O Athletico Paranaense has reformulated its base categories and closed the activities in some categories, as was the case of the sub-9 and sub-10 futsal team.
This sudden strategic change caused Athletico to abandon, due to lack of team, the state competition that was still under way. With the dropout, the club was fined by the Paranaense Futsal Federation. The fine is R$ Thirty thousand.
In addition to financial punishment, the Athletican club must receive a severe administrative punishment, but it has not yet been disclosed.
Why did Athletic close the base categories?
Without further explanation, the Athletico Paranaense It ended part of its base categories and caught the parents of over 50 children by surprise.
The announcement was made on July 1, suddenly, ending the sub-9, sub-10 and sub-11 categories in a decision communicated to the parents of the minor players during a meeting.
The announcement was made by Felipe Gil, general manager of the training categories, and Prospero Paoli, technical-methodological coordinator of Athletico. Hurricane's decision to close a portion of its base categories was unexpected even for club employees.
Here it is worth noting that the idea was to go further in the cuts. Initially, the Athletico-PR also wanted to close the sub-12 and sub-13 activities, which was reversed internally – at least for now.
Fact is that the end of the sub-9, sub-10 and sub-11 of the Hurricane base is a hard blow to the more than 50 children and their families, whose majority is from outside Curitiba.
In addition, minor players cannot act for other clubs in Paraná, as they competed in the tournaments. Athletico Paranaense.
What does Athletico-PR say about all this?
So far, the Athletico Paranaense it has not yet been officially manifested, nor by the site, nor by social networks, on the end of the categories sub-9, sub-10 and sub-11 of its base.
Hurricane gave a brief justification: "by strategic decision of the club the categories were dissolved, but each specific case is being analyzed by the football department".
