Flamengo win dispute with Libra, Globo served notice – here’s what happened | OneFootball

Flamengo fights a ‘war’ behind the scenes over broadcast rights money

The amounts involved in broadcast rights agreements between Flamengo, Libra, and Globo have gained a new chapter behind the scenes. This is because the Rubro-Negro achieved a victory that could change the scenario for the teams in the Brazilian Championship.

Flamengo had filed for an injunction against Libra regarding the division of money from broadcast rights. On Wednesday (24), Judge Lucia Helena de Passo, from the Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice, ruled in favor of Mengão.

As a result, Globo was notified to deposit in court the amounts owed to all clubs that are part of Libra for the broadcast rights of Série A of the Brasileirão. With this, Flamengo avoids further losses in the division of revenue distributed according to the audience they generate, according to journalist Venê Casagrande.

WHAT UPSETS FLAMENGO ABOUT THE REVENUE SPLIT?

According to the plans of the other Libra clubs, the idea was to split the amounts equally in relation to audience. However, Flamengo does not consider this formula fair and even cited the example of a match with Bragantino in the Brasileirão.

The logic of the Flamengo board is as follows: in a clash between the teams, the vast majority of viewers will be Flamengo fans. Therefore, it would not be fair for Bragantino to receive the same amount, since Mengão is the main attraction of the match. Thus, Fla argues that the revenue should be divided according to the number of subscribers for each club.

— I believe that Flamengo joining Libra was very detrimental to Flamengo. I estimate that the club lost something around 450 to 500 million reais in five years. This is a challenge we already face and, as a Flamengo executive, I do not accept such a situation — said president Luiz Eduardo Baptista, known as Bap, in April.

HOW IS FLAMENGO DOING ON THE FIELD?

While things are ‘heating up’ behind the scenes in Brazil, the Flamengo team is focused on Thursday’s (25) match, in La Plata, Argentina. The ball starts rolling at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time), against Estudiantes (ARG), for the second leg of the Libertadores quarterfinals.

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