The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) will punish teams that commit acts of racism with the loss of points, according to the league statute approved this Tuesday by the twenty first division clubs.
In a statement, the CBF announced that “it will rigorously punish racist offences” and pointed out that it is the first entity in the world that already contemplates in the competition regulations the possibility of “punishing a club sportingly in cases of racism”.
The measure approved by the first division clubs will be extended to the Brazil Cup, a tournament that brings together almost a hundred teams from different categories from the 27 states of the country and will begin on February 22.
“The fight against racism is in a hurry. The measures have been discussed for a century and we never put them into practice,” said the president of the CBF, ednaldo rodriguesquoted in the statement.
In addition to the sports sanction, “any act of racism or discrimination” will be notified to the Public Ministry (prosecutor’s office) and the Civil Police “so that the process does not die only in the sports sphere and the offenders are punished by law,” he added.
Acts committed by fans are also contemplated within the measure that guarantees the loss of points for the offending team.
On January 11, the Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvasanctioned the law that equates racial slander to racism, with an increase in the penalty for crimes committed in sporting or cultural events.
More foreigners
In addition, the twenty clubs determined Tuesday to increase from five to seven the number of foreign players registered by each team.
The council also approved the calendar, which for the first time took into account the dates of the FIFA and will stop for the friendly matches of the selection.
“That was an old request from the clubs and that the CBF will finally attend to,” the president of the entity declared in a statement, ednaldo rodriguesfor whom the decision will value both the Brazilian Championship and the national team.
The tournament, which will continue in the format of “all against all” in two rounds, will be held between April 15 and December 3.
The official ball of the championship will be the Nike Flight and the VAR will adopt the “precision” technology that is already used in the leagues of England, Spain and the Netherlands and in the official tournaments organized by the FIFA.
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