.

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