摘要：Brazilian football [soccer] player market has suffered a significant change in its structure, with the end of the reserve clause in 2001. Among the possible economic consequences of the structural change is the alteration in the mobility of the players among the teams, given by the volume of transfers. In accordance with the concepts of the new economic system of the institutions, a hypothesis that the change in the property rights on the players has caused a significant increase in the number of transfers of athletes among teams was formulated. A research with players who had served the Brazilian Team between 1996 and 2005 confirmed the hypothesis that the free market brought an expressive increase in the volume of transfers, thus corroborating the economic theory.
关键词：End of reserve clause. Market structures. Players market. Strategy.;Estratégia. Estruturas de mercado. Fim do passe. Mercado de jogadores.
