“He has to talk about sports,” says Caio Ribeiro after Raí criticized Bolsonaro

São Paulo football director and former player Raí became one of the most talked about topics this Thursday after participating in “Globo Esporte”. The leader made strong criticism of the Brazilian government and President Jair Bolsonaro, citing that he should ask for his resignation “for being on the verge of irresponsibility.” A few hours later, Caio Ribeiro rebuked the comments made by the former player. During the “SporTV Press Room”, the commentator stated that he did not like Raí’s position, because “he has to talk about sports.”

– I did not like Raí’s speech, because he spoke very little about sports and he spoke a lot about politics. He, however much he says it is his personal opinion, today is the strong man of São Paulo and the statements and opinions he issues extend to the institution. I think you have to talk about sports. When he talks about resignation, about public hospitals and all that, it seems to me that he has political connotations regarding preferences, Caio said.

The communicator also praised the attitude of the CBF and the Federations regarding the discussions, in addition to emphasizing the need to listen to other interested parties about the return of the sport, such as TV Globo and the presidents of the clubs.

– I think we should be careful with our analyzes in the following sense. I think it is time for us to discuss work processes, protocols and concepts. It is time for us to sit down with health officials and develop scenarios. So it seems to me that the Federation of São Paulo, like CBF, is acting in a very responsible way. I think you have to sit down with the presidents, I think you have to sit down with the interested parties, like sponsors, TV Globo that has the rights (of the games), presidents of clubs, medical departments, minister of health and establishing protocols. And then you’re going to look at the curve. The curve began to descend. If we go back, how are we going to go back? Ah, let’s clean up the locker room, let’s do isolated training with separate groups, he said.

The former player also emphasized the importance of preserving the economic side with the effects of the pandemic in the discussion about the return of sports.

– It seems to me that at that time, at least the schedule that was made so far was a month of vacation, we will return in early May and we will have a meeting in late April to see if that calendar will be maintained. Guys, people die, the curve didn’t flatten. So, okay, let’s postpone it a bit, let’s wait for this curve to flatten out. The news from yesterday and today is very bad, it continues and the number of deaths has increased. But we need to think about scenarios and find solutions. That is what I think this has to be discussed. And I think the financial side, as cruel as it may seem to say, is also very worrying. It is not that he has to put people’s health at risk, but when he does not have a job or a salary, he cannot feed his family, this will cause unemployment, death, robberies and a number of other things, he said. .

Finally, Caio said he did not believe in the irresponsibility of managers to put the lives of their athletes at risk. In addition, the commentator agreed that this is not the time to resume soccer, but said that the life of the population should be resumed at some point.

– My summary of this situation: are our leaders so irresponsible as to put the lives of athletes at risk? I do not think. What seems to me is that they are studying some exits, and should be oriented in relation to the people who control the medical departments, the minister of health and statistics. What if I have to postpone? Let’s postpone it. And if I have to postpone it again, we will postpone it again. But speaking to many people, and I have many doctors in my family, the vaccine will only come next year. One hour we will have to start life again. Responsibly listening to competent people, but we will have to resume. It is not now, let’s postpone it a little more: it ended.