The institutional configuration of sport policy in Brazil: organization, evolution and dilemmas

Abstract

Brazil has become the center of the spotlight of the whole world recently, amongst many other reasons, one of them was because it was chosen to host a series of mega sporting events - Pan American Games in 2007, Confederations Football Cup in 2013, Fifa Football World Cup 2014 Games and 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2016. However, little is known about the country's administrative governmental structure focused on sport policy. The available studies focus their analysis on the sport policies content, but not on the arrangement of its structural decision-making. The main aim of this article is indeed to describe, based on official documentation, the evolution and the current arrangements of the government responsible for the administrative structure for the planning and implementation of sports policies in Brazil. Thus, we tried to list the main problems arising from the organization of the Brazilian sports' management. These problems are: (1) inappropriate institutional structure in terms of human resources and obstacles to participation by other social actors beyond the officials (parliament and members of the Ministry of Sports) in the sports policy; (2) disarticulation between public institutions generating redundancies and conflicts of jurisdiction due to the poor division of labor between bureaucracy agencies; and (3) inadequate planning proved by the lack of organization of some institutions, and by the lack of assessment and continuity of public policies over time. Therefore, we must emphasize those problems from above, and due to these administrative arrangements, Brazilian sports' policy has big challenges in the sport development in this country, which includes the creation of a national "system" for sports and a priority investment in sport education.

Sport and education: how to develop a proper dual career (Deporte y educación: cómo desarrollar una carrera dual adecuada)

“…However, observing the dual career as a successful reconciliation between sport and education, the Brazilian high-performance athlete still depends on the goodwill of the educational institution, especially the teachers, so that they can continue in the sport (Miranda et al, 2020a;Rocha et al, 2020). Mendes & Codato (2015) also point to other problems to be overcome, such as: the disarticulation between public institutions, damaging the division of responsibilities and creating conflicts of competences; inadequate planning, either due to the lack of organization or the lack of evaluation and continuity of public policies. Carneiro et al (2018) report, for example, the high investment in major events and infrastructure, to the detriment of direct spending on sports, training of human resources or even the encouragement of scientific research.…”

Political Relation among the State and International Sports Organizations: The 2014 FIFA World Cup Event in Brazil

“…In addition, a considerable number of deputies and senators somehow related to football (clubs, for example), which composed the parliamentary front called the "bench of the ball" (Bueno 2008;Mendes & Codato 2015), contributed to a further increase in government sympathy for the WC-2014. This process did not only happen in relation to the WC-2014, but also during the construction of the Sports Ministry (SM), the ministry responsible for sports legislation in Brazil, through political-sport interrelationships based on exchanges of favors (Bueno 2008;Starepravo 2011).…”

Impactos objetivos e percebidos da Copa do Mundo FIFA de 2014 no Brasil

“…Alguns dos principais eventos dessa categoria são os Jogos Olímpicos de verão e de inverno, a Copa do Mundo FIFA, a Copa do Mundo de Rugby e os Jogos da Commonwealth. Tais acontecimentos reúnem centenas de milhares de pessoas em um país ou localidade durante um curto período de tempo, alterando consideravelmente a realidade social (Gibson et al, 2014;Lozano, 2011;Ohmann et al, 2006), política (Burbank et al, 2001;Mendes & Codato, 2015;Roche, 1994) econômica (Allmers & Maennig, 2009;Baade & Matheson, 2004;Bohlmann & Van Heerden, 2008;Choong-Ki & Taylor, 2005), ambiental (Collins & Flynn, 2008;Collins et al, 2009;Death, 2011) e urbanística (Pillay & Bass, 2008b;Pillay et al, 2009;Steinbrink et al, 2011) de suas sedes. Em particular, o fluxo turístico receptivo dos países e cidades sede é fortemente afetado, sobretudo durante e após a realização.…”