Alsatian referees waive their costs to support clubs

A receipt for arbitration costs with the famous mention of solidarity.

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• Referees have launched an initiative to help amateur clubs in Alsace.

• Last weekend, “between 50 and 100” of them waived the fees usually paid to them by the clubs hosting the matches.

• “For a district match, a referee receives around 50 euros.

  Imagine if the club has teams from U15, U18, veterans, etc.

  It figures very quickly… ”, explains Eric Rosenfelder, who put the initiative into practice on Sunday in Niederbronn.

“No spectators + no refreshment bar = no recipe.

Support for clubs.

Let's help the clubs in our own way.

This message flourished on many receipts for arbitration fees this weekend on the Alsatian football fields.

At the call of two referees, Eric Rosenfelder and Cyril Suss, "between 50 and 100" men at the whistle waived their compensation.

"We had this idea last week, when the prefect of Bas-Rhin announced the closure of the refreshments", explains the first, warehouse operator the week.

“I am also invested in a small club, AS Uhrwiller, and my president told me about the many financial difficulties that meant.

With a small group of referees, we wanted to act at our level.

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How? 'Or' What ?

By not charging any fees to clubs last weekend.

“For a district match, a referee receives around 50 euros.

Imagine if the club has teams from U15, U18, veterans etc.

It figures very quickly… ”, explains Eric Rosenfelder, who therefore put the initiative into practice on Sunday in Niederbronn.

With a very nice surprise.

"People applauded me, it touched me"

“During the license checks, people applauded me, it touched me,” he admits, surprised that the movement has grown so much.

Will the initiative be repeated during the next weekends?

"We must be careful, tempers the forty-something", former whistle in CFA.

“Some referees are students and need these fees.

We shouldn't blame them if they take what they are owed at the end of the game.

We, what we wanted above all, is to launch an appeal to the League so that the clubs are listened to.

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