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12 December 2019The next races of the Lega Pro championship will start with a 15 'delay. The announcement was made by the president of the Lega Pro, Francesco Ghirelli, asking the government "urgent measures and concrete responses in the matter of tax exemption for the companies participating in the Serie C championship". Just yesterday, the Senate budget committee approved an amendment to the maneuver that facilitates companies and federations in the transition to professionalism of sports women. "It is a provision that we welcome with a need for necessary reflection to evaluate its real effects, since our League has always been in support of the development of women's football - Ghirelli said -. has been structured, created and presented on various occasions by the FIGC and the Lega Pro in order to allow greater sustainability to our category, a project that does not want a simple spot intervention, but a coordinated intervention with other assets so that we can actually arrive at sustainability of Lega Pro clubs ".

The protest
"We therefore need the Government to grant our clubs tax exemption aimed at reinvesting the sums in training young players and infrastructure. We do not intend to surrender to the idea of ​​seeing the professional panorama of Italian football impoverished by historic and important squares with fans fantastic. We want to continue playing, but the next round will begin with a 15 minute delay as a signal that this League is not watching. Lega Pro asks the Government to take urgent measures and provide concrete answers on tax relief for companies that participate in the C series championship. If this does not happen, Lega Pro will evaluate the adoption of further measures ".