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Culture Minister Abid Raja (V) will not yet open for grassroots sports, but stresses that they are at the forefront of the queue for new openings in society. Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB
Culture Minister Abid Raja (V) granted top-level football a crown exemption on Thursday, but still keeps grassroots sports on the bench. However, it came with a clear promise.
On Thursday, it was decided that high-level football can travel and receive guests from non-Schengen countries without having to be quarantined, which the Norwegian Health Directorate did not recommend. At the same time, grassroots sports are eagerly awaiting news from the government.
– Why do you give first class football an exception, while the width has to wait?
– This exception applies to a very small group, you know how many are in a national team. In grassroots sports, they are mainly around 25,000 people, Culture Minister Abid Raja tells NTB.
Soccer has set a limit in mid-September for when they must get the go-ahead if the broad season is to be saved. That limit has now been crossed.
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– I understand well that they are going to start, and I also want that as Minister of Sports. They are way ahead in the queue, so as soon as we get there that we can continue with the reopening of the society, they will be, so to speak, at the front of the queue, says Raja.
– Can you promise them that?
– Yes, and I look forward to the day when I can tell grassroots sports that now they can start. It is not out of malice that they have been detained, says Raja.
Regarding the deadline for football, which has already passed, Raja says that we still have to wait for new signals from the government.
– I am referring to the advice we receive from the health authorities, and the Norwegian Health Directorate has not recommended that we open up any longer now. As soon as we get there, my message to grassroots sports and soccer is that you guys are at the front of the line, says Raja.
