On November 21, it is expected that the bandyallsvenska season will start.
But now five of the teams in the series have sent a letter to the bandy association stating that they do not intend to play matches that require public transport or overnight stays.
- We have come to the conclusion that we, like all companies, must avoid all unnecessary travel and physical meetings and then it is completely unreasonable to have a national Allsvenskan.
For example, we have to take a train up to Kalix, we want to avoid that.
We want to take social responsibility and we end up with the only way to take it is that it becomes a northern and a southern group instead, says chairman Ola Dagliden to Göteborgs-Posten.
In addition to Kungälv, Nässjö IF, IF Boltic, ÅbyTjureda and Jönköping Bandy have also decided to forgo the long journeys.
With the current regulations, leaving the walkover would mean relegation, but Ola Dagliden believes that the union will rethink.
- We have asked the competition committee if they intend to punish us.
They say they can come back.
But it is completely out of the question that we go to these matches, he says.
The bandy association's general secretary Pär Gustafsson says that discussions are ongoing on the issue.
- We have full respect for what the clubs write and of course take this very seriously.
This is a big issue and this is something we must discuss and come to a decision that everyone can stand behind.