Flamengo president Bap slams Globo journalist over questions on investments | OneFootball

Bap commented on the matter during a meeting with the Deliberative Council

The president of Flamengo, Luiz Eduardo Baptista, met with the club’s Deliberative Council this Tuesday (23) to discuss the planning for 2026. Amidst this, Bap criticized the questioning by journalist Renata Mendonça, from TV Globo, when she complained about investments in women’s football for 2025.

— What are the facts? Growing audience. Is it comparable to men’s football? No, but the difference shouldn’t be this big. The TV keeps the profits from the marketing package and doesn’t distribute them to the clubs — Bap began, during the meeting with the Deliberative Council this Tuesday (23).

— There’s that big-nosed woman from Globo who keeps talking badly about us and everything else, about football, saying it’s not encouraged… 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 EXCHANGE OF BARBS?

In October of this year, journalist Renata Mendonça, through the Dibradoras portal, published a video about the training facilities of the Flamengo women’s football team. In doing so, the journalist questioned the Bap administration’s investments in the sport.

As a result, Renata Mendonça’s report went viral and shocked the internet by revealing the precarious conditions faced by the Flamengo players. In the footage from October, it’s possible to 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, looking muddy.

WHAT WAS GLOBO’S RESPONSE?

“Globo repudiates the gratuitous and misogynistic attack by the Flamengo executive against 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.

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