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![League boss Claudius Schäfer wants the game to continue.]()
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League boss Claudius Schäfer wants the game to continue.
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![Some clubs, including reigning champions YB, are also in favor of continuing the championship.]()
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Some clubs, including reigning champions YB, are also in favor of continuing the championship.
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![Sion President Constantin is resisting an early resumption of play in the Super League.]()
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Sion President Constantin is resisting an early resumption of play in the Super League.
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![On Friday, the club bosses will meet virtually for a conference call to decide how to proceed.]()
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On Friday, the club bosses will meet virtually for a conference call to decide how to proceed.
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The professional players’ union SAFP (Swiss Association of Football Players) used the past weekend to make a lot of calls. Their employees conducted a survey of 140 players in the Super and Challenge League on current topics, of course primarily in connection with the problems caused by the pandemic.
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Because the players surveyed are all union members, the result of the survey is the official position of the SAFP. Some results are somewhat surprising. Here are the most important:
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(Important: These two questions could be answered independently of one another!)
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- 64% of players are currently opting to cancel the season.
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A one or two month quarantine of the entire team at a certain location, separated from the family, is massively rejected.
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The players also reveal that the club has insufficient transparency in this crisis, as the following examples show.
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- 78% stated that they were not transparently informed about the club’s financial situation when the balance sheet was presented.
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Of course, there is also talk of the contract extension beyond June 30, which would be necessary if a ghost game season was approved that would last until the beginning of August:
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- 80% of players want the SAFP to require club extensions for the same financial terms.
- 88% of clubs have not yet had any discussions with the players about these extensions.
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And then there’s the mode. It is clear to the players: an increase in the Super League should come back on the wallpaper:
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- 93% support an increase in the Super League. 57% on 12 teams, only 26% on 14 teams. 86% say the increase should take place immediately, i.e. for the 2020/21 season.
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Are the players heard?
Let’s see if the players’ opinions influence those of their bosses. They will meet virtually on Friday for a conference call. Next week there will be an extraordinary general assembly with a physical presence. Then it is decided how to proceed. Whether canceled or whether there will be ghost games.
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