Gaucho Football Federation continues to put pressure on CBF and calls for the Brazilian Championship to be stopped

The Gaucho Football Federation continues to pressure the CBF and calls for the Brazilian Championship to be halted due to the unprecedented environmental tragedy affecting the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The entity speaks on behalf of the Rio Grande do Sul teams, Internacional, Grêmio and Juventude, which compete in Series A, and other clubs from all series, the entity claims that it aims to maintain the equality of the competition, avoiding an even tighter calendar for the teams.

The CBF’s General Competition Regulations on the possibility of stopping the Brazilian Nationals do not specifically contain an item that talks about the entity suspending the competition due to environmental tragedy in a certain location, even if extreme, such as what happens in Rio Grande do Sul.

In any case, this will not prevent the CBF from making this decision, according to experts in sports law.

At RGC

General Competition Regulations, of the CBF, there are clauses that allow the modification of the table and changes of matches, “due to force majeure” but do not deal with the suspension of the championship as a whole. “Likewise, the Specific Competition Regulations (REC) of Series A of the 2024 Brasileirão, states, in its article 35, paragraph 2, that the dates and tables may undergo changes ‘for reasons of force majeure, pandemic, or exceptional reasons. But there is little mention of the suspension of the competition itself” said sports law specialist, lawyer Felipe Crisafulli, who was consulted by Lance who initially reported on the matter, Felipe Crisafulli, is from Ambiel Advogados.

The CBF postponed some matches of clubs from Rio Grande do Sul in football, Men’s and Women’s and in all series until May 27th. Series B does not have teams from Rio Grande do Sul.

CBF Official Note

“Due to the state of public calamity in Rio Grande do Sul, decreed by the Federal and State Governments, resulting from the extreme weather events that occurred, the CBF expresses its total solidarity with the population of Rio Grande do Sul and reinforces that the current focus is on meeting their immediate needs and emergencies.

The CBF, as the organizing entity of national competitions, and attentive to its institutional functions, as well as the humanitarian effort that the moment calls for, reaffirms its unrestricted support to the authorities so that all measures and actions are adopted for the benefit of the population of Rio Grande do Sul, whose help is the top priority.

Given the current scenario, having received letter no. 57/2024, originating from the Gaúcha Football Federation (FGF), which forwarded and endorsed the request of its affiliated clubs, the CBF informs that all matches involving teams from Rio Grande de Sul in national competitions, as home or away, are postponed. scheduled until May 27, 2024.”

Games postponed

Series A

International X Youth

Atlético-MG X Grêmio

Series C

Caxias

Railway

Ypiranga X Figueirense.

Series D

Avenida X Novo Hamburgo

Cianorte

Brazilian Women’s Championship