SVT's expert on the conflict: "Affects the players very much"

There will be no home tournament in Luleå in November between Sweden, Canada, USA and Finland. The union announced on Friday that the arrangement would be canceled, as a solution to the conflict between the Crown of Women and the union has still not been reached.

- I have a full understanding that the players continue the boycott. The union has not met the requirements. But it is extremely boring for women's hockey in Sweden, especially now that it would be in Luleå that has such a good team in women's hockey, says SVT expert Maria Rooth.

When SDHL was launched on Friday night, the conflict lay in the background. When Luleåbacken and national team player Johanna Fällman were interviewed by SVT during the period rest, she put words to the emotions:

- Of course, the focus is on the match, but I can't help the phase. We are terribly disappointed with how this is handled, she said.

How much does the ongoing conflict affect the players do you think?

- It affects a lot. The players want nothing more than to represent Sweden. So this is a huge disappointment that they get to live with for a long time. They want nothing more than to put on the national jersey, says Maria Rooth.

In the long run, she is convinced that the conflict will be resolved. But that it can be resilient. The women's crowns make demands on the covenant that they have never made before.

- I see no other way out than that they meet in a consensus. That's what players need to perform. It has been rife with dissatisfaction for many years, it has been understood between the lines.

The dissatisfaction concerns both specific claims for compensation and insurance. But the crack question, Rooth still thinks, is about lack of respect and respect.

- When respect is not there, it is difficult to perform and difficult to set up. If the players had known that the union understands them, then they would have had a meeting and straightened things out, then no boycott would have been needed.

At the same time as the conflict is ongoing, Maria Rooth sees a positive development around SDHL which she believes the players feel.

- TV channels show all matches, it enters main sponsors that have not been there before. At the preliminary meeting this year, there were significantly more journalists than last year. There are many star players in place. It happens a lot.

- It does come alive at the same time as these negotiations with the union go in a different direction than SDHL does.