Fans who ask for their favorite player’s jersey with posters – now standard in football stadiums. Ajax Amsterdam now bans the posters.
Ajax Amsterdam will no longer allow cardboard boxes, sheets or signs in the stadium with fans asking for the players’ jerseys. That got completely out of hand, the Dutch soccer champion told the fan magazine Ajax Life.
It all started with children in particular holding up posters they had written themselves, asking their favorite player for his shirt after the game. There are now far too many of these signs to fulfill all wishes.
“A Limit Somewhere”
In addition, there are often no longer innocent children’s wishes, writes Ajax Life. “The annoying thing is that some adults think that their offspring are entitled to everything.” And if a player walks by without handing in his shirt, then he is considered “arrogant”. The association regrets the disappointment of the children when they have to give up their signs. But there has to be a limit somewhere.