Shouldn’t come as a surprise if you read the beginning arguments of this and the now closed thread.
Berlusconi ran the nation as Prime Minister of Italy while owning the team, Galliani ran the league as league president, Tullio Lanese ran the referees as president of AIA (a long time Berlusconi political backer and admitted Milanista), Carraro ran the federation as FIGC president (ex Milan President), the team’s directors owned and ran Mediaset which controlled all of Italy’s television rights for football.
On the other side of town the Inter-Telecom guys were the sponsors of both the league and the federation.
I wrote about that power division back in 2007 and posed the question to all doubters as to how a guy like Moggi with no league control, no referee association control, no political clout, no sponsorship control, and no TV right control could be more powerful than all these elements put together.
People just responded by calling me names.
Berlusconi ran the nation as Prime Minister of Italy while owning the team, Galliani ran the league as league president, Tullio Lanese ran the referees as president of AIA (a long time Berlusconi political backer and admitted Milanista), Carraro ran the federation as FIGC president (ex Milan President), the team’s directors owned and ran Mediaset which controlled all of Italy’s television rights for football.
On the other side of town the Inter-Telecom guys were the sponsors of both the league and the federation.
I wrote about that power division back in 2007 and posed the question to all doubters as to how a guy like Moggi with no league control, no referee association control, no political clout, no sponsorship control, and no TV right control could be more powerful than all these elements put together.
People just responded by calling me names.

