This Wednesday (5), at 10:30 am, the Sports Commission (CEsp) will hold a meeting to evaluate five requests. One of these requests is presented by Senator Romário (PL-RJ), who requests a public hearing to discuss match-fixing, specific cases and measures to prevent and combat it (REQ 1/2023 – CEP).
Romário, who chairs the collegiate, said: “The growing expansion of the sports betting market and the need to guarantee transparency, legality and the fight against illicit practices leave no doubt about the importance of promoting a broad and in-depth debate on these issues, involving representatives of sports institutions, government authorities, companies in the sector, specialists and other interested parties”.
In addition, another point under discussion on the Commission’s agenda is the request for a public hearing to instruct Bill 864/2019, which proposes amendments to article 88 of the Pelé Law (Law No. to address the employment relationship between referees and sports federations.
“PL 864, of 2019, proposes something that we believe is of paramount importance for the development of sport in general: the professionalization of referees. Especially for professional football, the most popular and profitable sport in the country, which moves billions of reais in resources and feeds an entire production chain, there remains today a flagrant incompatibility between athletes and other professionals involved with the sport’s referees, still amateurs and many without exclusive dedication”, explains Romário, who is also the author of the application (REQ 2/2023- CESP).
In addition to match-fixing, the commission intends to discuss racism in sport
In addition to the match-fixing, another topic that will be addressed by the Sports Commission is racism in sport. Senators Jorge Kajuru (PSB-GO) and Romário submitted a request (REQ 3/2023 – CEsp) requesting a public hearing to discuss this very important issue.
The objective is to promote a debate on racism in the sporting context and seek effective measures to combat and prevent discriminatory acts in this environment.
“We need to discuss the issue from all aspects. Either by detaching actions from the individual sphere […] or by making sponsors responsible, so that infamous and repulsive acts do not happen again. The athlete needs to have minimum conditions to carry out his work”, argue the senators.
