Will it go, will it not go?
There is also uncertainty about the restart and that annoys the footballers in the district.
District
- The amateur soccer players across Bavaria are currently being put to a tough test.
The "okay" hoped for on Tuesday by the state government, which will soon be allowed to play point games again, has not materialized.
The hanging game goes for the kickers, who have a restart on 19./20.
September had hoped to continue.
The Bavarian Football Association now wants to put pressure on it - as a last resort, it does not exclude going to the administrative court.
In order to get a corresponding vote from the clubs, the BFV has started an online survey among the clubs (we reported).
The local newspaper asked clubs in the region how they assess the situation.
Thomas Fetzer, department head of the A-class
club FC Seeshaupt
, complains above all about the unequal
treatment
compared to other events such as cultural events and private celebrations, which can take place up to a certain size.
“Football apparently has a problem,” says the head of the lake.
For Fetzer it is clear: “A sign must be set.” That is why the association also takes part in the online survey, supports the position of the BFV - and is also in favor of the association taking it to court if necessary.
“It's not about 1,000 viewers for us,” says Fetzer.
Even “we wouldn't go beyond the number of 100”.
Benches are set up around the Seeshaupter Platz.
There the club could designate places with a corresponding gap between them.
For a certain time, the department head could imagine competitive games without a spectator: “I want the boys to play.” And that should also be about something.
"There is a big difference between the test game and the point round," says Fetzer.
In the long run, according to the head of department, the club could not do without audience income: "This way we pay the referees, among other things."
Fetzer also sees the hanging game as critical from a sporting point of view: The players "have to keep fit without knowing when it will really start." The Seeshaupter have already played a few preparatory games, "but at some point we run out of opponents".
For another six weeks we only “don't do test games”, clarifies the FC division boss.
If the restart is postponed even further, "it will be over at some point," said Fetzer.
"In November we don't need to play any more point games."
Difficult to keep up the motivation of the players
There is a particularly explosive sporting situation on the FC site in Seeshaupt: According to the current state of affairs, the footballers are not allowed to play any competitive games, but the women of the FC skittles can.
The season on the weekend of 12./13.
September start.
The first home game on the tracks in the FC-Sportheim is on September 20th against SV Weidenstetten.
I find it strange that in sport you “don't come up with a common denominator,” says Fetzer.
Johannes Franz, coach of the district league
club SV Raisting, is
rather skeptical about the BFV's approach
: “I don't think that a lawsuit would bring much.
Trying to push through the issue now may even have the opposite effect. ”He showed a certain resignation to fate:“ I try to prepare my team as best as possible for a possible start and hope that it will continue.
Meanwhile, I just accept everything else, even if I don't understand it. ”As for fans, Franz says:“ Under certain conditions, you can easily accommodate a certain number of spectators on the facilities and in the stadiums. ”
Martin Wagner, the coach of
FC Penzberg
's second division
club
, wants to have a perspective: “I hope that the BFV will make a clear statement in the next few days so that everyone involved can plan.” It’s getting difficult, “The motivation is high to keep.
That affects the players but also the coaching team. "
Markus Ansorge, coach of the regional league leaders
VfL Denklingen, thinks
that football is being treated unfairly
.
“I don't find the way the government is doing right.
That is not equal treatment to other federal states and to cultural events. ”For him it is clear:“ The association should finally do something and complain.
Every club is in the starting blocks.
By constantly shifting, you slowly notice a resignation among the players. "Alex Sanktjohanser, coach of the district classics
TSV Hohenpeißenberg
is downright annoyed
:" They play everywhere, only in Bavaria we can't find a sensible solution. " "In my opinion, it will not help, because it will be Christmas until it is through".
Jürgen Staiger, coach of the regional league team
ASV Habach
, looks far beyond the box.
"There are more important things than football, I am aware of that, but we cannot hide in the basement and hope that a vaccine will come soon," says the coach.
“Bavaria has a club culture that shouldn't be let go.” Staiger refers to existing hygiene concepts that are used in test matches: “The ASV and the other clubs stick to it with great effort.” The next step would be the trainer according to point games with spectators.
What Staiger cannot understand: "The BFV is again presenting a hygiene concept for this - and is being ignored." We should work on solutions together.
Lawsuits in court “always have something negative about them”.
He would be in favor of a uniform line throughout Germany - “for everything”, says Staiger.
Players and coaches want clarity
Florian Heringer, the trainer of district league promoted
TSV Peißenberg,
is in favor of equal treatment of football with other areas
.
As far as sport is concerned, he demands clarity: “We finally need a fixed start date or a cancellation for this year.” Anton Panholzer comments briefly and concisely on the subject: “After Tuesday I say: That's it.
We should draw a line and end the season, ”says the board of the district classics
ASV Antdorf
.
Fabian Melzer, who
coaches
TSV Peiting
,
third in the regional league
, is “surprised because I didn't expect such a decision from politics and the restart is delayed again”.
He wishes “that the BFV and the government will follow a clear line.
Either no more amateur games this year or things will go on now. ”The start cannot always be postponed by the week:“ We cannot keep the players involved.
At some point you become implausible. "
Christoph Schmitt, trainer of the regional league club
TSV Altenstadt
, sees the visitor question as solvable: “At every sports field there would be enough space for a certain number of spectators with the required distances.
If necessary, there can also be a spectator limit. ”He doesn't understand that the association“ always acts in retrospect.
I don't think that the BFV was surprised by this decision. "
Hubert Strobel, trainer of
SpVgg Schwabbruck-Schwabsoien
, which plays in the district class,
understands the government's caution
.
Namely "because of their concern about the holiday returnees".
The clubs would of course have to be in place for spectators.
The fact that fans are not allowed at all at the moment "is strange, if you take cultural events as a comparison, for example".
Legal action is definitely a possibility.
“For us coaches,” said Strobel, “it's getting harder and harder to motivate the players.
You want to have competitions and not just training games. "
Tim Erdt, who
trains
the A-classist
TSV Rott
,
expresses incomprehension
.
“People are playing again everywhere, only in Bavaria it doesn't work.
The clubs have all drawn up a hygiene concept and it works great in the test matches.
Then why not in competitive games? "Successes not soon the restart," many clubs will have problems.
Second teams and youth teams in particular will report declining numbers. ”After such a long break,“ many players will lose interest and possibly pursue another hobby ”, Erdt is convinced.
BFV online survey
The clubs can answer the following questions in the BFV's online survey:
Question 1:
Do you consider this decision of the state government to still not allow competitive games in Bavarian amateur football and also not to allow limited spectators to be correct?
Question 2:
Do you want competition games to be resumed as soon as possible in 2020 and the BFV to campaign for this?
Question 3:
Should the BFV take legal action against the prohibition of competitive games in amateur football and, if necessary, judicially equal treatment with open-air cultural events (analogous to Section 21 (2) of the Bavarian Infection Protection Ordinance).
The poll will run until next Monday, September 7th.
