Asja Cogliandro, the pregnant volleyball player, reaches an agreement with Perugia. "The contract will be honored."

The dispute between Asja Cogliandro and her club, Black Angels Perugia , has been resolved. The athlete accused her of firing her because she was pregnant . The club described the allegations as "specious and baseless," as there was no dismissal. At the end of the Conciliation Chamber between Cogliandro and the Black Angels, the president of the Women's Volleyball League, Mauro Fabris , explained that the parties, after the meeting, "agreed with the League's proposal, reaching a mutually satisfactory agreement based on the contractual agreements initially in place."

Fabris: "There are so many misunderstandings in this story."

"The parties involved have presented their arguments, acknowledging that the matter, which should and could have been handled better with the utmost respect for Asja's particular situation, also arose from a series of mutual misunderstandings and the use and dissemination of inaccurate information and terms," the statement from the Women's Volleyball League states. "For example," Fabris explained, "there was never any dismissal of the athlete. There was never any eviction from the apartment provided to her by the club, but rather a misunderstanding regarding the procedures for vacating it after the athlete herself left Perugia."

Fabris: "New rules to protect pregnant players"

After the Conciliation Chamber , convened by the League to resolve the case, the parties at the table "reaffirmed that this matter must be used for the future so that the new regulations on sports employment effectively protect athletes' maternity leave, especially regarding the effectiveness of the social security coverage provided, which must be compared to that of other workers, but also considering the particular situation of an athlete who obviously cannot continue training and taking to the field when she is about to become a mother," Fabris explained. He also announced his commitment "in agreement with the players, to define a protocol applicable to all clubs to be included in future contracts."