Flamengo fuming at Libra over losses, president Casares missing | OneFootball

Flamengo has formally demanded the Brazilian Football League (Libra) to address a loophole in the Brazilian Championship rights contract, which does not provide for adjustments in case of an increase in the number of clubs in the entity.

With the entry of Remo, the league will have ten participants in 2026, but the gross value of the agreement remains at R$ 1.17 billion, which will reduce the individual share of the clubs. The contract provides for a reduction if there are fewer teams, but not an increase in the opposite scenario.

According to internal projections, all Libra teams will receive less than in 2025, with estimated losses around R$ 10 million per club, depending on Remo's performance.

The Rio de Janeiro club had already warned about the issue in February of last year, according to UOL, and returned to discuss the matter with the executive management. Without a concrete response, they demanded that the league's leadership seek an adjustment to R$ 1.3 billion, plus inflation, to preserve the shares.

And who is one of Libra's main representatives? Yes, the elusive and threatened Julio Casares, president of São Paulo, who may have his position deposed in the coming days.

Trying to defend himself from accusations coming from all sides and investigated by the police for suspicious financial activities at the Morumbi club, Casares obviously did not respond to Flamengo's request about the situation, further irritating the Rio team.

Julio Casares' term as head of Libra runs until the beginning of this next February. For now, he and Bragantino's CEO André Rocha are the main figures of the entity.

This Friday (16), São Paulo will have a vote in its Deliberative Council to decide on the impeachment of its president. Casares had gone to court to try to modify the minimum quorum for his removal, as well as to maintain the votes in person, but was defeated. He may even resign from the position before seeing his name expelled from the presidential post.

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