PostedAugust 2, 2022, 2:15 PM
FootballIn Amsterdam, it will be forbidden
Ajax will no longer tolerate signs asking players for their shirts. For more or less surprising reasons.
Warnings yes, signs no.
AFP
The phenomenon is well known. It requires a piece of square or rectangular cardboard, a bit of artistic qualities when adding a sentence willingly accompanied by a drawing, and finally a certain energy as well as a sense of timing to stretch it above your head. in the stands at the right time. The idea is that your sign catches the eye of a player so that he offers you his jersey at the end of the match. The practice takes place in a good part of the somewhat popular meetings. Ajax Amsterdam does not want to hear regarding it anymore.
The club from the Dutch capital has warned the association of its supporters: signs used to ask footballers for their shirts will now be prohibited in the stands of the Johan Cruyff Arena. Ajax give three reasons for this.
Fire danger?
That of number. The loser of the Dutch Super Cup, which was played on Saturday once morest PSV Eindhoven (5-3), believes that the phenomenon is growing, and that more and more cards are filling the stands of his stadium . He wants to stem it.
That of player protection. The argument is that a footballer who refuses to give his shirt to a holder (usually a child) of a card to his glory is considered arrogant. The player only has one jersey per match, several signs bearing his image can be aimed at him: the situation would be inextricable, and harmful for the image of the athlete.
Finally, that of danger. The material used, cardboard, poses a certain risk of fire. It would therefore also be for the sake of general security that Ajax confiscated several signs during the last match once morest PSV.
It will be necessary to find something else to obtain the second skin of his idol.
(FVA)