Top hockey umpire: I had to crowdfund for Rio Olympics – things have vastly improved since

FIH umpire Laurine Delforge, of Belgium, on pay and keeping pace in today’s game

Compared to some of the top-level international players, umpires receive relatively less, do you think umpires should receive more pay?

An umpire will never bring medals so if you start from that assumption, it’s understandable that you have less budget, or not necessarily money to be fair, but less structure behind you that is helping you.