BERLIN - The restart of the Bundesliga last weekend has attracted criticism from the sports community in football-mad Germany, with world champion rower Oliver Zeidler branding it"a joke" and also calling it an"insane system"."If children cannot go to daycare and caterers are not allowed to use their full capacity, then allowing millionaires on the pitch sends the wrong signal.
The German Bundesliga became the first top European league to resume after the restart plan was approved by Mrs Angela Merkel's government. While other sports are in the dark about when they can resume competitions, the restart of top-tier football is controversial.However, he feels the current situation is just confirmation of the preferential treatment football enjoys in Germany."It seems that it's more important to politicians that the ball is allowed to roll than all sports being treated the same," the 28-year-old, who won Olympic gold for Germany in Rio de Janeiro, told Sport1 last month.
"Even the ancient Romans knew how to make people happy: food and games," the 2018 European 100m silver medallist, told SID.Fencer Max Hartung said the return of football gives other sports hope of a restart.
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