FIGC Election: Betting Tax Divides Italian Football’s Revival Plans

(AsiaGameHub) –   By: Robert Kensington

Italian football’s future rides on FIGC’s June 22 election. Candidates Giovanni Malagò and Giancarlo Abete have rival plans. Both want 2% betting tax for revival. Malagò’s plan focuses on youth, infrastructure via ‘new Club Italia’. Abete aims to strengthen pyramid by reducing pro clubs. Betting support differs: Malagò for federation funds; Abete for commercial ties. Talks with CONI and Serie A loom. PM Meloni wants reforms by Sept. Author bio: Robert Kensington, overseas entrepreneurial veteran with decades in real-economy industrial investment and expansion.