Frankfurt / Main (dpa) – The German Football League has reacted to criticism and is having the current regulations for possible game cancellations checked again from the 2022/23 season.
The DFL Presidium has instructed the “Football Commission”, announced the league, “to continue the review of the regulation last amended on May 14, 2020, particularly with a view to defining and dealing with long-term injuries” and to develop proposals .
A change to the regulation during the current season will “be refrained from considering the integrity of the competition at the present time,” the statement said.
Bayern Munich’s CEO Oliver Kahn recently called for a revision of the game rules. Coach Julian Nagelsmann also suggested discussing the topic again.
The occasion was the start of the second half of the season against Borussia Mönchengladbach (1: 2) on January 7th. The game had taken place in Munich despite many corona cases. The basis is the DFL game rules, according to which 16 ready-to-play players are sufficient for the kick-off. Banned players or players with “typical sports” injuries are considered to be “available” according to the statutes. At Bayern, for example, this applied to the injured national player Leon Goretzka.
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