For Carreras, it is necessary “to update a law that envisioned the sporting reality of the year 1998. Sports betting has already been legislated, but not yet regulated, we understand that the support of this type of betting is conditioned to a competitive sporting environment. For this reason, allocating a percentage of the proceeds from these bets to sports is more than necessary and desirable, similar to the criteria for distributing lotteries to sport,” says the deputy in the Pre-Replacement Bill 1153 of Modernization Law Pelé.
In addition, betting games involving any sport must have the validation of the COB (if the modality is Olympic) and the Sport Confederation. Not being Olympic, of the federation or entity that represents it.
In the proposal, it is also suggested to double the distribution of lottery revenues to the state sports secretariats. According to the deputy, “the transfer to the sport of lotteries is approximately R$ 1 billion, with only R$ 55 million going to state secretariats. This change will take this budget to R$ 110 million,” defends Felipe Carreras.
With regard to football, the text provides requirements to be met by the athlete's trainer club. “To guarantee the integrity of the athletes and avoid tragedies like the one that took place at Ninho do Vulture“. According to the deputy, of the total of 650 clubs in operation, only 38 are subject to training club obligations. “We understand that the demands that the Pelé Law imposes on forming clubs should be extended to everyone.”
Another point concerning football athletes is image rights. According to Carreras, the percentage value paid for player images cannot exceed 40% of the employment contract. Removing this restriction would give more “flexibility in the clubs’ financiais managements,” he argues.
There are also proposals in the text to include gymnastics professionals as essential services., to equate the Sports Incentive Law with the percentage of the Culture Incentive Law and also to recognize eSport as a sporting event. “Electronic modalities/competitions are a trend that we cannot fail to contemplate considering the updating of a Law that envisioned the sporting reality of the year 1998,” says Carreras.
Source: GMB / Metrópoles
