The well-known commentator and blogger Viktor Vatsko expressed his opinion on the postponement of the matches of the championship of Ukraine on the air of the "Vatsko on Air" program.
"Each club pays a fee for the season in the UPL in the amount of 1,190,000 hryvnias. The UPL receives 19,040,000 hryvnias per season from 16 UPL clubs. That's half a million dollars. For what? Why are you paying half a million dollars in UPL fees? For the fact that UPL employees create a calendar for you, on which you then successfully and effectively put money because you want to?
What are the duties and responsibilities in this organization? Referees are controlled and paid by the UAF. Clubs are not controlled at all. The UPL does not even have a president, a leader who will come and say: "Dear Hryhoriyu Petrovych, please don't indulge yourself. Don't make it up. What do you have there? Two football players can't come? In the application 25. Play in Petrovy. There will be no postponement of this match." Or "Shakhtar" with "Lviv": "What did you come up with there? "Celtic" did not postpone their match, but you do. There will be no delay, play. There is a calendar."
What are the functions of UPL? The only pool to organize now, after what has happened, will be able, in my opinion, only one structure - this is the "pros". Not this season, but maybe he can," Watzko said.