Association President Bernd Neuendorf will go to the Federal Chancellery next Tuesday to satisfy with Wolfgang Schmidt, the Federal Minister for Special Jobs. The 21 presidents of the state organizations have additionally sent this letter to the respective prime preachers of their government states.
The local amateur associations are likewise a growing number of influenced by the presently rising power rates that the Russian attack war on Ukraine caused. Before the temperatures go down slowly in a few weeks at the newest, the DFB has actually warned that some clubs could obtain right into economic emergency situations when bring out their competitors and also training operation due to the high added prices for electrical energy as well as home heating. Also the monetary survival of some sports clubs sees the DFB greatly endangered. On top of that, the organization fears that some districts will certainly close their sports facilities and also that many professional athletes can no much longer exercise sporting activity like throughout the Corona pandemic.
three core needs
Nevertheless, the DFB is also conscious that politics can not cushion all adverse effects of the presently high power costs. He has released pointers on his website how the clubs can conserve as much power as feasible.
The letter can be summed up on three crucial core demands: no closure of sports facilities, short-term economic aid for municipalities and clubs and a long-term financial investment offensive for sports centers.