Berlin instead of Munich: After Uefa refused to let the Munich soccer arena shine in rainbow colors during the Hungary-Germany game, other cities picked up the ball: Here the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on Wednesday evening during the game.
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To “Can tolerance be political?“from June 23rd:
The discussion about the lighting of the Allianz Arena is emotional and has a high moral standard. It is about sport, in which the political neutrality of the athletes is always rightly pointed out. Or should German athletes only compete in countries that meet our current values or, alternatively, only run around there in brightly colored stripes? Here the City Council of Munich tried to symbolize the Hungarian team and their fans that they represent a country that does not meet our German moral standards. What is it supposed to achieve? Hospitality looks different. Athletes, even in the EU, should not be held responsible for national legislation.
Peter Berwing, Weßling
Anyone who denies sport, especially competitive sport, a political dimension has a highly naive (antiquated) understanding of politics, and / or, like the UEFA officials, opportunistically (and genuinely political) lying to a fantasy country. Football associations, national and international, and especially the Olympic Committee, are in competition in this regard.
Legally, it seems to me that there is a need for clarification as to who exercises the domiciliary rights in the Munich arena. Why doesn’t the landlord and owner decide which lighting is chosen? Even the mayor has to cuddle because UEFA, a non-profit (!) Association registered in Switzerland, has the say?
Robert Tomaske, Bochum
The fact that Manuel Neuer, as the world goalkeeper, is wearing his rainbow captain’s armband, is nice, but certainly not a heroic deed. A strong, convincing statement would be to stay at home at the next FC Bayern winter quarters in Qatar and to justify this with the unspeakable treatment of homosexual people in this country. But there would probably be too much money missing from the cash register.
Andreas Kuhnlein, Unterwössen
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