Flamengo women board members respond to Bap’s Globo remarks

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·24 December 2025

Flamengo women board members respond to Bap’s Globo remarks

What Did Bap Say at Flamengo’s Last Meeting?

President of Flamengo, Luiz Eduardo Baptista held a meeting with the club members this Tuesday (23rd) to present the results of Mengo for the year. When commenting on women’s football, Bap criticized Globo journalist Renata Mendonça, who complained about the investment in the sport for 2025.

After Bap’s comments received negative backlash, the female council members of Flamengo spoke out about the situation. Thus, the group showed support for journalist Renata Mendonça.

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The Women’s Caucus publicly expresses its repudiation of the derogatory comments made at yesterday’s meeting at the Gávea headquarters, devaluing a woman in her workplace and in her speech. We agree that the mentioned broadcaster should value and increase the broadcasting rights for Women’s Football for Flamengo. However, this valid criticism should never, under any circumstances, be accompanied by an attack on a journalist in such a virulent and disrespectful manner. We reiterate our fight for women in the sports environment. Athletes, council members, club members, employees, fans, referees, journalists must not only be respected, regardless of their positions, but also welcomed and praised so that we have more and more women involved in such a male-dominated and change-resistant world as football. All our solidarity to Renata Mendonça.

What Did Bap, President of Flamengo, Say?

—What are the facts? Audience is growing. Is it comparable to men’s football? No, but the gap shouldn’t be this big. TV keeps the profits from the marketing package and doesn’t distribute them to the clubs— Bap began.

— There’s that big-nosed woman from Globo who keeps badmouthing us and everything else, about football, who doesn’t encourage… makes you want to say: ‘Girl, convince your company to put in 10 million, 20 million a year in broadcasting rights and things will get better. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander’— concluded the president of Flamengo.

What Is the Context of the ‘Barbs’ Exchange?

Journalist Renata Mendonça, in October 2025, through the Dibradoras portal, published a video about the training facilities of the women’s football team of Flamengo. In it, the journalist questioned the investments made by Bap’s management in the sport.

On that occasion, Renata Mendonça’s report went viral and shocked the internet by revealing the precarious conditions faced by the Flamengo players. In the footage, you can see that the locker room needs maintenance, with broken and dirty floors. Finally, another part of the video shows the sink: when turned on, the water came out brown, with a muddy appearance.

Did Globo Respond?

It’s worth noting that Globo also responded after the statements by the president of Flamengo. Thus, the broadcaster repudiated Bap’s attitude and showed support for journalist Renata Mendonça.

“Globo repudiates the gratuitous and misogynistic attack by the Flamengo official on one of its professionals and reiterates its deep respect for women and for critical opinions that do not offend or insult anyone”, said TV Globo in an official statement.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.