The Portuguese Players Union (SJPF) has presented, last saturday, October 18th, several proposals which try to reinforce financial fair-play in portuguese football. This presentation took place during the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) extraordinary General-Assembly. Concerned with some phenomenon that have been mining football credibility in Portugal, SJPF has proposed some measures that it wants to be implemented in portuguese football, in a clear desire that this should be put forward by every responsible institution, working together, such as FPF, Portuguese Professional Football League and the Portuguese Government. The phenomena which deserve most attention are: - The capital and clubs acquisition by people that are complete foreigners concerning sporting context. Cases such as Atlético, Beira-Mar, Olhanense and Fátima show the dimension of this issue. It is urgent to identify these agents and grant sporting leaders information which allow them a clear and conscious choice. We must be aware of people entering the football through these arrangements - The closure of some clubs and subsequent emergence of new ones that use resources and equipment of the previous It is necessary to stop discarding financial responsabilities through this fraud. There is a huge amount of players and employees who have became unemployed because of these clubs' shutdown. At the same time, its leaders keep on running these new clubs/sporting societies as if nothing ever happened. - The diferentiated treatment of the clubs which appeal for financial help and the others, who suvive for themsleves. It is not understandable the teams who behave differently end up competing under the same circumstances. You can read the whole document in the link below (in portuguese). |