By Henrique Santiago ( July 23, 2026, 16:24 GMT | Insight) -- The Brazil National Soccer Association, known as Sinafut, argued that FFU, which represents clubs collectively in negotiations for broadcasting rights and the commercial exploitation of their brands, omitted several key information in its notification to CADE. The association flagged concern over a 50-year contract that ties participating clubs exclusively to the bloc until 2074, among other issues.Brazil's National Soccer Association asked the country's competition regulator, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), to allow it to intervene as a third party in the review of the creation of a multi-billion-real commercial bloc known as Futebol Forte União (FFU)....
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