Abodi 'the budget? I haven't noticed any scissors, sports resources need to be strengthened'

"From the technical meetings we had with the Mef I didn't notice any scissors, evidently in recent years the belief has been consolidated, more than in the past, that sport is like an immune and social defense and rather than being scissors it must be strengthened". This was said by the Minister for Sport and Youth, Andrea Abodi, speaking on the sidelines of the second and final day of 'Le Sfide', an event organized at the Acen headquarters in Naples by Spin Factor.

To those who ask him if there will therefore be more funds for his ministry in the budget law, Abodi says that "definitely yes" "also because sport is a direct financing instrument which is 32% of the previous year's taxation of the sports system". "Every year, in these four years, taxation has always grown, demonstrating that we have strengthened the value chain, in the last year we reached a +33%: it means that the resources, when they are well used, are all used and produce effects that are visible not only for major events, but also for everyday ones. The funds therefore - concludes Abodi - are not cut and are even increased".