Casini (Lega Serie A): “With the extension of the sporting restriction, nurseries are protected”
June 24, 2024
The cabinet today, on the proposal of the minister for sport and youth, Andrea Abodi, approved a provision which extends the deadline for the sports restriction to 30 June 2025 for memberships signed before the reform came into force, i.e. 1 July 2023.
“Having noted the impact of the first application of the rule, the extension was necessary for guarantee a gradual, but definitive, entry into force of the new regulationsaimed at balancing the interests of athletes with those of amateur and professional sports associations and clubs”, says the Department for Sport.
“Starting next week, the Minister will invite interested parties to a series of hearings with the technical working group at their officesto address and structurally resolve the problems relating to the topic encountered in recent months, as part of a overall framework which also includes sports apprenticeships and training bonuses“.
Casini (Lega Serie A): “With the extension of the sports constraint, nurseries are protected”
“I would like to thank Minister Andrea Abodi and the entire Government on behalf of all the Serie A teams for the measure adopted today by the Council of Ministers, aimed at extending the deadline for the sporting restriction,” he commented. Lorenzo CasiniPresident of the Lega Serie A. “We are satisfied and relieved that our requests have been accepted, also at the hearing in Parliament, aimed at protect a strategic basin for our movement which is the one represented by the young CDs and the Serie A youth teams. It will now be important to use these twelve months to find the best possible solutions to regulate the different needs of the world of professionalism and that of amateurs”, he added.
Gravina: “Appeal on sporting restriction accepted, priority nursery protection”
“The protection of nurseries is one of the FIGC’s priorities because they represent a fundamental asset for the development of the entire Italian football movement. For this reason I thank the entire Government and Minister Abodi, as well as all the political forces that have proven sensitive to the topic, for having accepted the appeal that I launched no later than a week ago in the Commission of the Chamber of Deputies on the matter to the request for a one-year extension on the abolition of the so-called sports win, a fundamental provision that allows clubs that believe in youth sectors the time necessary to reorganize their work with a view to valorising young people”. Thus the president of the FIGC, Gabriele Gravina.
Balata (Serie B) thanks Abodi: “Good postponement of sporting restrictions”
“I would like to thank Minister Abodi for his vision and foresight in defending the wealth of talent present in the youth sectors of our clubs, who in this way will be able to continue to invest in the champions of the future.” Thus the president of Lega B Mauro Balata welcomes the Government’s decision with satisfaction.
