Think Football!: "Governance models need to change and adapt quickly" (M. Centenaro, ECA)

"Central to the future of future are the governance systems. The ECA believes that if the governance models are of a high quality, then the health of football follows. League and clubs need - and demand - visibility, for marketing and commercial progress, but also governance. Football is one of the fastest changing business sectors, so, in the ECA's view, governance models must evolve with the times, and kept up with this rapid change," said Michele Centenaro (ITA), the general secretary of the ECA, during a keynote address on "Innovation in Governance Models" as part of Think Football! 2017, at the Université Paris-Dauphine, on 10/01/2017.

This presentation was one of three keynote speeches introducing the programme, during this first edition of Think Football!, a day of discussions and exchanges centered on innovation in sport, and organised by News Tank Football and its partners and involving several hundred actors throughout sport, in Paris (FRA) on 10/01/2017.

"The aim of the ECA is to create a better balance between clubs and the federations and confederations, in a way that…