This risk has been known for some time, as reported by specific media Olhar Olímpico in November. The Special Secretariat for Sports consulted the Federal Attorney General (AGU), and the agency pointed out that reelections such as the one Maria Luciene would have disrespected the Pelé Law. Therefore, the ministry could not grant a certificate of compliance with the Pelé Law, a document that informs who can or cannot receive federal funds, either by direct transfer (agreement) or by the Agnelo/Piva Law, on Lotteries.
The CBG certificate expired on June 2nd and the confederation did not even apply for renewal. O Olhar Olímpico found out that the entity will try to receive federal funds again, claiming, in court, that the transfer does not depend on certification.
Without the document, however, the COB does not release the quota to which each confederation is entitled under the Lottery Law. Today, the basketball, sailing, modern pentathlon, and surfing confederations are in the same situation. In these cases, the COB pays the bills for sports preparation directly, without transferring money to the confederation, but does not transfer the amount related to administrative costs, the so-called middle activity.
However, at the same time that the Department of Sports has been keeping the promise of having zero tolerance with those who were re-elected beyond the limits required by the Pelé Law, not certifying these entities, the same folder brokered a new sponsorship contract between Caixa and CBG. Secretary Marcelo Magalhães has even participated in gymnastics events and posed alongside Maria Luciene in the Pan American Championship.
Without the resources of the Agnelo/Piva Law from Lotteries, CBG becomes dependent on Caixa's sponsorship, with resources that come from exactly the same source. If before the sponsorship the contract was by the bank, now it is by Caixa Lotteries, through a mechanism called Fund for Development of Lotteries (FDL), which is a cash reserve provided for by law, with a percentage of the proceeds from betting, for advertising.
Thus, the CBG, which cannot receive the Lottery funds decentralized by the COB because it does not comply with the provisions of the Pelé Law, aimed at sports confederations, ends up supporting itself with money from the Lotteries, transferred by Caixa itself, which in this case deals with the confederation as a private company.
Source: UOL
