Stricter rules create big differences - now RF will map the unions

More and more regions are getting stricter restrictions which, among other things, mean that you have to refrain from playing matches and training.

But exceptions are made.

If you receive your income, in whole or in part, from your sport, you may continue to train and play matches, as in Sweden it is not possible to introduce a professional ban.

It is up to each special association to decide who is considered a "professional" in their sport.

The Swedish Sports Confederation, RF, will now map out what it looks like within the various federations and make clearer recommendations.

- Today it is spreading, but I think you have to understand it because this came very suddenly, says Björn Eriksson, chairman of RF, to SVT Sport.

"A difficult assessment"

The Swedish Ice Hockey Association has said okay to SHL, SDHL, Hockeyallsvenskan, Hockeyettan and J20 Nationell to play matches and that J18 will continue to train.

- We have looked at our national series, as we believe that they are the professionals.

It is a difficult assessment as it is a situation we have never faced before, but we think we have found a good level, says Olof Östblom, competition manager at the Swedish Ice Hockey Association.

Swedish floorball was a federation that quickly made a decision.

There, the Super League for both ladies and men has been okay, as well as the men's Allsvenskan.

- Our highest series for men and women are covered by full or partial professional practice, including men's Swedish, says Mikael Ahlerup, Secretary General of Swedish floorball.

"Expression of structural injustice"

The decision to let the Herrallsvenskan continue, but not the Damallsvenskan, has aroused feelings.

- It is of course sad.

In the men's Swedish there are 24 teams and in the women's Swedish there are four series 74 teams.

We have not looked team by team and what people get, but the assessment has been that it is a larger number in the men's Swedish who have a compensation that you would then lose, says Ahlerup.

That there have been more women's series, than men's series, at a high level that is forced to pause can be seen in several sports.

- It is an expression of the structural injustice between men's and women's sports, that is, men's sports have more people who live professionally in sports than the women's side has.

You have to take into account that the conditions are different and we will discuss this in the coming week, says Björn Eriksson.