No Spectators allowed during 3 weeks !The cabinet is coming up with drastic measures. They hit the whole of society hard. Extremely hard. And so also professional football. But apparently this is necessary. Safety and health above all. No public may be present at any (sports) event. The next three weeks. This is of course very sour. All the more because there is no scientific evidence between the presence of an audience in a stadium and the increase in the number of corona cases in the Netherlands.
And football has really done everything and invested heavily to create a safe situation in stadiums. We also believe that this has worked very well and research shows this as well. We have been overloaded with compliments from local governments for this. Nevertheless, The Hague is now opting for these measures. We have to accept this. Unfortunately. Football takes its responsibility.
Having to play without an audience does of course make the call for support from The Hague even louder and louder. The cabinet will understand that too. As they did before.
And we assume that if everyone adheres to the new measures, we will be able to play with the public again as soon as possible. And again directly at the level we are now at.
Otherwise, the damage to football and other sports in the Netherlands is incalculable.
