The economic model of the Bundesliga soccer team SV Mattersburg “worked”. That says Rudolf Novotny, who is a representative of the professional trade union VdF in the Senate 5 responsible for licensing issues. “You can now look for hair in the soup afterwards, but there has never been one,” he told the APA. The Senate 5 must make the decision whether the SVM remains in the first division.
By the next Thursday, the tenth of the past season will have to submit all the documents required for the license, otherwise there is a risk of de facto exclusion from professional football. “Usually the licensing process goes from December to March, now I have the whole thing in ten days,” Novotny stated. The appointment before the start of the season also offers the chance to ensure real planning security. “If that happens in December, you can only keep your fingers crossed for the Bundesliga. You can’t react anymore. ”
Before the painting versions at Mattersburger Commerzialbank, of which Martin Pucher was also the club president, became known, the club had always been a model student in terms of license. “Mattersburg has never had a license problem,” Novotny pointed out. With a short intermezzo, the SVM has been playing in the Bundesliga since 2003. Since then, “no liquidity problem has ever arisen. If you look at our player surveys on the punctuality of salary payments, you can see that they have always given the club top marks, ”said the doctor of business administration.
There was never any suspicion of ripoffs in connection with the commercial bank, which had sponsored a significant part of the club’s budget for years. The question of whether sponsorship contracts could possibly be faked never appeared in Senate 5. The body responsible for licensing must rely on an auditor appointed by the association. “If experience shows that they do it properly, then you will have no doubt.”
Novotny rejected criticism of Senate 5 and the procedure of the Bundesliga. “This is a quality test procedure. If someone deceives you and there is criminal energy, then they will also be able to deceive you. But if much stricter inspection bodies fail, you cannot ask the licensing decision-making body to have discovered it. ”
Novotny: Consider “worst case scenario”
The Senate 5 is “vicarious agent of the league. You work for the clubs, for the players, for the league, so that you have a fair competition, ”said the VdF managing director. The concerns of the Bundesliga should be seen in the longer term, you have to understand that. “They want clarity, what will it look like in three quarters of a year.”
Novotny and his colleagues chaired by Thomas Hofer-Zeni would have to ask accordingly in the Mattersburg case, “what is the worst-case scenario”. For example, it must be taken into account that the bankruptcy administrator of the Commerzialbank will later make demands on the association. These would then have to be set aside in the balance sheet.
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And if Mattersburg lands a well-heeled investor by August 6, the public can rely on the fact that one will look more than closely. “Exactly under the current conditions is too little. If that doesn’t go well, the responsibility lies with the league. Then I harm Wattens and all other clubs, ”Nowotny emphasized. “Then plans that have already been checked and concrete information about financial resources should be available.”
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