Bologna grows on the pitch and the political world’s consideration for the visions and considerations of its management increases around the rossoblù club. One day in the Senate, for Claudio Fenucci, the second in the space of a month and a half.
On 24 April he was summoned by the inter-ministerial commission to evaluate his proposal for the creation of a state fund to facilitate the renovation of Italian stadiums, an idea being examined by the political world in view of the need for restyling of the country’s stadiums in view of the 2032 European Championships and to allow Italian football to catch up from a structural point of view.
Yesterday, however, the rossoblù CEO was summoned to Palazzo Madama, together with the general director of Fiorentina Alessandro Ferrari by the seventh commission for culture and cultural heritage, public education, scientific research, entertainment and sport for a hearing on the prospects for football reform Italian. of representatives of the sports clubs Bologna Fc 1909 and Acf Fiorentina.
Because football is the fourth largest industry in the country and is making a loss and politicians are trying to find out how to reverse the trend.
Yesterday it was Claudio Fenucci’s turn to offer his point of view and draw attention to some issues.
The first concerns the stadiums: and here the CEO returned to insist on the proposal for a state fund for new facilities and to encourage public-private partnerships: not non-repayable money, but investments, with the possibility of funds entering the inside the companies that renovate the stadiums to be able to get money back.
An idea that could allow Bologna to find the 50 million needed to unlock the temporary stadium (still waiting for the closure of the services conference) and restyling the Dall’Ara.
But the Melandri Law also needs to be reviewed.
“It was 15 years ago and the world has changed, this year there has been an overtaking of sporting events sold via streaming compared to cable TV: football needs to sell its product in a different way, also because from here in a few years the big interests will focus on European competitions rather than on national championships”, reported Fenucci, who then focused on the American model.
“MLS – underlines the CEO of Bologna – sold the rights of the championship entirely to Apple, maximizing profits, we cannot. Furthermore, the American Leagues pay athletes 40-45 percent of their turnover, we pay over 60 percent. , because we are in difficulty.”
More than cheap cars, new laws would be needed.
“And tax relief, especially for the youth sector, because otherwise we run after those who have the interest of moving kids and we don’t recognize the social value of sport and the clubs that let kids play. Because then only a small part become a professional.”
Above all, certain rules: “There are those who create debt and alter the regularity of the championship. There are those who have had tax relief and the possibility of spreading taxes and those who have not, with other clubs who have then been relegated. We need systems that can somehow recognize and reward those who work with good budgets”.
