The DFL assumes a high Corona vaccination rate in German professional football – and explains why players are not subject to the 2G regulations.
The Premier League had announced a week ago that 68 per cent of its professionals had been vaccinated twice, 81 per cent at least once. In the Bundesliga, the figures are apparently higher.
On Tuesday, the DFL announced that the vaccination rate among players, coaches and support staff in the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga was more than 90 per cent. The data is based on “voluntary information provided by the clubs as part of a corresponding survey by the DFL”.
FC Augsburg, among others, had reported a 100 per cent rate, at Borussia Dortmund all professionals are vaccinated or recovered. On Tuesday, the DFL again recommended that “all persons involved in match operations” be vaccinated against the corona virus.
At FC Bayern, Joshua Kimmich, among others, has so far decided against a vaccination, which has made waves in recent days. Among other things, the question arose as to why unvaccinated players are allowed to play in stadiums where the 2G rule applies to spectators, i.e. they have to be vaccinated or recovered.
DFL: 2G rule for players would be equivalent to compulsory vaccination
In stadiums, it is basically “about general infection protection and not about occupational health and safety”, the DFL explains. “With regard to professionals, it is consequently a question of proportionate protective measures within the framework of the exercise of the profession, which is protected by fundamental rights. With regard to spectators, it is about proportionate requirements for health protection in the exercise of leisure activities.”
And there is no general 2G requirement for players, because this would “as a prerequisite for participation in games and training, i.e. for the professional practice of the players, which is protected by fundamental rights, (…) be equivalent to an obligation to vaccinate under association law”, “without there being any legal provisions at all on the basis of which employers could make vaccination requirements for their employees”.
