Yesterday, the CBF held a vote that directly affects the Brazilian championships. Clubs voted to gradually reduce the number of foreign players in matches of the Série A (Brasileirão) and Série B championships. Now, the rule is that there can be up to eight foreign players in each match. This will take effect next year and will decrease by one each year until 2030, when it will reach a limit of five players. This aims to curb the number of foreign players in the championship.
I am just getting here now... missed follow a lot of posts in this thread, and Ineed to comment about this, even though it is "almost old news"....
I am also in favor about this decision, but I do not know if only imposing a "strict limit" is really a good thing... the question is: will this actually produce more playing minutes and professional development for young local talents or just change the names at the team sheet?
What is the point of reducing the number of foreign players if they will still be preferred as starters in a game?
I think there would need to be some form of incentive for clubs that invest more in local players, that actually put them on the field, then it would have more effect.
