00:04The Italian football scene is about to become the stage for an unprecedented administrative reform in the refereeing sector.
00:13The Italian Football Federation, FIT, under the leadership of Gabriele Gravina, accelerated the transition process to a model.
00:21Autonomous and professional management for elite referees.
00:25This move comes at a time of vacancy and crisis in the Italian Referees Association (AIA), following the confirmation of...
00:34Antonio Zappi's removal from the presidency.
00:37The objective is clear: to create a professional structure modeled after the PGMOL in England, ensuring that Italian judges operate...
00:47under a regime of total independence and high performance starting next season.
00:52The plan outlined by FIT establishes a new governance structure that strictly separates the political and technical spheres.
01:01At the heart of this change is the creation of an independent company, wholly controlled by FIT, but with management autonomy.
01:11The professional leagues will participate in this new arrangement exclusively as funders, eliminating any kind of direct influence or collusion between them.
01:21clubs and those responsible for refereeing.
01:24The administration will be exercised by a board of directors, CDA, composed of three independent members, who will have the power to
01:34Name the key figures.
01:35The technical designee, necessarily a former referee with experience at FIFA and UEFA, and an administrative general manager, focused on
01:45Managing a budget of 17 million euros and seeking new revenue streams through marketing.
01:51In terms of human resources and technical structure, the project foresees a slight reduction in the number of referees, from 40.
02:00to 40, and of assistants, from 74 to 66,
02:05while expanding the Video Specialist Corps (VMO), which will now have 24 dedicated professionals.
02:13The revolution also affects the legal status of arbitrators. They will cease to be occasional collaborators and become professionals with...
02:22Structured employment contracts and social security systems.
02:27This change aims to attract and retain talent, treating refereeing as a high-level career.
02:33While the elite leagues become more professional under the new entity, the AIA will retain control of the Série C.
02:41and from the youth categories.
02:43This arrangement allows the association to focus on developing new talent, creating a promotion pipeline that will still be...
02:51Refined in future meetings with the Serie A and B leagues.
02:55The focus is on efficiency, a lean organizational structure, optimized internal processes, and a clear barrier against cronyism practices.
03:05which previously affected the institution.
03:08The project is a direct response to the need for modernization and transparency, seeking to align Italy with the most demanding standards.
03:17of global football.
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