Org chart by Luis Varon

Decline of Italian Football

lrv25_ — 2023-11-29 20:55:48 UTC

Corruption is becoming more prevalent in Italian leagues.

lrv25_ — 2023-11-29 20:56:22 UTC

Has Financial Fair Play affected Serie A in a negative manner?

lrv25_ — 2023-11-29 21:13:24 UTC

What is Financial Fair Play?

lrv25_ — 2023-11-29 21:15:14 UTC

FFP is a set of financial rules which constrain soccer clubs’ financial discretion, with potential consequences for the trade-off between sporting and financial results

Juventus hit with 10-point deduction in 2023

lrv25_ — 2023-11-29 21:20:11 UTC

Juventus were docked 15 points initially for financial irregularities and false accounting in relation to previous transfer dealings. This ruling also resulted in the ban for multiple Juventus board members.

Top club Juventus unable to play in the Champions League after 10 point deduction, leaving worse team to play in the UCL

lrv25_ — 2023-11-29 21:24:51 UTC

Due to the 10 point deduction to Juventus, AC Milan was able to qualify for the UCL when they would've gone to the Europa League instead. This prevented a more in-form team from competing and in their place was the arguably worse AC Milan.

The stress of FFP leaves Italian clubs to sell their best players and youngsters to comply.

lrv25_ — 2023-11-30 20:17:22 UTC

The stress of FFP works on paper, but seems to have caused the clubs to sell their best players to comply, and leads to poor performance in the UCL.