In an article entitled "The Tricolores and Professionalization," Rodrigo Capelo discusses the projects presented by Fluminense and São Paulo, and, after briefly explaining each, concludes: "For my part, it's professionalization that I support."

The SAF's draft bill arose from a previous, much less comprehensive initiative: a "simple" proposal to reform the governance model of São Paulo Futebol Clube.

It is frequently pointed out that a deal between related parties of the SAF's controlling shareholder and SAF itself signals yet another (alleged) anomaly in the system, to the detriment of the club, usually a minority shareholder in SAF, which does not benefit from such a deal.

The provocation, it should be noted, does not apply only to football corporations, created by the SAF Law (Law 14.193/2021). The problem extends, with adaptations, to football clubs, established as non-profit associations.