“Bad for the players, bad for your health”
“Otherwise it’s bad for the players, bad for your health”emphasizes Gänsslen, “The risk is unacceptable.” The heart muscle inflammation of the only 23-year-old national ice hockey player Lean Bergmann from the Adler Mannheim, who already missed the World Cup in Finland, should actually make everyone prick up their ears. The corresponding letter was also signed by Stefan Ehler (ERC Ingolstadt), Martin Fleckenstein (Red Bull Munich), Thomas Hirn and Bernd Langenstein (Nuremberg Ice Tigers), who serve as contact persons.
At the request of the sports show, the DEL explained that it was informed by the VBG on March 11 of this year that the Return to play-Protocol as a guide “due to the changed pandemic situation – here in particular new virus variants, their infectivity and effect on infected people – is no longer up-to-date. The VBG has therefore withdrawn this practical guide. As a result, we also had to remove the corresponding reference from our guidelines.”
The DEL relies on the administrative trade association
In principle, a club may only use a player if “if he is physically (and mentally) able to do so”writes the DEL. “This is a requirement from occupational health and safety. If there are doubts about suitability after a corresponding illness (or injury), then the treating doctor should be contacted. Whether and when a player is able to work again is decided by the treating doctor.” The DEL admits that there are currently no recommendations from the VBG “How to proceed after a Covid disease.”