Decree-law 3,199

Decree Law 3,199 is a decree-law enacted on 14 April 1941 by Getúlio Vargas establishing the bases of the organization of sport throughout Brazil. It is through this, for example, that the National Sports Council was created. The council was created to centralize and regulate sports administration across Brazil, promote amateur athletics, oversee professional sports and manage brazils participation in international competitions. This was all to promote Vargas nationalist state-building efforts during the Estado Novo. The decree aimed to reorganize Brazils previously divided sports system and strengthen national unity. This decree also mainly limited the sports arrangements of women, hindering for example the practice of women's football in Brazil. This decree-law was in force until 1979.

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