Amateur football associations are warning there will be no one left to referee games unless abuse and violence towards match officials is stopped.
Attacks, normally by parents, are frighteningly common. Last weekend a ref in canton Vaud was assaulted by a parent. The referee was under 18 themselves, so this weekend all games in the Vaud junior leagues were cancelled to protest. The action affected around 2,000 children.
Ronald Cramette who works in the Jura says not a weekend goes by without a serious incident being reported.
Amateur officials are clear, the parents are the problem. One idea is that a ‘fair play’ parent is appointed to keep other parents in line.
Heat closes Geneva paddling pools
Soaring temps hit hospitals
Crans-Montana looks to summer season after fire tragedy
MétéoSuisse warns of budget cuts
Rents rise Geneva - more than Zurich
Better passenger rights coming
