Mega sporting events and public funding of sport in Brazil (2004–2011)

Abstract

Brazilian law states that it is the duty of the State to promote sport as a right of each citizen, noting the allocation of public funds for the priority promotion of educational sports and -in specific cases -of elite sports. In view of this legislation, the objectives of this study were to investigate the amount of funds planned and executed by the Brazilian federal government on sport between 2004 and 2011, and to verify how these funds were distributed into the three sport dimensions recognised by the Brazilian law: educational, participation and elite sport. The research was quantitative, descriptive and exploratory. The data were collected from the 'Siga Brazil' portal and analysed using the Microsoft Office Excel (2007) and Statistical Package for Social Sciences (version 22) programmes. We found that the development of major sporting events in Brazil has significantly influenced the amount and distribution of budgetary resources in sports and leisure in the country. Although in the budget planning process the government had indicated the promotion of participation sports as a priority, elite sport and hosting Pan 2007 were taken as priorities in the budget execution process. The data show inconsistencies between the priorities established by the Brazilian Constitution and the priorities established by the governors. They also show incoherence between what was predicted in the planning process and what was actually executed. These inconsistencies have interfered with the democratisation of access to sport and leisure practices for Brazilian citizens.

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“…Apart from these three years, educational/participation sport received most investments, even though this category did not have many punctuations. These data differ from previous studies that concluded that mega-events and elite sport were prioritized in terms of funding in Brazil (Almeida et al, 2012; Athayde, 2014; Bueno, 2008; Castro et al, 2016), except for Castro (2016) whose work found similar results with regard to her analysis of sport funding from 2004 to 2011. This discrepancy can happen when considering different time frames and different sources of public investments, as well as the consideration of sport mega-events as elite sport altogether.…”

“…Because these politicians have access to part of the federal budget to individually suggest investments in local projects, they tend to prioritize the building of new facilities, as new construction potentially attracts more attention -and potential public recognition -than investments in refurbishment or services. This strategy was identified previously in sport funding (Castelan, 2011;Castro, 2016;Castro et al, 2016;Veronez, 2005) and as a characteristic of the budget definition in Brazil (Assis, 2009;Bezerra, 2001). Although there were investments for the construction and refurbishment of sport and leisure facilities, there were no public policy-derived comparable investments in programs and activities to facilitate their use.…”

“…Almeida et al (2012) used data from a less complete database of Brazilian public expenses and analyzed the period from 2004 to 2009. Castro et al (2016) used the SIGA Brasil database, yet opted for the authorized and payment phases of expenditure in the period 2004 to 2011. In addition, neither study included any budget theory for their analysis.…”

How Transportation Service Quality Drives Public Attitude and Image of a Sustainable City: Satisfaction as A Mediator and Involvement as A Moderator

“…Arnegger and Herz [12] have suggested that such mega-events have two potential effects: the first is to draw participants and audiences, increasing travel to the host destination during the event; the second is the creation of additional exposure via advertising and news coverage for the host destination as a result of the event. Mega-events have significant effects on the destination's image (e.g., [11][12][13][14]) which contributes both to the successful development of the host city as an attractive destination for people to visit [15] and to sustainable development of the city [16]. In other words, mega-events contribute in significant ways to the public policy of locations seeking urban development, economic growth, and rebranding [17,18].…”

Financiamento público e esporte educacional: uma análise do processo orçamentário do programa “Segundo Tempo” (2004-2011)

“…Ainda que o esporte educacional tenha prioridade na destinação dos recursos públicos, diversos estudos sobre o financiamento de políticas federais para o esporte e lazer têm indicado que a distribuição dos recursos públicos vem tomando o esporte de rendimento como dimensão privilegiada pelo Poder Público (ALMEIDA et al, 2012;MARChI JUNIOR, 2010;BUENO, 2008;CASTRO et al, 2015;VERONEZ, 2005). Tendo em vistas estas assertivas, o presente trabalho teve como foco de análise o financiamento de uma política pública para o esporte educacional.…”