The club was criticised for the decision, with forward Mathilda Gustafsson stating that "If we were a company instead of an association, you would never shut down a department which only employed women because the cost inhibits the male employees."
The club's decision was widely criticized, with Mathilda Gustafsson, a team member, saying that if the organization were a business rather than a collective, they would not have terminated a department consisting entirely of female employees due to financial constraints.