German football leader discusses World Cup boycott

German football official Oke Göttlich, who serves as vice president of the DFB and president of St Pauli, has drawn parallels between current geopolitical tensions and historical Olympic boycotts. He suggests the U.S. threat to Greenland justifies considering a boycott of the upcoming World tournament.

Göttlich, a journalist by training, raised questions about why certain countries boycotted the Olympics in the 1980s and argued that the current threat from the U.S. is greater than those historical situations. He emphasized that "the life of a footballer is not worth more than the lives of people being attacked by the host country." wlop.pl