The supporters must be "consulted" on the conditions of return to the stadiums but also to reform the current football model which is "sick, inequitable and unstable", claim on Wednesday 27 national organizations of supporters in Europe.
With the resumption of the championships behind closed doors, "football has turned out to be tasteless", they say, therefore deeming "essential" that the contribution of supporters be "recognized" and that they can be "involved in discussions that will determine the immediate and long-term future of football. ”
The pre-recorded songs, "an insult to active supportism"
This first requires "full involvement of supporters' organizations in the implementation of health protocols and other operational measures" in the face of the persistence of the Covid-19, they write in a press release.
In this text signed by the main German, English, French, Scottish and even Turkish groups, the representatives of the platforms also oppose "firmly any attempt to replace or imitate supporters by the broadcasters". "Augmented reality, pre-recorded chants and other forms of artificial support are an insult to active supportism," they say.
🗣️ | "Football has to change radically. And it has to change for the better."
⚽️ ESF & 26 national supporters' organizations publish a joint press release asking supporters to be involved in discussions on the future of football.
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In the longer term, these supporters' organizations are calling for "a multi-stakeholder dialogue on the future of football" since, according to them, the health crisis has "shown once again that the current football model is sick, inequitable and unstable".
"Football must change radically" and, in order to do this, "supporters must be consulted in discussions on the future of football as a whole, including the necessary overhaul of the structures of governance and financial regulation".
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For them, "deep and lasting reforms are necessary to protect football and guarantee the viability of sport as a whole" and supporters must be able to "play a role" in this reflection.
The press release, signed in France by the National Supporters Association and by the French Irrésistibles (supporters of the Blues), is brought to the continental level by the Football Supporters Europe network based in Hamburg, Germany.
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