Following on from the previous article, some more measures will be presented below that I think could be a good basis for discussion and a significant contribution to the complete change in the state of opacity that we are seeing in football in Portugal.
Analyzing the past allows us to understand the present and anticipate the future a little. There are more important things than winning or losing. So our contribution:
(According to 3 points of the previous article 🙂
4: Creation of a new regulatory body, independent (from both clubs and government) and strong, based on the force of law, to ensure the sustainability of football in the long term, as well as overseeing the entry of investors. . This independent regulatory body should have the power to exercise financial oversight of clubs, including powers to gather intelligence, investigate and enforce, set limits on the money clubs can spend (UEFA already has this practice), and unfair competition can no longer be noticed. . This independent regulator should ensure that only good owners and qualified managers can fill these important positions.
It is important to verify the origin of the money and prevent the entry of owners from countries that do not respect human rights and take possession of the funds belonging to the people. It is also necessary to disclose the owners of companies (many of them are “ghost companies” located offshore) that own shares in the DAD of clubs. In Portugal, clubs have a huge social and cultural value, they cannot fall into the hands of owners who only care about money, forgetting about the fans.
5: Permanently eradicate football violence in Portugal. The current Prevention and Violence Body has not produced any results as it was set up, like many other institutions, to give the illusion that something is being done given the events of violence that have overshadowed the government and other bodies. It was not created with the firm conviction that the central problem must be finally solved.
The solution is to create a body made up of a multidisciplinary team (representatives of the judges and public ministry, PSP and GNR, and supporters) with real powers and autonomy to implement exemplary punishments for offenders. It is impossible to continue to tolerate behavior like the one that happened recently, when about 50 Benfica fans came to the center of Braga after their team’s game in Guimarães with the intent to create riots and violence, which simply did not happen. , thanks to the fast and excellent intervention of the Braga PSP. Such situations occur due to a sense of impunity, judging by the absence of strong sanctions for such behavior.
It should be noted that the British government recently banned hundreds of fans with a history of violence from attending the World Cup in Qatar and could face up to six months in prison if they break the rules.
