With several clubs announcing big losses or having huge depts, and even bancruptcies of many clubs, the Italian league is facing a financial crisis. Also, it is lacking international on-pitch succes, as only one club in the past seven years was able to get to the UEFA Champions League final. An alarming development, regarding the Italian victories in the 1980s, 1990s and even at the begin of the new millenium. Financial trouble, missing international succes, star players leaving the league and deficits in infrastructure contribute to a bad overall condition, the Italian League is in. The question and task is now, how to solve this misery by structural interventions as a league organising body. In order to find the right measures, it will firstly be taken a look at the problems causing this situation. Having examined, what led to this calamity, several methods and ideas to improve the current situation will be presented and discussed.
Inhaltsverzeichnis (Table of Contents)
- Stating the problem and question
- Analysing the problems of the Italian league
- Attendance problem
- Ownership problem
- Low matchday revenues
- Game quality problem
- Investor problem
- Summary
- Methods to improve
- References
Zielsetzung und Themenschwerpunkte (Objectives and Key Themes)
This paper examines the financial crisis facing the Italian football league, including its declining international success and the factors contributing to its poor overall condition. It investigates the problems hindering the league's progress and proposes solutions to improve the situation through structural interventions.
- Financial crisis in the Italian football league
- Declining international success
- Factors contributing to the league's poor condition
- Problems hindering progress
- Solutions to improve the situation through structural interventions
Zusammenfassung der Kapitel (Chapter Summaries)
The first chapter introduces the problem of the Italian football league, highlighting its financial crisis, declining international success, and the factors contributing to its poor overall condition. It states the objective of finding solutions to improve the situation through structural interventions.
The second chapter delves into the problems of the Italian league, examining them step-by-step. It focuses on the attendance problem, highlighting the low stadium attendance compared to other European leagues, and analyzes the reasons behind this decline.
Schlüsselwörter (Keywords)
The paper focuses on the financial crisis, international success, attendance problem, ownership problem, low matchday revenues, game quality problem, investor problem, and structural interventions in the Italian football league.
- Citation du texte
- Constantin Brodbeck (Auteur), 2014, Restructuring The Italian Soccer League, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/369686
