Hence its president Bap threatening to stop Olympic sports if the tax reform passes, the increase in taxation on associative clubs smacks of blackmail.
Flamengo does not pay IPTU for the Ninho do Urubu area, for example, although there it houses not only its highly paid professional squad, but, mainly, it produces players that it exports at high prices, as a result of its competence to do so and the extraordinary market that football has become.
Corinthians is exempt from IPTU at its headquarters in Parque São Jorge, just as elite clubs such as Pinheiros and Paulistano, to name just two, are exempt, in areas where square meters have record prices in the country.
Football clubs produce rare jewels on duty-free factory floors.
Giving up the red and black tradition in Olympic sports would reduce the value of the brand, and a threat that does not contribute to the debate around ensuring that the sports market is governed by more equitable rules that encourage best practices, without the protectionism of exemptions paid, in the end, by taxpayers.
The widow’s purse is tired.
