I haven't seen any mention on here of the big soccer controversy in Brazil...

It was on the Outsports home page/Jock Talk on August 9th.

It was covered, but it missed several of the controversies involved. First, the young São Paulo player whom the Palmeiras administrative director claimed was gay, Richarlyson, was the top scorer in the Brazilian soccer championship, and Palmeiras started targeting him after he scored the initial goal. Second, the judge wrote a number of problematic statements, such as that gays didn't belong on soccer fields, and also made a racial slur, suggesting that there'd eventually be gay quotas if gays were accepted, because when professional soccer began in Brazil, teams did not want to include Black players and had to battle to keep them off the pitch. The judicial directorate overturned the judge's bizarre sentence, the judge has been suspended, and the case is now going to a different court, but Richarlyson's lawyers are still pressing the issue with still a different judicial body. Richarlyson went on a São Paulo-based TV show, Fantástico, and denied being gay, but said that if he were he'd come out, and that his family would be cool with it. He also spoke about facing racism as the only Black person in his Catholic school when he was small, and called the anti-gay statements not only disrespectful to himself, but to the entire country.

Also, as a result of this controversy, a well-known straight Brazilian soccer player who is planning to pose nude for one of the major gay magazines is now being trashed by fans for doing so. Before, this supposedly wasn't an issue, and World Cup player Vampetá among others had posed for G.

Where am I getting this info?
From the Brazilian press, Globo, itself.

And here he is, Mr. Richarlyson, who is now suing Palmeiras for $300,000 BrR for defaming his name.


Corrected typo: "quotes" to "quotas"

From the above article: “A sentença diz que se os clubes aceitarem atletas homossexuais, logo existirá um sistema de cotas para garantir a presença de gays nas equipes."

Fantomas, I'm sure it was just a typo, you meant to say "quotas", not "quotes" ("cotas" em português) I was impressed by Richarlyson's comments in the last paragraph, when he said that everyone should be able to live their lives in a way that best suits them and makes them happy.

Yes, quotas--"quotes" was a typo and makes no sense. "Quotas" are a racist hobbyhorse, which was why that vile judge tossed that bit in.