Flexibilização escolar a atletas em formação alojados em centros de treinamento no futebol : um estudo na Toca da raposa e na Cidade do galo

Abstract

The study was aimed to understand how is the balance between sports training and the education of athletes living in training centers of soccer clubs that offers access to basic education for their players, trying to understand how the relationship between the soccer training and the schooling can interfere in these formations. A survey was administered to 93 school-age housed in the Esporte Clube Cruzeiro and the Clube Atletico Mineiro training centers, and four semi-structured interviews with professionals directly related to the subject studied, and a legal exegesis of relevant legislation with children and young adults. Results showed that students / athletes enjoy privileges in the school. For example the school increases the flexibility of its standards for athletes based on the agenda of the training clubs. Also indicates a decrease in the interest of the athlete in the school when the signing of the first professional contract is near. With that said, agents and managers, school, and the athlete himself, form a flexible system that translates into an easier way to achieve the real goal, the entrance in a professional soccer career. In this system, the education of the teenager remains in the background, but it shouldn't be disposable.