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	Italian football league system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Italian football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for football clubs in Italy.
		The league joined FIFA in 1905 and moved to a league structure, based on regions, in the same year.
		After World War II the league returned to a regional structure with a north-south divide and a play-off for a single year before returing to a national league.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Italian_Football_League (518 words)

	Football \| Berlusconi in middle of football fiasco
		Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister, found himself at the heart of a new row over conflict of interests yesterday as his government wrestled with a television football rights crisis that threatens to deprive millions of Italians of their favourite sport this autumn.
		Representatives of the Italian football league have called on the government to bail out the cash-strapped national sport and Mr Berlusconi finds himself in the now familiar position of having a finger in every pie.
		Further compounding the conflict of interests, the chairman of the Italian football league is also the chairman of AC Milan.
	football.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4486368-103,00.html (772 words)

	CNN.com - Italian football's fading fortunes - August 22, 2002
		With eight of Italy's top-flight members unable to secure pay-per-view television deals, the Italian Football League voted to postpone the first round of matches by two weeks until September 15, granting precious extra time for those clubs to secure broadcasting contracts on which their survival could depend.
		The league has also called on Italy's government to declare a state of crisis in the football industry, permitting tax concessions and other benefits for clubs on the brink of bankruptcy.
		Italian clubs featured in every Champions League final except one between 1989 and 1998 but Juventus was the last Italian winner in 1996.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/08/22/italy.football (899 words)

	Berlusconi caught in squeeze over TV rights - theage.com.au
		Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has found himself at the heart of a new conflict-of-interest row as his government wrestles with a television soccer rights crisis.
		A dispute between the Italian football league and the state broadcaster RAI over the fee payable for broadcast rights threatens to deprive millions of Italians of their favourite sport.
		The chairman of the Italian football league, Adriano Galliani (who, in another conflict of interest, is also chairman of AC Milan), on Tuesday announced that negotiations with RAI had stalled and the start of the football season was being delayed by two weeks, the first such disruption since World War II.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/08/22/1029114165282.html (416 words)

	ESPN.com - SOCCER - Season won't start till Sept. 15
		The Italian Football League voted to start the season on September 15 rather than the planned date of September 1 as eight of the smaller clubs from the top Serie A division were still without pay-per-view television deals for next season.
		Italian soccer has been dogged with financial problems this year, partly due to the waning of lucrative television deals.
		The postponement could prove to be a handicap to Italian teams competing in European competition as in September they will face rivals who have already had several weeks of domestic action under their belts.
	espn.go.com /soccer/news/2002/0820/1420458.html (554 words)

	SAT-ITALY 07.03.1997
		The individual football teams are planning to start selling directly the necessary receiving equipment and the subscriptions since it is in their own interest to have as many subscribers as possible.
		In a recent interview to Italian weekly "L'Espresso", Mario Rasini, one of the key managers at Telepiu said that they are contemplating the launch of a religious channel (in cooperation with the Italian Catholic church), a music channel (in cooperation with the Italian record companies) and other thematic channels (in cooperation with RAI and Mediaset).
		The total number of Italians who watch TV from 1-3 hours a day is around 34 million (74%), 9 million (19%) watch more than 3 hours while 3,4 million do not watch TV at all or watch only a modest 30 minutes a day.
	www.sat-net.com /listserver/sat-italy/msg00023.html (1666 words)

	Telegraph \| Sport \| Charlton angered by switch of fixtures
		The Premier League have switched the entire programme on the final day of the season to Sunday May 15, meaning that if Newcastle or Middlesbrough reach the final of the UEFA Cup, they will have only three days to prepare.
		The Italian Football League also handed Lazio, his club, a fine for the same amount after a hearing into the game against Roma at the Olympic stadium.
		The Football League are to extend their Fit and Proper Persons Test.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2005/03/11/sfncha11.xml&sSheet=/sport/2005/03/11/ixfooty.html (477 words)

	FOOTBALL, Quick Term Papers, Term papers, 051023 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		This paper reviews a court case brought against the National Football League (NFL) by a player arguing that NFL rules regarding eligibility to enter the league are conspiratorial against his ability to earn a living.
		The paper explains, in detail, the history and purpose of antitrust laws and the logic behind the judge's decision in the case, which declared that the NFL is indeed in violation of antitrust legislation because of the qualifications it required of players to enter the game.
		Football in Odessa is the only reason most people live, and "Friday Night Lights" vividly shows the petty small town bigotry, small mindedness and mentalities that create a culture out of football and create life or death drama over winning or losing.
	www.quicktermpapers.com /lib/essay?A=netessays&KEYW=football (2934 words)

