As peculiaridades do contrato de trabalho do atleta profissional de futebol

Abstract

The professional soccer player belongs to a differentiated category of worker, with his own rules and characteristics, which reached an important level in Brazil, to the point of deserving special legislation that deals with it. Historically, there has been a complex process in the admission of professional soccer players to the role of special workers, due to the delay in the transition from amateurism to professionalism in this category. Several regulations were issued by the State, but Law 9.615 / 98 (Lei Pelé) deserves special attention, since it is the most relevant rule. Since soccer has ceased to be mere leisure, and has achieved the status of one of the most lucrative investments in the market, involving millionaire transactions, it has become necessary to create a contract of work with different peculiarities, which differs from that of the ordinary employee , regulated by specific law, but subject to that which regulates the Consolidation of Labor Laws. Thus, the objective of this monograph is to address the main points that differentiate this category of workers from the others.