DHe asked the Prime Minister to provide a Compulsory vaccination For football professionals, this triggered a sports political debate. Stephan Mayer, the current Federal Government, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, and CSU politician Stephan Mayer also joined this position. “Like millions of compatriots, I hope that the Bundesliga football league will continue to watch with the audience during the difficult period of the fourth wave of the epidemic,” he told FAZ on Friday: “But this is only possible if the maximum possible safety is guaranteed. It may be about protecting all relevant personnel from possible coronavirus infections. In my opinion, it is impossible to convey to the audience that the 2-G rule applies to them and the stands, but players can also participate in the game without being vaccinated. This is it. Why do I think that mandatory vaccination for football professionals is reasonable and necessary.”
After the federal state meeting on Thursday Hendrick WestThe Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia announced that the prime ministers of the federal states agreed that “if spectators in the stadium must pay attention to 2G, we think this should also apply to professionals.”
However, the legal situation of on-site personnel is different from those in the stands: 3G is suitable for workplaces, and states and municipalities can order 2G for the public. Wüst said, “We must now check” whether they can implement their ideas. The incoming Chancellor of the Exchequer Olaf Scholz commented: “Of course, if the federal states do this in one event, they have the opportunity to combine the two.” This will be decided on the spot.
Meyer also emphasized that professional football players have a special role model due to their immense fame and popularity. “They should be aware of this, especially in this huge challenge where vaccination is the way out of the pandemic.”
Mahmut Özdemir, the spokesperson for sports policy organized by the Social Democratic Party of the Bundestag, also demanded: “Football professionals who travel frequently should be vaccinated, if only as a good example.” Alluding to Joshua Kimmich who was not vaccinated and quarantined He continued: “The Prime Minister can effectively clarify individual cases in Bavaria alone, instead of convening all football players for such unnecessary discussions.”
His parliamentary team colleague Frank Ullrich was the biathlon Olympic champion and won the fight against Hans-Georg Maaßen in the Suhr constituency in Thuringia. Success, he publicly opposed mandatory vaccination. “According to my own experience, sports have a unity for me. This should be preserved,” he told FAZ: “If we now start to discuss whether professional football is mandatory for vaccination, yes or no, then we will not only further divide society, And the unity of this sport will also be broken.” Compared with this debate, it is more important to maintain clubs and mass sports, so that children can spend a winter suitable for sports.
