I am not politically aligned, I already have so much that makes me angry… However, I must admit that, lately, the figure of the government leaves me perplexed. Sport has always been universally free to make its own decisions, without the intervention of the “strong powers”. Whenever this has happened, it has usually resulted in the inevitable short circuit. In an amen, the much talked about commission was conceived to control the accounts of football clubs (and not only that, also of basketball clubs). As always, we tried to pass off the news as a help to the world of football. At the moment I have only had confirmation that she will be appointed by the government and will include the director of the revenue agency and INPS on the commission. Duration of the assignment? Seven years…
Who knows, maybe it will prove to be a good idea. However, from how the top European football teams reacted, we can say that it was not welcomed with such enthusiasm. Honestly, I might even take on this new project. Maybe there really is a desire to improve the world of football. Here, however, a reflection arises. In just a few weeks the commission was “launched”, yet for decades the government has not worried about the most urgent issue, football-wise: the stadiums. The first people who presented the plans for a stadium owned by Milan and Inter are now retired. In Rome, Pallotta lost his reason to try to build a new stadium… Commisso laughs about it now.
Now even the very rich Como is interested in how to make the Sinigaglia a state-of-the-art and Serie A stadium… Hands in hair for everyone. There are so many stakes that it seems like an impossible challenge, destined to fail. Why? Nobody really knows… Everyone has valid reasons, everyone does nothing to find a way to reach an agreement. Nobody takes a single responsibility and, in the meantime, weeks, months, years pass… The dark evil of Italian football is this: the veto for clubs to be able to modernize. With an owned stadium, the commission would have fewer problems with the companies’ balance sheets. Yet, everything crystallized, without anyone understanding why.
We’re a joke now. There are those who are already in the future (like Real Madrid and Barcelona) and those who are still entangled in sins…
I congratulate those few who succeeded. To Juventus, first and foremost, which, with the Allianz Stadium, has a truly multifunctional facility in its hands. The short list also includes Sassuolo’s Mapei Stadium, Udinese’s Bluenergy Stadium, Frosinone’s Benito Stirpe and Atalanta’s Gewiss Stadium (now almost completed). A few exceptions that are out of place with other countries in terms of football where owned stadiums account for around 75% of the total. The government thinks about giving the OK to the commission but doesn’t put its finger on the stadiums, leaving the clubs to fight with the regional and local administrations… But then, if you win the European Championships, everyone celebrates, even those in government. I already know that they will tell me that I am the one who doesn’t understand… It will probably really be like this, due to my apolitical background.