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The sight of empty stadiums in Serie A next season should be a rare occurrence after new Italian FA (FIGC) president Carlo Tavecchio removed sanctions for "territorial discrimination." - Patrick Vieira: Tavecchio election a shame
- Tavecchio: I've been treated like JFK assassin New rules introduced last season were followed almost to the letter of the law with Inter Milan, AC Milan and Juventus among those forced to play games with partial stadium closures as punishment for chants their fans had made, which were deemed to be racially offensive. Such chants "offending, denigrating and insulting" other people's territorial origin carried as severe a punishment as explicit racial taunting. The sanctions were applied stringently, but drew widespread disapproval, leading to Tavecchio to announce an amendment for the coming season. Territorial discrimination no longer exists, with immediate effect; the term has been struck off Article 12 of the Sporting Code of Justice. Tavecchio was voted in as Italian FA president two weeks ago amid much controversy after making a racially offensive remark in a speech during his election campaign.
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