TORINO – «The situation of the value of our TV rights worries us a lot, given that Serie A is the driving force of our movement also because it generates through mutuality. If they were to drop significantly, there would be irreparable damage to the entire Italian football sector.”. Gabriele Gravinaduring his speech at Bocconi University, sound the alarm and he’s right, because around the sale of TV rights in the period 2024-2027 (or 2029 if it were a five-year period) there is no air of maxi-offers (indeed…) and the diligence with which is very indicative Claudio lot is doing everything to extend the current contract with Dazn.
Eight million disappointed
Sure, Juventus’ problems don’t help, because if Serie A is the driving force of Italian football, the Juventus club is the driving force of Serie A and his fans still don’t get it right because, for a widely and historically widespread practice such as that of capital gains, the only one to be punished, indeed beaten with 15 penalty points, was exclusively Juventus. How can the interest of the eight million Juventus fans be kept alive in a football in which one is allowed unequal judgement so paradoxical as to punish a single defendant for a crime that can only be committed by two and for which there is no law? For heaven’s sake, everything can be done in sports justice (it was explained to us by eminent jurists), but then one cannot be surprised if there is a bit of detachment among the side effects.
Super answers for super problems
Gravina, in an honest and coherent way with his role, also took it out on the idea of Super Leaguedefining it «a wrong answer to a problem that exists and is concrete, which concerns the sustainability of the football business at high levels». However, it is worth noting that the Super League is an abstract concept (and probably destined to be rejected by the Justice Courtas Gravina himself points out), while the Premier League and the Champions League are two realities, concretely harmful for Serie A. This was explained by theCEO of Serie A itself, De Siervo, saying that those two competitions are the real commercial rivals of our league, given that they tend to eat up more and more resources and leave the crumbs to the other national leagues. In short, if the Superlega is the wrong answer, which could be the right one to face the overwhelming economic power of the English league (which earns five times ours) and a Champions League that with the new format will occupy more space, suck more money from everyone and will he redistribute them to a few? Maybe the league reform that we have been waiting, in vain, for at least a decade? OR the construction of new stadiums? Yeah, who knows what we’ll see first: a more logical organization of our tournaments or more modern facilities? The speed may not be dizzying, but the ride is thrilling.
