Antoniozzi (FdI): «Gigi Riva senator for life, prototype of the sportsman who does not commercialize his value»
The deputy's idea: "A national monument, an immense figure that must be rewarded"
Gigi Riva awarded in Cagliari (Ansa)
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Gigi Riva senator for life . The proposal, an idea more than anything else because the head of state appoints the senators for life, comes from the deputy group leader of the Brothers of Italy in the Chamber, Alfredo Antoniozzi .
Never before has a personality from the world of sport been named a senator for life.
"If one day, and it would be the first time, a great sportsman is appointed senator for life, I believe that no one more than Gigi Riva will have the right to do so," says the deputy of Calabrian origins.
«Obviously - specifies Antoniozzi - I don't want to enter the field of what belongs to the Head of State and I know that not even Gino Bartali managed to obtain this prestigious appointment, but I believe that the FIGC and CONI must ask themselves the question of rewarding this immense figure who it is in everyone's imagination ».
European champion in '68 and world vice-champion in '70, Riva still holds the record for goals in the blue shirt today, recalls the MP, who then concludes: " He is the prototype of the sportsman who does not commercialize his value, who does not cheat and respects the opponent. A national monument ".
(Unioneonline/L)
