At Corsport: «they said no to 1 billion and 700 million of the funds and they lose 5. In Brazil they see MLS and Saudi League»
Mg Roma 06/20/2021 – Euro 2020 / Italy-Wales / photo Matteo Gribaudi/Image Sport in the photo: Paolo Dal Pino
Paolo Dal Pino former president of the Lega Serie A, the man who wanted to bring funds into Italian football, interviewed by Ivan Zazzaroni for Corriere dello Sport.
«I received numerous low blows on a personal level, not to mention the insinuations from the lawsuit. In the League the logic of destruction of others also applies, not that of construction… The president responds by law with his own personal assets. So even just to move a match there are those who send you a lawyer’s letter threatening compensation in the millions. These things make me smile, but for some they encourage subservience towards bullies.”
From the Pine: «The opportunity to become more solid, stronger and with an entrepreneurial vision was lost when the assembly, in full autonomy, did not want to open up to the media company, investment funds and the change in governance».
Who is responsible or responsible for the failure?
«Only and only a guilty majority that does not exercise its leadership role. Serie A is one of the few realities that
I know where the minority dictates the agenda. Where the one who raises his voice and the one who is more domineering wins.”
This is why you aimed at changing governance.
From the Pine: «Efficient, professional governance was and still is needed, capable of controlling its own destiny as a company that lives off TV rights. The media were and remain the only solutions. Regardless of the funds. I therefore hope that the League will resume the path of the media company and the change in governance. The more this process is delayed, the more Serie A will lose ground compared to other tournaments. Today it is a guiltily marginalized championship. And things will get worse with the SuperChampions. Era It was already clear then that such a tournament would have made the national championships peripheral and nothing was done to counteract it the bulimia of UEFA and FIFA. In this sense, the demonization of the funds was a serious mistake: they would have guaranteed 1 billion and 700 million to a system that was losing and continues to lose 5.”
Guaranteeing 5 years of rights to a third-party media means settling for “downward stability” to the detriment of the project entrepreneurial.
“Exactly. MLS, Saudi Pro League and other projects will drain resources. Only the Leagues that are virtuous in their choices will survive. With De Siervo, starting from the media company, we had started negotiating with Apple for a Serie A app. Today I turn on the TV and in Brazil I incredibly see MLS and Saudi League matches go by. Messi and Ronaldo are everywhere, even the Middle East markets have lost interest in our tournament.”
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