Sormani stirs Libra row, mocks Flamengo: "Aren't they top dogs?" | OneFootball

Sormani mocked Flamengo, called them arrogant and overbearing, and questioned why the Rubro-Negro doesn’t create their own championship

Journalist Fábio Sormani criticized Luiz Eduardo Baptista, known as Bap, last Tuesday (09) for Flamengo’s stance in the Libra case. The commentator claims that the Rubro-Negro executive thinks only of himself by blocking the money of the other clubs.

— It’s already a huge protection for Flamengo, this division similar to the Premier League. Because in the NBA, for example, (the division) is equal. ‘But Flamengo has more fans,’ f**- it, they don’t play alone — Sormani began on the DBT Placar program.

Flamengo believes they receive too little in the distribution of broadcast rights among the teams in the Campeonato Brasileiro. That’s because Bap pointed out how the Rubro-Negro draws more viewers than the others.

Did Sormani call Flamengo arrogant and overbearing?

— Want to play alone, Bap? Here’s what you do: play ‘Flamengo A vs Flamengo B’ on Wednesday. On Sunday, play ‘Flamengo A vs Flamengo U-20 B’ and ‘Flamengo B vs Flamengo U-20 A’… Make your own championship. Aren’t you guys good? Aren’t you enough for yourselves? Aren’t you the greatest? Make a championship just among yourselves — Sormani attacks, adding:

— Bap, go to Globo and try to sell the Flamengo games in the ‘Taça Rubro-Negro’, maybe throw in a Volta Redonda too… Just play among yourselves. Don’t you understand that this division needs to be as balanced as possible? — the journalist emphasized.

Then, Sormani mocked Flamengo even more, calling them arrogant and overbearing. The journalist went on to incite the clubs to unite against the Rubro-Negro, who he claimed were humiliating the others.

What’s the context?

The Liga do Futebol Brasileiro (Libra) was an entity created in 2022 to define, for example, the revenue split from broadcast rights for the Brasileirão. However, Flamengo saw injustice in receiving the same amount as clubs with less visibility.

Flamengo managed to obtain an injunction to block Globo’s payments to the Libra clubs after appealing in court. Therefore, the clubs are upset with the Rubro-Negro, since the R$77 million are now frozen.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.