The Portuguese League met this Monday with the Players’ Union (SJ), the National Association of Football Coaches (ANTF) and the Portuguese Association of Football Judges (APAF) through the Social Dialogue Committee. There were several topics on the table, namely the economic impact caused by Covid-19 and the professional football agenda for the period 2021-2023.
It also analyzed the findings of a technical working group that, six years later, on the legal regulation of sports betting, assessed how this innovative regime was being implemented.
“With government regulation of activities that raise several questions as fundamental, the technical working group highlighted the relevance of the role of trade associations of the Social Dialogue Commission in the credibility of the activities that are the subject of bets, in this case: Professional football. judges and coaches is proving to be inevitable, whether through training activities or pedagogical, preventive or proactive measures, therefore the Social Dialogue Committee is fully convinced that they should be included in the organizations. recognized as necessary and decisive for the existence of online sports betting In this sense, the Commission believes that the proposal to the Government to revise the legal framework, which includes class associations (in the case of professional football: ANTF, APAF and SJ), without prejudice to the state or individuals. Is currently covered, ” statement.
