According to information from Ignacio Suarez, the Mexican Referees Committee (FMF) held a meeting with all the referees that make up the MX Expansion League, the Premier League and the Third Professional Division. The reason for the meeting, which was held through Zoon, was to let them know that in order to continue with their normal work, the referees will have to pay for their own Covid-19 tests.
Arturo Angeles, Quetzalli Alvarado and Jose Santana were the members of FMF who took charge of getting the message to the referees. Coronavirus PCR tests cost 2,500 to 3,000 pesos each. The salary of a referee of the aforementioned categories is around 2,700 pesos, which means that the money they earn in a game must go out for their medical examination. This news also reached the members of the Liga MX Femenil, who will have to pay money from their pockets so that they can be scheduled each week. The FMF threatened to put out of work all those referees who do not present their test results every 15 days.
