The Public Health Authority has a clear mission and makes a real priority in focusing on its goal of keeping the curve plan. It is not the role of the authority to prioritize individual actors and industries. What becomes clear, however, is that there is a painfully low political commitment to sports in general and football in particular. Which is extremely strange in light of the fact that football engages so many people and repeatedly shows its social benefits.

However, this is not about the sport of sports, but about professional activities. Football is one of the two major professional sports in Sweden and hockey does not have a season. Therefore, in my opinion, prioritization is not difficult.

The internal pressure from clubs on the leaders in Swedish football is great around the question of when Swedish football can open up. Even greater is probably the pressure from the broadcasting companies, which, in addition to audience revenue, accounts for a large part of the supply of elite football. Football has not raised its voice at all in the corona crisis chorus of support claims and I do not at all think it is strange that they do it now.

The Minister of Sports must show that the issue is important

Starting allsvenskan on both the men's and women's side is about getting started a professional business, an industry that so far has not been the target of any government support package. Several clubs have taken advantage of the possibility of short-term leave. Obviously welcome for them too, but it is not possible to roll the bands from zero to hundred in elite business with the human body as a tool.

A regular pre-season starts in January with rigorous build-up training in order to end the competition season with the Swedish Cup at the end of February. Allsvenskan starts at the end of March / April. During this spring, most of the clubs have started training at 40 percent. The basic training is there but not the match tempo as no training matches have been played. There are prerequisites for planning a serious start to the season. It's not just throwing a ball and lira.

My suggestion is that Sports Minister Amanda Lind shows that the issue is important by making a political balance that the Public Health Authority can work from. The answer that the Public Health Authority could thus give to Swedish football is under which conditions allsvenskan can start on June 14.

Can't it be a reward for seeing live sports?

The authority can give football a framework for the planning conditions. Which situation must apply on June 1 for continued "go" to apply? What should the spread of infection look like, how hard should the IVA sites be loaded, can there be regional differences? Soccer has presented a sustainable staircase for the reopening of Sweden's largest sport. They also have the resources to carry out secure arrangements.

Today's answer was not a no, but a "wait and see". In a few weeks, after coming weekends, we'll know more. The argument is that the authority is not worried about the activity itself to conduct football matches without concern lies in the support commitment. That people should gather at pubs or follow the law of matches.

For me, there are cracks in that argument because we currently have a clear ban on people gathering over 50 people and clear guidelines on physical distance in public environments. I also think that this past spring clearly shows that the Swedish people can take responsibility and make wise judgments to reduce the spread of infection. Can't it be a reward for seeing live sports? Better to watch live sports at home than to see your club go bankrupt.

Of course, we have heard the Public Health Agency say it time and time again - the right effort, in the right place, at the right time.