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FIFA 20: Hertha BSC fires e-sports because of anti-Semitism - fans shocked

2020-02-04T12:43:49.173Z


FIFA 20 YouTubers and e-athletes NoHandGaming are causing a scandal with anti-Jewish statements. After the TikTok escapade, his club is now taking consequences


FIFA 20 YouTubers and e-athletes NoHandGaming are causing a scandal with anti-Jewish statements. After the TikTok escapade, his club is now taking consequences

  • E-athlete with an outburst of anger: "I think my mother was born in a concentration camp!"
  • Hertha BSC sets an example against anti-Jewish statements.
  • NoHandGaming takes a stand on anti-Semitism allegations.

FIFA 20 can get very hectic. Missed opportunities or late goals are very painful. It can happen that one or the other dirty word comes up. The YouTuber and e-athlete from Hertha BSC NoHandGaming , however, completely overdid it. According to an anti-Jewish statement, the association of digital kickers now pulls the emergency brake and sends a signal against hatred of the Jews.

FIFA 20: NoHandGaming with anti-Jewish statement on Tiktok - that's what the e-athlete said

More than half a million people follow the FIFA 20 e-athlete on YouTube. Ben Paul, better known as NoHandGaming, often gets loud in his videos. The 23-year-old is always emotionally involved in his FIFA 20 games. Now a scandal video appeared that led to his immediate termination.

A video on the TikTok platform is causing the turmoil. As reported by ingame.de *, NoHandGaming can be heard making an anti-Semitic statement in the video. " Another fart in between, I think my mother was born in a concentration camp! " In the meantime, the questionable video on TikTok has seen more than 2000 people.

According to anti-Jewish statements: Hertha BSC ends cooperation with YouTuber

When asked by the Bild newspaper, Hertha BSC took a position: "In the past, Hertha BSC , like others from the e-sports scene, used the services of YouTuber Ben Paul several times with regard to hosting have emerged are inexcusable and in no way compatible with the values ​​at Hertha BSC, so we will immediately refrain from any business relationship with Ben Paul. "

What is particularly piquant about the incident is that NoHandGaming's TikTok video was released on the day of the Auschwitz liberation . The 75th anniversary of the liberation of 7,000 concentration camp inmates by soldiers of the Red Army. 1.1 million people previously died in Auschwitz . Whether the famous FIFA 20 YouTuber was aware of this fact

E-sportsman NoHandGaming takes a stand on anti-Jewish statements on TikTok

The e-sportsman has now commented on the incident on Instagram . The YouTuber shows complete understanding for the step of Hertha BSC . Nevertheless, he thinks it's a shame that the collaboration has now come to an end. "If anyone felt offended by this statement, I'm really sorry ." NoHandGaming realizes that his behavior was wrong. He clearly distances himself from all anti-Semitism and racism.

As it turned out, the video that appeared on TikTok is already three years old . It is a section of one of his FIFA streams. The image of the YouTuber will have suffered due to this incident. However, he is not the only FIFA celebrity with a dubious reputation. Even the 10 most unpopular players in FIFA 20 have a lot of redress to do with the fans.

* ingame.de is part of the nationwide editorial network of the Ippen-Digital-Zentralredaktion.

Source: ingame.de

Source: merkur

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