Comments on: From Tevez to Torpor, Corinthians Relegated From the Brasileirão http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/12/02/from-tevez-to-torpor-corinthians-relegated-from-the-brasileirao/ Exploring football culture around the world. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:02:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: ursus arctos http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/12/02/from-tevez-to-torpor-corinthians-relegated-from-the-brasileirao/#comment-1270 ursus arctos Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:19:43 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/12/02/from-tevez-to-torpor-corinthians-relegated-from-the-brasileirao/#comment-1270 There is something particularly distressing about this having happened to Corinthians, who were the object of perhaps the most successful attempt at "player power" in the history of top flight football (the "Corinthinan Democracy" led by Socrates) and were often seen as representing progressive values in a country that has not always been hospitable to same. And yet, even as someone who has always had a soft spot for them (largely for the reasons noted above), I can't help but wonder if relegation isn't for the best in some respects, as it has the potential to rid the club of the various parasites who have been using it for their own purposes. At the same time, however, I wonder if we are going to see another Texeira special, in which the CBF changes the rules so as to save a "big" club from going down. There is something particularly distressing about this having happened to Corinthians, who were the object of perhaps the most successful attempt at “player power” in the history of top flight football (the “Corinthinan Democracy” led by Socrates) and were often seen as representing progressive values in a country that has not always been hospitable to same.

And yet, even as someone who has always had a soft spot for them (largely for the reasons noted above), I can’t help but wonder if relegation isn’t for the best in some respects, as it has the potential to rid the club of the various parasites who have been using it for their own purposes.

At the same time, however, I wonder if we are going to see another Texeira special, in which the CBF changes the rules so as to save a “big” club from going down.

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