Bari Mayor Vito Leccese has sent a letter to the FIGC presidential candidates demanding a clear commitment on respecting the deadline set for July 1, 2028, for the ban on multiple ownership in professional football. The letter was sent after a series of meetings that the mayor had with the group leaders of the City Council and with some representatives of the organized fans. The mayor stressed that Bari is not an isolated or theoretical case, but a community that is asking for answers on the future of a sporting and identity heritage that feels threatened today. He also highlighted that the entire City Council of Bari, without any political distinction, has entrusted him with the mandate to represent the city's position and to formally ask the presidential candidates of the FIGC to commit to not modifying or extending the norm on multiple ownership, possibly anticipating the deadline already set. The mayor concluded the letter by emphasizing that with this letter he interprets the sentiment of a city that feels waiting, without a sports project and without certainty about the future. A city that has the right to know, before the vote, which side the future leaders of Italian football are on.