By Henrique Santiago ( July 23, 2026, 22:13 GMT | Insight) -- Operário, a soccer club playing in Brazil’s second division, is critical of the Futebol Forte União arrangement, which gives investor Sports Media Entertainment a decision-making role. The team has asked the country’s antitrust watchdog to maintain its ruling allowing clubs to negotiate their broadcasting rights with other soccer blocs.Operário, a soccer club from Paraná state, asked Brazil’s competition watchdog to maintain a decision involving Sports Media Entertainment, an investor in the bloc Futebol Forte União, or FFU. The team wants to keep the ruling that lets clubs negotiate their broadcasting rights with other soccer blocs....
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