Mainz sports directorate criticizes 2G demands of politics: “Simply populism”

Mainz sports director Christian Heidel has sharply criticized the political demands for a 2G rule for football professionals.

If this is the subject immediately after the federal-state consultations, then I have the impression that the subject is being brought to the fore in order to whitewash other problems, in order to whitewash what has happened here politically in the last few months “said the 58-year-old after Rheinhessen’s 1-1 draw against 1. FC Köln:” I don’t like that at all. “

There is no industry in Germany “that has such a vaccination quota,” said Heidel. According to the German Football League (DFL), the rate is over 90 percent. That is why the demand is “just populism. Why do you do that? So that there are other headings,” said Heidel and made it clear: “If we can’t do it the normal way, I would not have anything against compulsory vaccination.”

Heidel also advocated the action of record champions Bayern Munich to reduce the salary of unvaccinated players who are in quarantine as a contact person. “The boys don’t come to training, they don’t come to work. Why should they be paid? The club can’t do anything for that,” he said. You can prevent this “by getting vaccinated”. A salary cut is “a completely logical step that I would also take at Mainz 05”.