Waiver of salary or short-time work in the Bundesliga? An overview of all teams and who acts how

Many Bundesliga clubs face serious financial difficulties due to the Corona crisis. Short-time working and waiving wages are the most common options. Who is reacting how?

• The corona virus forces the Bundesliga to take a long break.
• The clubs react differently to the unusual situation.
• Financial problems arise for many clubs. Some of the professionals react with a waiver .
• We have an overview of the known plans of the clubs.

Munich - No games, no TV money, no audience revenue. This is what the bitter Corona reality currently looks like for the Bundesliga clubs. After ghost games * there are now no games at all. Not every club has a famous time deposit account like FC Bayern * , some clubs struggle for financial survival. Repayments are even in danger, for instance for season ticket holders, and the millions of donations from the top clubs may not offer enough air to all clubs.

The lavish contracts of players and coaches, who can currently do nothing for the club, save potential except to keep fit at home. But short-time work is not a real option for the superstars of the league at the ceiling of 6,890 euros, as the ARD reports. The highest paid kickers earn about four times a day.

Coronavirus: Many Bundesliga clubs make do with short-time work

With the many other club employees, short-time work is definitely an opportunity for the clubs to reduce costs. The Federal Employment Agency paid part of the salaries here.

The ARD sports show sent a questionnaire to the clubs on the subject of "short-time work and waiver of wages", to which all but eight clubs answered. However, FC Bayern have already announced that Munich's "stars and managers" will forego "20 percent of their salaries" . BVB also let it be known that "players, managers and coaches waived" significant portions of their salaries ".

Bayer Leverkusen does not want this discussion to be present in the media: “We believe that the issue of salary waiver should not be stylized as a media competition, but rather reflects a personal attitude and should be treated accordingly. You cannot 'impose' an attitude on anyone, ”says the ARD association.

Coronavirus: salary waiver and short-time work Bundesliga - The overview

The 2nd Bundesliga was also interviewed by the ARD sports show . Arminia Bielefeld , for example, commented as follows: "The players in the license department, the coaching team and the management have agreed to a combination of waiver of wages and deferrals by June 30 this year. This amounts to a total volume of almost one million euros. In addition, all employees of the administration have agreed to short-time working regulations. "

Corona virus: Waiver of wages and short-time work in the 2nd Bundesliga - The overview

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