March #foraricardoteixeira protests in SP
Around 300 people marched from Paulista Avenue to Charles Miller Square in Pacaembu, carrying signs against the president of the CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation); an effigy of the president was burned at the end.
247_The #foraricardoteixeira (Out with Ricardo Teixeira) movement, which protests against the two-decade rule of the main leader of Brazilian football, passed through São Paulo on Saturday afternoon. After gathering fans in other capitals of the country, such as Rio de Janeiro, the National Supporters Front organized the march to leave from Avenida Paulista, in front of MASP, towards Praça Charles Miller, at the Pacaembu stadium. About 300 people were at the site, according to the Military Police, with banners, flags, personalized shirts and a doll with a replica of the face of the president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).
The jerseys of the four major São Paulo clubs and the Brazilian National Team were united in protest against the leader, who is also head of the 2014 World Cup Organizing Committee. The banners ranged from simple slogans like "Out with Ricardo Teixeira" and "Out with the trash" to "You'll see that a fan doesn't run from a fight" and "The Cup belongs to the people." To start the march, the song "Vai passar" by Chico Buarque was played on the loudspeakers of the truck carrying the protesters. At the end, the giant effigy symbolizing Ricardo Teixeira was burned.
In recent months, protests against Ricardo Teixeira have intensified. The executive was accused of active corruption by English officials. To settle a case opened in Swiss courts, he and former FIFA president João Havelange paid R$ 10,5 million in an agreement to end the investigations. English journalist Andrew Jennings, an investigative reporter for the BBC's "Panorama" program and author of "Dirty Game – The Secret World of FIFA," revealed in recent weeks the details of the scheme run by the CBF president. "The money of the Brazilian people was used for corruption schemes and the CBF was privatized. Minister Orlando Silva said Teixeira is innocent. I say the opposite. The CBF scheme ended up becoming a scheme just like FIFA's, a mafia scheme," Jennings told special reporter Cláudio Julio Tognolli of Brasil 247.
Ricardo Teixeira revealed his true character in a profile published by Piauí magazine in July, with insults, threats, and baseless accusations against media outlets and journalists. Rede Record and the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper have recently published reports detailing his relationships with executives, the marketing companies he established, and the shady deals he and his partners made.