The second meeting of the reform panel convened by President Gabriele Gravina took place today at the FIGC headquarters in Rome, with representatives from all federal components in attendance. Following the discussions held during the January 15 meeting and in the weeks after, Gravina announced that the reorganisation of the NOIF had been completed and placed particular emphasis on key issues, starting with the economic and financial sustainability of the system. In this regard, a draft reform proposal was presented for review in a future meeting, which includes reducing the number of promotions and relegations at all levels, with the aim of “cooling down” the system, as well as the gradual elimination of readmissions to ensure greater stability.

For further analysis, the federal president also presented a study on the tax and social security savings that could be achieved—under current regulations—by downgrading the third division from professional to amateur status. The focus then shifted to reforms directly impacting the game on the pitch. After previously presenting the integration project between the Technical Sector, the Youth and School Sector, and Club Italia—commissioned at the time to PwC—Gravina announced his intention to move forward quickly with the introduction of the ‘technical director’ role for youth football in Italy, following a model already adopted by many other European federations.

Gravina also returned to the critical issues affecting the refereeing sector, emphasizing how the current situation requires a decisive and comprehensive reform effort. As this falls under the exclusive competence of the Federal Council, the FIGC president outlined a series of key points to guide discussions in the coming days: 1) the introduction of professional refereeing at the top level through the creation of an independent company fully owned by the Federation; 2) the revision of the internal electoral mechanisms of the AIA; 3) a rethinking of the governance model; 4) a clear separation between political-associative management and the technical management of the AIA; 5) the intensification of cost rationalization and containment processes; 6) the improvement of the organizational structure and internal operational processes.