SAO PAULO, Brazil, March 17 - A pressure group of more than 1,000 Brazilian players is proposing a fifth division of more than 400 teams as part of a wide-ranging shake-up of the soccer-mad country's debt-ridden domestic set-up.
Bom Senso (Common Sense) FC, set up last year to campaign for better working conditions for players, wants to offer hundreds of smaller clubs the chance to play more matches.
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