The SK Rapid has issued a first statement on the harsh punishments against its players by Senate 1. The club will lodge a protest
One day after the announcement of the sentences against managing director Steffen Hoffmann, assistant coach Stefan Kulovits and five players (Guido Burgstaller, Marco Grüll, Thorsten Schick, Maximilian Hofmann and Niklas Hedl) by the Starfsenat, everyone was looking forward to the press conference of SK Rapid.
Although president Alexander Wrabetz announced right at the beginning that he did not want to comment on the verdicts, he did so a short time later: “The verdict itself, concerning the players, is very harsh, because the players also made it very clear yesterday, and that was not denied, that they take responsibility. “
The 63-year-old then also focused on the catalog of measures announced shortly after the incidents. In view of this, Wrabetz also considers the unconditional penalties to be excessive: “We will lodge a protest in the interests of the players, but also in the interests of sport, which we also have to safeguard here, with regard to the unconditional penalties imposed on the players. “
