[KillerMax]

Preziosi: Stop Serie A 
Monday 12 November, 2007
Genoa President Enrico Preziosi has called for a long break in the Serie A season after the weekend’s turmoil.

After the chaotic events of the weekend, the Rossoblu patron doesn’t want to see the problem brushed under the carpet.

“You can’t pretend that nothing happened yesterday,” Preziosi told Radio Kiss Kiss. “This is the umpteenth demonstration that something isn’t working.

“I don’t agree with banning away fans. Why should we have to stop honest citizens who want to watch a game in another city?”

Preziosi’s solution to the current crisis is one of the more radical suggestions to be proposed over the last 24 hours.

“It’s not right to punish everyone just to stop a few. Rather than stop a single game or ban away fans, I’d be inclined to suspend the championship until something changes.

“Two or three months off would help show the world of football it’s true nature.

“I don’t believe in the culture of prohibition, rather I think we need to apply the rules that we already have.

“The laws are there to stop these events, but they are never fully applied. I think it’s time to call an end to this.”

Football Italia

I agree 100%. This is the way to deal with these issues.

[Jack Sparrow]

My point exactly Max. The issue here shouldn't be the Laziale's death from the policeman's gun. It ought to be why in the Bergamo there was no protection?!! Or why the ultras were allowed to stop the match in the first place. There should be enough police power to evac the place off these militants (they are NOT ultras), when such incidents happen. In this scenario, by resorting to force, the militants have gotten what they wanted. It's even set off a precedent!!

I'm sure banning(don't really like this one) or placing heavy restrictions on the Ultras can be done WITHOUT suspending the league.

The Ultras are one of my favourite things about Serie A. I used to dream about being a part of FDL. Now things are a little different. There's a lot more militancy in the approach. And maybe it's a reflection on the socio-economic conditions in the country? (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

England banning the ultras is a different case. Despite kurt's and Ash's best attempts to be b@d @$$, the English are intrinsically good, law abiding, society-serving individuals. If a law is there, they tend to follow it. D'ya know they even queue up for the bus (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)

I'll tell you kurt's gonna have to wait a LOOOOONG time to catch a bus in India!! (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[kurtsimonw]

England banning the ultras is a different case. Despite kurt's and Ash's best attempts to be  b@d @$$, the English are intrinsically good, law abiding, society-serving individuals. If a law is there, they tend to follow it. D'ya know they even queue up for the bus (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)

I'll tell you kurt's gonna have to wait a LOOOOONG time to catch a bus in India!! (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

One big reason in stopping football violence over here was that they stopped putting it in the papers - the troublemakers (Who just wanted to be known as 'bad ***') were then not getting any exposure, people had no idea who these idiots were so they gave up on it. Obviously there's still a few people that do it, especially when it comes to playing in Europe, because they know it'll get noticed. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Therefor, I base my theory on an 'assumption' that Serie A wont be suspended because it would damage more than it would fix! And with that said, I believe Abate's option would be both feasible and logical.

I have to agree here. Let's say this season was just stopped, I would be shocked if UEFA didn't stop all Italian sides from playing in European competition as they would have an unfair advantage with not playing in the league. They would also not be able to play in Europe the following season since they wouldn't have qualified for it though league position. This would massively impact clubs financially and I don't think there's any doubt that the majority of players would want to leave the league and play elsewhere.

Serie A would not only lose what little bit of reputation it had around the World, it would also lose alot of money and it's players. I don't see how that will help at all.