	Italian Football League Juventus
		Juventus football club was set up when a group of young students from Liceo D’Azeglio in Turin as they wanted something to do.
		This was the first time that an Italian Club was entitled to wear the star after the club had won 10 national championships.
		It was in 1990 that the club won the UEFA Cup and the Italian Cup, with today’s president Vittorio Chiusano and Dino Zoff as trainer) and in 1993 Juventus won the UEFA Cup again.
	www.britain.tv /sports_football_italian_juventus.shtml (908 words)

	ESPN.com - SOCCER - Teams reject latest pay-per-view TV offer
		MILAN -- Eight top-flight Italian clubs without pay-per-view television contracts are threatening to further delay the start of the Serie A season after rejecting the latest contract offer.
		Although the Italian Football League has signed a three-year deal with state broadcaster RAI for the highlights to the top two professional divisions, the eight clubs say they are not ready to start the season until their own deals are resolved.
		League president Adriano Galliani told those clubs threatening not to play that they will have 3-0 defeats imposed on them if they fail to take to the field.
	espn.go.com /soccer/news/2002/0906/1428147.html (299 words)

	CNNSI.com - Soccer - Italian clubs vote to delay Serie A season - Tuesday August 20, 2002 12:59 PM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Italian club's decision comes on the same day Serie A side Lazio had three transfer deals annulled by the Italian Football League due to the club's parlous financial state.
		The Football League said in a statement that it had not approved the transfers of Christian Manfredini and Brazilian Eriberto from Chievo Verona nor Massimo Oddo's move from Verona to Lazio.
		Oddo is currently training with the Italian national team ahead of Wednesday's friendly with Slovenia which could see his international debut.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2002/08/20/italy_rdp (930 words)

	Italian League Football Teams - Discussion Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		The italian Black&White dominate in the Hall of Fame of the italian...
		The main reason for watching Italian football is the level of technical excellence and the quality to the football on display.
		Juventus, otherwise known as the grand old lady of Italian football, are probably the most prestigious football club in the world.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /discussion/italian-league-football-teams (295 words)

	ESPN.com Soccernet Europe: News - Italian League backs troubled Fiorentina
		Italian media reported on Friday that the League had agreed to guarentee the payment of tax debts Fiorentina owe.
		In practice that is likely to mean that Milan and Inter will pay their transfer fees to the Football League who will then handle the debt repayment.
		Several consortiums of Italian businessmen have been linked with the club and the latest figure to have shown an interest in a possible role is local businessman Alessandro Fratini.
	www.soccernet.com /europe/news/2001/0831/20010831fiorentina.html (492 words)

	BBC SPORT \| EUROPE \| Italian league suspends Davids
		The Dutch international was suspended indefinitely by the league's disciplinary committee pending an outcome of a hearing into his case.
		The Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) confirmed on Wednesday that Davids had tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone.
		Earlier this week football anti-doping investigators demanded that a 16-month ban be imposed on Lazio's Portuguese defender Fernando Couto for a similar alleged offence.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/football/europe/1333948.stm (206 words)

	ESPNsoccernet.com - Europe - Italian match-fixing tribunal a farce (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Italian Football League, however, deals exclusively with the interests of clubs in Italy's top two divisions, Serie A and Serie B. Emidio Frascioni, the lawyer representing the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) that brought the charges, asked for the tribunal to be suspended until he had approached the Federal Court of Appeal.
		Italian football was hit by a gambling and match-fixing scandal in the early 1980s and there have been several smaller cases since.
		A number of unrelated investigations into Italian football are currently underway, focusing on false accounting and suspicion of fraud.
	soccernet.espn.go.com /headlinenews?id=307492&cc=3436 (511 words)

	Eurosport - Football - - UEFA Champions League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Inter Milan are seeking damages from a fan arrested by Italian police after the abandonment of their Champions League quarter-final with AC Milan.
		He said that he believed this was the first time an Italian club had positioned itself as the 'injured party' in a case involving crowd trouble.
		Exercising special powers, Italian Football Federation (FIGC) president Franco Carraro said referees could suspend, or not even start, a match in which missiles were thrown, flares lit or any banners waved that could cause offence.
	www.eurosport.co.uk /home/pages/v4/l2/s22/e6885/sport_lng2_spo22_evt6885_sto708209.shtml (496 words)

	NoViolence.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Italian league soccer matches will kick off 15 minutes late at the weekend in protest against the increasing violence in and around Italian stadiums.
		Italian soccer authorities have backed a proposal from the players' union to take a stand against a growing number of incidents.
		Before each Serie A and Serie B match the team captains will make a speech outlining "the right to lose." Serie A clubs Reggina and Napoli have been banned from their stadiums during this season after violent behavior by supporters.
	www.noviolence.com /BreakingNews/Europe/12202000b.html (127 words)

