That seems like a good deal to keep the lower leagues' financial structure as no matter what they won't be in debt, and then make their way to the Premiership without owing your soul to the devil
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You should really see how the situation in South America is... it's very sad, and you can only really grasp the magnitude of those things by being in the place. For example, a couple of years back a team (Santos or São Paulo) had won basically everything to win in the year, and still was in the negative! The prizes for winning the leagues are way too small, broadcasting rights are also underpaid and not too evenly shared (but some teams like Flamengo, which 20% of the population cheers for, bring for a much more attractive program to watch on tv). And wages aren't usually that great, São Paulo has a good structure, a good sponsor and relatively good wages all around for a Brazilian standard - with some players receiving more due to being more in evidence - but still can't manage to keep its budget balanced unless they sell players.
Internacional apparently will try to sell Alexandre Pato so they can have their budget for 2007 safely not in the red zone. (For a team like that, the budget is of some $10 million British pounds a year. For Flamengo, which is not only a footy team but also a 'club' and multisport-club, the budget has to be of around $20 million British pounds. Nike pays for some $3, Petrobras for some other $3.)