star of the match day
“Bad words”: Bayern critic Michael Ott remains true to himself and becomes a Uli Hoeneß mob victim
Attention, otherwise you will meet Uli Hoeneß on the way out of the hall and insult you: Bayern critic Michael Ott at the annual general meeting
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Bayern member Michael Ott asked critical questions about the Qatar sponsorship at the annual general meeting of the club’s leadership. For this he had to let Uli Hoeneß insult him. He clearly deserves the star of match day.
Just imagine: You are committed to human rights, and suddenly an agitated Uli Hoeneß runs into you and insults you in front of everyone: “Your performance was embarrassing. This is the Bayern Munich football club and not the general assembly of Amnesty International.”
That’s unconfortable. Especially when the incident occurs in the middle of the hall while passing by at the annual general meeting of the German record champions. Ott then spoke of “bad words”. He is right and he is definitely right star earned on the day of the game.
This time the AGM was much more civilized
The 29-year-old lawyer criticizes the fact that his club collects millions of euros a year from Qatar Airways. Last year he had already annoyed the bosses with a request to terminate the contract. At that time, those responsible around Bayern President Herbert Hainer did not allow the application. Nevertheless, the event escalated, also because of the arrogant behavior of the club management.
This time everything went much more civilized. Ott did not apply, also because there had been many discussions with the club management beforehand and Hainer had tried to engage in dialogue with the fans over the past few months. Ott only gave a short speech in which he formulated two questions: How does Hainer feel about the contract extension, which is to be decided after the World Cup? And how does the club president feel about the fact that the Qatari ambassador used the team’s winter training camps to defend himself against criticism of the situation in his country. (“Why didn’t they say they were in Doha and the conditions were appalling,” the ambassador said, among other things.)
Only Uli Hoeneß felt offended
There are legitimate questions from a club member. An AGM isn’t just for talking about sports. Of course, questions about business policy are also part of this. So not all that bad, one would think. In addition, the questions did not trigger any tumult or anything like that.
Only one felt personally offended: Uli Hoeneß. You could also say: the hat cord went up. So Hoeneß became the embarrassing Motzki pensioner who insults the boys. If the scene wasn’t so laughable, one would actually have to cry. Hoeneß publicly announced a few days ago that he is in favor of extending the contract that expires in 2023. When it comes to coal, the honorary president is known to be no joke. Eventually, his greed landed him in jail.