SvFF on corona support: "Not crystal clear"

The government gives sports one billion Swedish kronor in support of loss of income during the second half of the year.

The clubs can apply for money and the first round ends on October 26.

A small part, at least less than 10 percent of the total, will go to the elite clubs on both the men's and women's side in football and ice hockey.

The football and ice hockey associations will distribute the money to the clubs.

In large part, the distribution takes place in the same way as during the first half of the year, with a focus on compensation for loss of income, but there are a couple of changes.

"Not the purpose of taxpayers' money"

One of them is that clubs that "have made a meritorious effort to limit the financial damage and ensure their long-term survival" will be rewarded.

- It simply has to do with the fact that excessive player purchases in order to be kept in a series, for example, is not the purpose of taxpayers' money.

It will be a question for the Swedish Football Association, if we talk football, to assess within the number of millions that RF believes can be set aside for, for example, Allsvenskan football, says RF's chairman Björn Eriksson.

AIK Football has gone out to DN and said that the whole thing is a more complex situation and that, for example, player purchases can be seen as necessary investments in this tough economic time.

- I think it is a truth with a clear modification.

The task of the taxpayers is not to finance excessive player purchases for an individual club.

If it's to survive then it's at the expense of another club.

The reason taxpayers go in is to make sure you survive.

Here, the Swedish Football Association can then make a proper interpretation, but what they get is to reward those who think of a responsible economy.

I am convinced that they will do well.

If they do not do well then can you make corrections?

- We can do that, but I assume that it will not be relevant.

They are certainly fully capable of judging this so I feel safe.

The Swedish Football Association's chairman Karl-Erik Nilsson says that they receive a message from RF about how much money they can distribute per series and then they have a dialogue with the interest organizations (Sef and EFD) before they decide on the distribution.

"A relatively small part"

The criteria for the support state that clubs that have been responsible should be rewarded and that those who have made many player purchases should not.

How do you think about that?

- There is no specific parameter in the application procedure itself precisely around these parts, but there must be a dialogue between us and RF about how we should reward those who have been extra responsible.

I do not think it will be as dramatic as it may have been.

There seemed to be some vague criteria around this particular part?

- It is a relatively small part, but I share the view that it is not extremely clear about this.

Therefore, it is important that we make a reasoning about how this award should go.

But it is not crystal clear in the application forms themselves.

Can a club that has recruited a lot become completely without money?

- That will not be the case.

This part is significantly toned down compared to the first comments on the issue.