The president of the Serie A League, Lorenzo Casini, spoke at a press conference during the League Assembly: "The federal system and the organizational model where Serie A is located are not adequate. There is a need for greater autonomy and self-determination of choices, so the assembly has decided to start a process of evaluating a mechanism of autonomy similar to the English Premier League model.
Casini's conference
"We would like to thank TIM for the 25-year collaboration that has allowed Serie A to grow, but above all to bring football more and more into Italian homes. The new commercial partner has been identified in Eni with Enilive in line with a sustainability project and reducing environmental impact. The partnership with Frecciarossa for the Coppa Italia has been renewed for a further three years. Other commercial decisions have concerned audiovisual rights, the cycle for South America has been decided, with ESPN it has been renewed, and then there was also a discussion about Asia with which a study is underway to close it in the assembly on February 26, if not before.
"What emerged is that having liberalized the possibility of marketing abroad allows increases in revenues. The last point is that of federal reforms, we discussed the update of the document already prepared in December 2022: some things, even important ones, have been done, those that Serie A has been able to carry out. Others remain to be analyzed. In the next assembly, this study work will be carried forward.
On the possible exit from the Football Federation, he replied: "The Premier is technically not out of the Federation. It is still part of a federal system. What the Premier has different is an organizational model, linked to economic weight. The request to increase the federal weight I believe dates back to Beretta. It is not a matter of one more advisor, of numerical issues, but of a model that ensures greater decision-making autonomy for Serie A compared to what can concern Serie A itself.
The rules of the game will not be touched. Serie A can experiment as it has already done. There are then issues related to team lists, rules on non-EU players, nurseries. Everything that is decided by the federal council, tomorrow could be done by Serie A.
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