liggelden
Liggelden, often written liggeld in the singular, is a Dutch term used historically to denote monetary charges associated with organized sports leagues. The word can refer to two related charges that were common in the development of football and other sports in the Netherlands and Dutch-speaking parts of Belgium: a fee paid by clubs to join or participate in a league, and gate money paid by spectators to attend league matches.
In the sense of a league participation fee, liggeld functioned as an organizational contribution to cover the
Liggeld should be distinguished from lidgeld, the membership fee paid by an individual to belong to a
Modern usage of the term is largely historical. As professionalization and more formal financial structures developed