Organized Brazilian Soccer is a bunch of BULLS**T! If the big teams get in any trouble, they find a way to rape the smaller teams with fabricated violations and take points away. Paysandu just lost 4 points because of this farce and is posed to lose 4 more. All to teams with more "tradition" and also to see if they can save gremio from their impending relegation to the second division. I'm really disapointed with how crooked and corrupted Brazilian soccer is even after all these years. There was enough clear evidence to convince a 10 year old that Paysandu should not lose those points, but we still lost them.
yeah, they tried to rape santos in 13 points, but santos is a big team... when it happens to a smaller team, PsyKoh can tell us what happen.... it also happened with Ponte Preta in this championship...
You do understand that the words "Organized", "Brazilian" and "Soccer" (actually, just the words "Organized" and "Brazil") are not allowed to be used in the same sentence.
Brazilian Soccer: The final score doesn't mean much anymore... It's a shame. The final score in a Brazilian soccer match is nothing but a number nowadays. It's clear that the "real" result is the one handed out by so-called magistrates of the STJD. CBF has time and time again registered players only to later atest that they were playing irregularly because of contract erros or whatever else they can conjure up. Then the teams are the ones to lose because they used a player who they thought had been cleared to play. Goias is poised to lose 16 (yes, 16!!) points this coming monday because of one such "error" by CBF. Who stands to gain the most from it? Gremio and Fluminense. The days of turning the table after the tournament was over in order to keep the "big" teams int the premier division is over. Now the tables are turning DURING the tournament. CBF has seen 3 of their darlings relegated to the second division and there's a good chance that next year they could have 5 "big" teams there. Will CBF let it happen? Not if they can help it. Poor Goias, came from last place in a great show of commitment and spirit and now they will go back to last in a show of daylight robbery. Who can the smaller teams turn to for help? Heck if I know....
Hi PsyKoh, Since there's already one thread discussing the disorganization and corruption in Brazilian soccer, I've decided to merge this thread with the other one you had started. PM me if you have any questions.
The detailed story, in english: http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-paysandu&prov=reuters&type=lgns
You know what's eve more fishy? The president of paysandu also voted for the re-election of CBF's president for a new 4 year term during the same period that he signed the contract of the players. Now some opponents of the current CBF president want the election recalled but the STJD said it was legal then. How can he be suspended from doing any administrative work and be able to vote at the same time? Hell is gonna break lose before this thing is over. It's clear STJD has more than justice in mind...