Among those who spoke in the Senate today for the meeting “Prospects for the reform of Italian football” there is also Paolo Scaroni, president of Milan. Below are his statements Football & Finance.
Says the number one of the Rossoneri club: “We need to solve the betting problem. It makes no sense for the world to bet on football and we have no benefit. It was the Italian parliament in the past that prevented us from participating in these revenues and this parliament can change this senseless policy” .
On piracy, television rights and the growth decree: “Something has been done about piracy, and for this I thank you. But more can be done. We must ban it from our television rights. The tax benefits for the inpatriates of the Growth Decree have been eliminated, this has caused us colossal damage. Incomprehensible rule, given that the only benefit that Italian football had was the possibility of attracting world talent, and it has been eliminated. I hope that it will be reinstated.”
On the stadiums: “Legislative measures on stadiums can help, even if I’m a bit skeptical given that we live in a country where minorities, even tiny but noisy ones, are capable of blocking everything. However, there remain constraints for not doing so. The fact that in the FIGC , Serie A, which pays the price for everything and everyone, counts for very little, first of all it’s wrong and then it leads to friction between us and the federation.”
At the end of the intervention: “To change all this we need parliamentary initiatives otherwise nothing will change. Serie A is under represented, while all those who benefit from our money are more represented. Furthermore, it is impossible for the League to represent the abroad, and not only, the six-eight largest clubs. To think that we can reform ourselves within the League is completely illusory with the governance we have.”