	CNNSI.com - Soccer - Italy: Chaos threatened in TV dispute - Friday July 19, 2002 11:06 AM
		The League chief also said that the big clubs who have contracts would support the eight by not agreeing to play games in the evening for television purposes.
		Although a battle over highlights rights with RAI is an annual affair in Italian soccer, the general slump in the advertising market is clearly making RAI wary of making another big expenditure on the game in a year where they forked out heavily for the rights to the World Cup finals.
		Roma president Franco Sensi had urged the league to postpone the start of the season until October but Football League president Adriano Galliani said the campaign would begin as planned.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2002/07/19/italy_league (1014 words)

	Sports Soccer UEFA Italy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Eurosoccer - Italian Soccer - Fixtures, results, league standings, top scorers of Italy's Serie A and B and Coppa Italia, as well as links to the teams' websites and information about the Italian national team.
		Italian Football - soccer24-7.com - A message board to discuss Serie A, the national team, news, match reports, and games.
		Italian Soccer Forum - A forum to discuss Italian soccer, plus news and views on the national team.
	www.iper1.com /iper1-odp/scat/id/Sports/Soccer/UEFA/Italy (276 words)

	Juventus win Italian football league title - May 13, 2003
		PARIS -- Juventus won the Italian league title despite being held to a 2-2 draw by Perugia at the Delle Alpi stadium for their 27th championship success in the highlight of this weekend's football action in continental Europe.
		Bayer Leverkusen were in the Champions League final less than a year ago but are now heading for the drop in the German Bundesliga after a woeful 4-1 loss at Hamburg.
		Juventus, who play Real Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final on Tuesday after losing 2-1 in Spain, were let off the hook in the 10th minute against Perugia.
	www.inq7.net /spo/2003/may/13/spo_9-1.htm (695 words)

	CNN.com - Rome derby match is put back again - Apr 7, 2004
		The prefect said it is now up to Italian football authorities and the two clubs to find another date for the game.
		Italian media had reported that authorities wanted a full check on security at the capital's Olympic stadium before going ahead with the fixture.
		Trouble at the March derby was sparked by a false rumor that a young boy had been killed by a police car outside the stadium.
	cnn.com /2004/SPORT/football/04/07/italy.derby (201 words)

	Juventuz Forums - RAI set to ditch Italian Football
		The warning comes as Italy's Football League is due to meet on Tuesday to decide whether to delay the start of the new Serie A season, due to begin on September 1, as eight clubs are still without pay-per-view television deals.
		The Italian Football League are demanding RAI pay 88.8 million euros for the highlights package of Serie A and B goals and live coverage of Italian Cup matches -- the same fee that was paid last season.
		But RAI say they are no longer interested in the low-key Italian Cup and will pay no more than 45 million euros for the goal highlights used on the country's most popular and longstanding soccer show '90th minute'.
	www.juventuz.com /forum/showthread.php?threadid=442 (673 words)

	AskMen.com - Serie A
		The Italian Football League postponed the start of the 2002-03 season by two weeks, to September 14th, because eight of the Serie A clubs did not have pay-per-view deals for match coverage.
		In the case of Fiorentina -- a team that just three seasons ago was playing in the Champions League, coached by Italian boss Giovanni Trapattoni, led on the pitch by Argentine superstar Gabriel Batistuta and beat powerhouses like Arsenal and Manchester United -- the fall from grace has been humbling to say the least.
		While Italian Football League president Adriano Galliani conceded that "football would be poorer without Fiorentina," all the interested parties understand that the game is in dire straits with almost a dozen teams with no TV deals and the original September 1st start date around the corner.
	www.askmen.com /sports/business_60/70_sports_business.html (637 words)

	uefa.com
		The Italian Professional Football League (LNP) has elected Milan AC vice-president Adriano Galliani as its new president.
		Since Carraro's appointment as president of the Italian Football Association (FIGC) in January 2002, the league had met no fewer than seven times to elect a successor without agreeing a majority vote.
		Both Italian champions Juventus FC and cup winners Parma AC have accepted the invitation of the Libyan Football Association to play this summer's Super Cup final in Tripoli on 25 August.
	www.uefa.com /news/newsId=27940,printer.htmx (262 words)

	Serie A (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The bottom three clubs in the league table are relegated to Serie B.
		The top two clubs from Serie B are promoted automatically, while the third- through sixth-place clubs enter a promotion playoff for the final place in Serie A. The promotion playoff, similar to that used for years in England's Football League, is new for 2004-05.
		The most successful league club is Juventus with 28 championships, followed by A.C. Milan (17), Internazionale (13) and Genoa 1893 (9).
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/S/Serie-A.htm (308 words)

	Italian league blows full-time on Fiorentina - theage.com.au
		Former Italian champion Fiorentina has been refused a place in Serie B for next season and is facing bankruptcy, with reported debts of $40 million.
		Ten of Scotland's 12 Premier League clubs have resigned after failing to resolve their disagreement with Celtic and Rangers over the league's voting structure.
		Leeds striker Robbie Fowler is set to miss the first two months of the English Premier League season after an operation on his hip on Thursday.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/08/02/1028157844289.html (279 words)

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