Saturday evening, while Toulouse and La Rochelle faced each other on the lawn of the new Beaublanc stadium, in the stands, friendliness sometimes prevailed over caution, even if the mask was generally worn.
It is at the level of distancing than the images appealed to social networks:
It will be necessary that the pseudo geniuses of the authorities explain to us the interest of pissing off the clubs and the supporters with a gauge of 5,000 places if it is to crowd everyone in the same part of the stadium! #HAIR #FievreSR
– Rochelais Yellow & Black (@RochelaisJN)
August 22, 2020
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However, in the ranks of the organizers, everything had been calculated so that groups (10 people max) or isolated supporters can leave empty seats between them.
How do you want us to manage? It is the law and the regulations that are completely aberrant.
Vincent Thiers (USAL volunteer leader, club co-organizer of the meeting)
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“We followed the specifications of the National Rugby League, which were drastic. The tonnage was 5,000 people in all at the site. That is to say that 3,750 places were sold to the public, the rest being for the organizers, stewards, media, teams… The platform which was allocated to us respected the rate of 40% maximum filling imposed », Answers Vincent Thiers, volunteer communication and marketing manager of USAL, the club which co-organized the event.
5000 people but all in the same gallery ?? ???? ???? ?? #HAIR
– Pierrot (@bastienorphea)
August 22, 2020
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40% filling, and therefore a large number of empty places left available to buffer the spectators. “Everything was on the line. At the same time, 217 people were in charge of surveillance.
But “we cannot judge whether people know each other, do not know each other… It’s unmanageable! We rely on people’s citizenship. How do you want us to manage? It is the law and the regulations that are completely aberrant. We must stop this hypocrisy. I am not throwing stones at anyone, the government has its share of the responsibility, but we cannot police everyone. Look at the arrival of the Tour du Limousin… I was there… Do you think people respected? The Tour de France is about to begin, you can imagine what will happen alongside the roads! “
At the end of the meeting, USAL was congratulated by the League for its work and its supervision. Two “detail” points were considered to be reworked, but none is related to the Covid. “We will even have a very favorable opinion to organize other meetings of this magnitude”, adds the volunteer, who would have been well without the controversy after weeks of intense work.
Sylvie Rozette, elected to sports in the City of Limoges, is not really surprised at the liberties that some are tempted to take with the rules. “We go from paradoxical injunctions to paradoxical injunctions, it’s extremely complicated. I have the feeling that we don’t really know where to put the cursor. (…) Everyone tries to do well, without always knowing how far to go … “Between the desire to regain one’s life and the awareness that it can bring danger.
Marion Buzy
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