No More Serie A?

Following in the footsteps of the Premier League, Serie A has decided to break away from Lega Calcio and their Serie B comrades. 

Many people are wondering why would Serie A do this? 

The answer has to do with TV revenue. 

Serie A has to share TV revenue with Serie B and Lega Calcio. While this benefits the smaller teams, larger teams such as Inter, Milan, and Roma all seemingly felt that they could make more money if they got exclusive TV deals, in which they didn't have to share any money with smaller and unsuccessful clubs.

Serie B teams have long complained that they were not getting a fair amount of money, and Serie A teams have long threatened to break away and leave them out to dry.

The moment has seemingly come for this to happen. 

19 of 20 Serie A teams have agreed to break away, with Lecce being the only team against it. Lecce is currently in 19th place and are likely going to be relegated, so of course they don't want to see Serie A break away while they are in Serie B. 

When you look at how this same move affected the Premier League you have to be somewhat excited about this separation. When the Premier League broke away they got a ton of money from Sky Sports, which allowed their teams to go out and buy the best players, and essentially turn the Premier League into the premier league in the world. 

If Serie A can get a similar deal, teams would be able to go out and buy better players, which would ultimately mean more Italian teams having success in the Champions League and UEFA Cup. 

This deal would mean however the teams in Serie B would suffer. The rich would get richer and the poor would get much poorer. (Although the incentive to get into Serie A would be much greater, which I feel would ultimately improve the quality of the matches.)

As an AC Milan and Italian soccer fan I'm excited for the change. It was going to take a drastic move for Serie A to become the best league in the world again, and I think this is a good first step.