The Senate Sports Committee (CEsp) approved this Wednesday, 4th, the project (PL 3723/2021), by Veneziano Vital do Rego (MDB-PB), which changes the rules for distribution, between football clubs, of resources from the Timemania lottery, from Caixa Econômica.
According to PL 3723/2021, the distribution of resources arising from each draw will be proportional to the indication marked as “heart team” by the bettors. Analysis of the project follows the Economic Affairs Commission (CAE).
The rapporteur was the president of CEsp, senator Romário (PL-RJ), who agreed with Veneziano, for whom the current criteria harm teams such as Treze, from Paraíba, which despite being 19th among the most voted as “heart team “, earns less because he almost never plays series A, B or C of the Brazilian Championship. Today Treze competes in Series D.
Romário recalled that today the distribution of Timemania resources favors the clubs that compete in series A, B and C of Brazilian football, which divide between them 22% of the revenue, in which voting as a “heart team” is one of the criteria in division of the apportionment, in favor of the most voted.
The other Timemania teams, which do not compete in series A, B or C, divide between themselves only 11% of the revenue, together with the teams in series A, B and C, and without taking into account the vote as “team of the heart”. Timemania is made up of 80 clubs.
Renewal of teams at Timemania
PL 3,723/2021 also determines that Caixa Econômica must reopen, every two years, the process for clubs to join Timemania. Veneziano remembers that since 2007 the same 80 clubs have made up the lottery, leaving out teams that recently ascended to the main national tournaments, such as Chapecoense, Cuiabá and others.
“New clubs must participate. One of the most important principles of sporting competition is the parity of weapons. It must be avoided that some competing clubs in the same division benefit from public resources arising from lotteries, while others, unjustifiably, do not receive them” .
“To correct the injustice, we propose that the deadline for membership be reopened every 2 years, allowing the participating clubs to be constantly updated”, argues the justification.
In the report, Romário agreed with Veneziano, reiterating that reopening the Timemania membership process every two years makes the process “more democratic“.
