2% of football bets would solve everything, Malagò speaks

“If there are bets we can also choose not to allocate a percentage directly to the protagonist, but it is right to do so towards the system. The company, then, obviously must invest in infrastructure, nurseries, sports facilities, tax relief. Senator Marcheschi with this bill touches on the topic perfectly and indicates in a percentage of 2%which has more or less always been the one suggested by those before me. And precisely to avoid the issue of financial coverage, he indicates that this figure must be recognized by the dealers”, added Malagò who points out how “The article recognizes them as former Totocalcio players, but it should be revised. There have been many evolutions in recent years, Totocalcio is no longer what accompanied a part of my life. Today there are dynamics of dealer networks that are not Totocalcio networks, but instead have important bets in the world of football. This would be a wonderful thing, it would sort out practically everything, even what will be the inevitable consequence of what is certain to happen, with the reduction of the amount of rights that will take place with the next Serie A tender”, underlined Malagò and “it would also give peace of mind with respect to the entire value impact of the numbers relating to the Melandri Law”.

“The Marcheschi bill touches on another very sensitive topic, particularly in professional football. He says that VAT must be eliminated exclusively on the transfer of professional footballers as there is with foreigners”, explained president Malagò. “As for Law 36 2021 on sports restrictions and training bonuses, everyone agrees, Serie A, B, LegaPro and Amateurs, Aic and Aiac ‘give us a hand to review this discussion of the restriction’. A mistake was made, in the wake of the idea that the boys should not have been imprisoned, but we then went from this to something that the system cannot tolerate”, added Malagò.

“Among the strengths of the bill there is a precise desire, that of identifying resources for the football system which do not fall on the state budget and which are intended for the valorisation of the nurseries and the youth sector. More often than not, in the past years and decades, many things that seemed well done were interrupted because the very famous financial coverage was not there. There is a trace of ideas that we greatly appreciate in the bill for having resources. The first concerns piracy, with the proposal to allocate 10% of the fund – relating to proceeds from piracy – in favor of the football system and the youth sector. Nice, but given that these are funds that are taken and deducted from our system, I don’t see why they shouldn’t be allocated 100%”, continued Malagò. “Something can also be put into the social sphere so that there is no repetition of the crime”, added Malagò who explained that he had “seen in the space of a few days the CEOs and shareholders of those who today have the rights on this issue. I thought things were going a little better, but numbers in hand, that’s not the case. Some countries considered more rigorous have begun to copy us and there are impacts on states that have taken up this habit. They tell me that the laws have been made, but there is no implementation regarding the sanction, a form of deterrence.”

In the end on the National A Malagò continued: “I share the criticisms but we have very clear objectives, then we need to see if we can reach them.” “Thank you for this infrastructure plan, maybe there was a Marshall plan, I already said it as president of CONI, it doesn’t just concern football starting with rugby”, added the number one of the FIGC who also expressed his opinion on the topic of sports agents: “we know what public opinion says. Identify fair compensation at the legislative level, respecting the indispensable players and placing a ceiling, like real estate agents, from 1 to 5% for example, so as not to be blackmailed.”