Soccer player Toni Kroos has made his decision: He speaks.
He said something "for the brave people of Iran fighting for women's rights, human rights, democracy and freedom."
In the video that was published on Instagram this week, he shows solidarity with them: "I see you – and say with you: women, life, freedom."
There is a lack of mature athletes in football
It's only 15 seconds - and that's 15 seconds more than you can expect from your peer group in 2022, in which millions of euros are earned and millions of people are reached.
Football lacks the modern, responsible athletes who have not only used their voice in other areas of German sport, but have already institutionalized it.
That's why FC Bayern player Leon Goretzka is often portrayed as a great activist, although he honestly hasn't said anything that shouldn't be a minimal consensus in a democratic society.
But because footballers of this format reach people who might not consider these things to be a minimum consensus, you have to be happy about that.
Even if it's only for 15 seconds.