São Paulo council votes on fresh bylaw changes: see proposal | OneFootball

São Paulo’s Deliberative Council has scheduled for next Monday (17) the vote on a broad proposal to reform the club’s Bylaws.

Drafted after months of work by a specific committee, the text provides for more than 50 structural changes aimed at professionalizing management, expanding oversight, and decentralizing executive power, without including any process to turn the club into a SAF.

New Structure and Autonomy of the Board of Directors

The project’s main innovation lies in the restructuring and strengthening of the Board of Directors. If the reform is approved, the body’s composition will change from the current model to a nine-member format:

3 council members;

1 representative from the Advisory Council;

5 independent members (selected by a specialized recruitment firm and subject to approval by the Deliberative Council).

In addition to the change in representation, São Paulo’s president will no longer automatically assume leadership of the Board of Directors. Instead, the body’s chairmanship will be decided by an internal vote among the nine members. The board will also gain the power to propose the removal of the executive president if seven of the nine members approve the measure.

Financial Transparency, Compliance, and Rules for a SAF

The bylaw reform establishes new parameters for controlling and monitoring financial and sporting operations:

Oversight of football contracts: The Board of Directors will have full access, within a maximum of seven days, to all contracts and addendums involving players, coaching staffs, and intermediaries, including details on salaries, signing bonuses, and payment terms.

Independent Compliance and Ombudsman: The compliance department will no longer be part of the administrative board’s structure and will report directly to the Board of Directors, with the Ombudsman’s Office under its scope.

Accountability and liability: Financial reporting will become quarterly, with new qualification requirements for the Fiscal Council and strict penalties for directors involved in irregularities or management omissions.

Rule for SAF unchanged: The committee chose to keep Article 58 of the Bylaws unchanged. As a result, a qualified quorum of 75% approval in the Deliberative Council will still be required for any eventual transition of the club to a corporate model.

Procedure and Implementation

If approved by the councilors next Monday, the proposed reform of the Bylaws will still need to be ratified by the club’s members at a General Assembly. The new administrative guidelines are expected to come into effect in the next São Paulo management term.

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