Davoo Xeneize focused on one of the major economic differences between the main competitions in South America: the money that the champion of each tournament receives. The content creator compared the prizes of different leagues and cups and questioned the amount allocated to the winner of Argentine football.
“This is what each South American competition pays to the champion,” he explained while presenting the comparison. According to the mentioned values, the champion of the Copa Libertadores receives 23 million dollars, while the winner of the Copa do Brasil gets 14 million and the Liga do Brasil champion, 10 million.
In the case of the Copa Sudamericana, the prize amounts to 6 million dollars, while the champion of the Mexican League receives 4 million. At the lower end of the comparison is Argentina: “The champion of the Argentine League is given 500 thousand dollars.”
For Davoo Xeneize, the difference is not only significant but should also generate a debate about the distribution of resources. “The statistic is already serious,” he stated, before emphasizing that there is an additional element that worsens the situation.
As he explained, after the pandemic, CONMEBOL began to allocate one million dollars annually to each confederation to be given to the champions of their respective leagues. In the Argentine case, that money is divided between the two champions of the season.
“500 thousand to the clausura champion and 500 thousand to the apertura champion,” he pointed out. And he launched one of his main criticisms: “So the 500 thousand dollars that the champion of Argentine football earns are from CONMEBOL.”
From that data, he was even more forceful in referring to the role of the AFA: “That means the AFA does not give a peso to the champion of Argentine football.”
Davoo Xeneize compared Argentina with Brazil
The analysis also pointed to the economic capacity of the Argentine Football Association. Davoo Xeneize argued that the AFA has sufficient resources to improve the prizes of local competitions and questioned the argument that Brazil can simply pay more because it generates higher revenues.
“Argentina played the last two World Cup finals,” he recalled, referring to the economic power generated by the Argentine national team. He also highlighted the income derived from international friendlies: “Argentina has been playing friendlies with countries that many of us do not know for 4 years, but precisely because they make a lot of money when friendlies are held.”
In that line, he rejected the idea that the difference with Brazil can be explained solely by an economic issue: “It’s a lie that in Brazil they give you 24 million for the Cup and League just because they have more money than us.”
And he explained what he considers to be one of the keys to the Brazilian model: “That’s why and because they prioritize much more and because they know that the best way to improve is by giving more money to the champion.”
