Lega Serie A has rejected a proposal put forth by Italy’s Minister of Sport Vincenzo Spadafora to air the postponed Serie A games, including the Derby d’Italia, for free.
La Repubblica state that the league has rejected Spadafora’s proposal outright, which was suggested by the Minister of Sport yesterday.
The Rome daily also suggests that even Sky Sport Italia and the Italian Football Federation were on board with Spadafora’s proposal, stating that the games could be shown on TV8, a terrestrial channel in Italy.
However the Lega has shot down the idea, and the games will remain exclusively behind Sky and DAZN's paywall.
Sky and DAZN pay a combined €937m per season for the Serie A TV rights, with their current contract running until the end of the 2020-21 season.