18-06-2008, 01:20 AM
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| |  :- FootBall in Brazil -:
Football (or soccer, for Americans) is the favorite sport in Brazil.
Football was introduced in Brazil by an English sportsman, Charles Miller. Because all it takes for people to play football is a somewhat large free plain area (of which there is plenty in Brazil) and any kind of round object which can be kicked around (which can be something as cheap as a sock stuffed with rags), the game had a quick widespread in the country.
Football in Brazil is administered by Confederacao Brasileira de Futebol (CBF).
It's up to CBF to nominate the coach of the Brazilian national team; CBF negotiates with teams when a player is summoned to play by Brazil; it's the CBF badge which appears in the Brazilian uniform.
CBF is a private entity; professional football teams which follow the rules foreseen in CBF estatute can join the entity, and by doing so they oblige themselves to follow CBF rules. This situation is very different from Europe, where the teams are organized in Leagues, and those leagues (i.e., the teams) set the rules.
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