SpVgg Unterhaching in the Corona crisis: ghost games or relocations
Unterhaching - How the Corona crisis continued in the 3rd soccer league was not entirely clear until last night. However, since events with up to 1000 spectators (the Bavarian Free State of Bavaria even recommends the cancellation of events with 500 to 1000 people, each after consulting the authorities), it is clear that SpVgg Unterhaching will not be available until the end of the Easter holidays on April 19 will play more in front of viewers. There are now two variants: Either the third division games are played as ghost games without a spectator, or for the time being only rescheduled. "We'll wait and see how the DFB decides," says SpVgg spokesman Florian Fussek.
To date, the 3rd division DFB committee has generally advocated that in such cases the games concerned should rather be relocated instead of playing ghost games.
The background is the special economic sensitivity in the 3rd league, in which the income from the game operations are significant for the financial stability of the clubs and account for more than 21 percent of the total annual income. The extent to which the committee's recommendation can be implemented is currently being examined. The DFB and the clubs of the 3rd division are in daily exchange on how to proceed, it says on dfb.de. One thing is certain: the situation can change every hour.