Yesterday, Monday, we were surprised by the news advanced by AP and which is echoed MD about the threat of FIFA about the possible exclusion of Brazilian Football Confederation of international competitions for both national teams and clubs as a result of the dismissal on November 7 of then president of CBF, Ednaldo Rodrigueyes, by a Rio Court.
This threat is reflected in the recently sent letter; the second since this measure was carried out, with the world’s highest football body again warning him of the consequences of the measures adopted since Brazil.
In it he announced that a delegation of FIFA Visited Rio de Janeiro starting next January 8. Also according to what he found out MD; This group sent by the highest body in the world of football plans to stay in Brazil for three days. Period in which you plan to hold meetings with both parties. Both have Brazilian Football Confederationl like the government itself.
The key to this reaction from FIFA Maybe, in the light of the precedents that exist in other countries, not so much in the measure of leaving the previous president but in the decisions that the Brazilian government itself makes regarding the football federation. And that they represent a clear interference and are not done in accordance with what is established in the laws of CBF.
Previous ones from Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Chad or Pakistan
This is not the first nor will it be the last case where FIFA suspended a federation for what it considered government interference. Suspensions that, once the affected countries have completed their rectification, are immediately lifted.
This is the case of Zimbabwe, suspended in February 2022 and on July 10 of the same year FIFA announced the removal of this penalty. At the beginning of the same 2023 the penalty fell on Sri Lanka, also because of “government interference.” On that date it was also suspended Kenya, which was removed just a few months later. In 2021 there are cases against him Chad either Pakistan.
In all of them, the proposal was adopted FIFA and as stated in its communications, it is the removal of all its rights “to participate in any international competition until the end of its suspension and, on the other hand, none of its members or officers shall benefit from any development program, course or training offered by FIFA I am the Confederation.”
This suspension applicable to both federations means, on the one hand, that none of the national teams of their respective countries or clubs have any right to participate in any international competition until the end of their suspension.
Furthermore, it states that “the remaining Confederations and national federations may not have contact in the field of sports with either the country’s Federation or its teams while the suspension of said federation is in effect.” The Office of the Council of FIFA or the Council of FIFA has subsequently decided to lift this suspension. We’ll see what comes out of these meetings in January, the outcome of which will be when FIFA decide
Source: La Verdad
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