3Novices:Brazil's new CBF boss attacks modernisation law

By Andrew Downie RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Marco Polo Del Nero took over as president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) on Thursday and immediately hit out at legislation designed to reform Brazil's failing national game and hugely indebted clubs. Del Nero, 74, replaced 82-year old Jose Maria Marin and promised to usher in a new period of "transparency, openness and lots of debate". He added, however, that a decree passed last month aimed at tackling clubs' astronomical debts "violates the federal constitution, invades clubs' and federations' administration and promotes division within Brazilian football". Under the legislation, which was implemented in March but has still to be approved by Congress, Brazilian clubs are to be given 20 years to pay off their massive debts.

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