The German Swimming Association (DSV) is threatened with a deficit of 800,000 euros.

In any case, Wolfgang Hein, the President of the Lower Saxony Swimming Association, warns against this.

In a fire letter to the board of the DSV and the regional associations, he criticized the financial documents that were sent by the association for the general meeting this Saturday.

They are incomplete and incorrect.

The budget, should it be decided as planned, could therefore not become legally effective.

Michael Reinsch

Correspondent for sports in Berlin.

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    From the documents, Hein writes, that with income of 1.7 million euros and expenditures of 2.5 million euros, a deficit of 795,000 euros can be expected.

    State corona aid in the amount of 264,000 euros could reduce the deficit.

    On the other hand, an approach for license income of 600,000 euros is in the plan, which is likely not to be realized.

    In addition, the litigation risk in the Kurschilgen case should be taken into account.

    Marco Troll's executive committee, elected in November 2020, kicked sports director Thomas Kurschilgen out of the door in February despite a long-term employment contract;

    his lawyer speaks of termination without notice.

    The leadership of the association has not yet given a reason for the expulsion.

    Colleagues and swimmers called for Kurschilgens to be rehabilitated.

    Corona help not yet available

    "The coronavirus pandemic has a significant impact on all of sports Germany and is also a burden on the DSV and its finances, because the loss of around 51,000 members in 2020 has an impact, as does the loss of a large part of the competitions and the associated license income," replies the association through his spokesman for a statement.

    In order to be able to cope with the challenges in the best possible way, the DSV also applied for state corona aid.

    They have not yet arrived.

    "Since the further course of the pandemic (and thus also the organization of competitions and the associated income situation in the further course of the year) cannot be reliably predicted, the current draft budget is based on several variables," it continues: "The assumptions made for the preparation of the budget We want to and will discuss this openly and transparently at the general meeting at the weekend and then decide on it together, but we are already emphasizing that neither the liquidity nor the creditworthiness of the DSV are currently at risk. We still do not provide information on pending proceedings. "

    In the past three years, the DSV has achieved a total of over 500,000 euros in surplus.

    Already in April, employees of the association and athletes spokesmen, alarmed by loss of income, asked in an open letter about the financial situation of the association.

    The regional associations of Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia warned of the economic consequences of management by Troll and his presidium and asked “who is liable if the worst comes to the worst.

    The regional associations cannot afford alimony. ”The large regional associations of Baden, whose president is Troll, Bavaria, led by DSV vice-president Harald Walter, and North Rhine-Westphalia, represented by vice-president Bossmann, dominate the general meeting.