2023-05-18 10:38:47
In Rothen s’enflamme on RMC, on Wednesday, a listener at 3216 turned out to be a person responsible for voting for the UNFP Trophies. The opportunity for him to explain how the vote works and the announcement of the nominees for each category.
Thus, contrary to popular belief, the collection of votes does not begin in January. “The votes started on April 15 and ended on May 2. The idea is to go as late as possible to have a fairly complete view of the season,” explains the listener.
A vote by tablet and controlled by a delegate on site
At one time, footballers voted with papers placed in the locker room. “This is no longer the case today, assures the manager. For six years, since I took over management with the UNFP, we have digitized and automated the voting process. (…) We has created a platform, all the workforces are imported, and the regional delegates, who crisscross France in four or five, go to the clubs with a tablet. They have the players vote directly face to face, one following the other”
“The tablets are not left in the locker room, he specifies. Each delegate goes face to face and stays on average three or four hours in the clubs. There is training, the end of training, lunch … It’s a real investment. The amplitude of the vote is all day “.
The names announced are the finalists, not a pre-selection
Participation is high, according to its figures: 93% for Ligue 1, 94% in Ligue 2, 97% in the women’s sections. “Messi and Mbappé, for sure, I have it in mind, they voted”, assures the witness, also stressing that “the average time for a player to vote is four to five minutes”.
When the nominations are announced, the vote is already over, as indicated by the regulations on the UNFP Trophies website. The five names revealed for each category are in fact those of the finalists, that is to say those who came out on top in the votes. Why five names? “It’s a choice of communication. If we got out ten, Lacazette and Sanchez would be in it I think”. And concerning certain absences, this is sometimes explained by “notoriety votes, as in all elections”.
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