Overview
- The DOSB says the draft removes an explicit federal commitment to finance elite sport and demands its reinstatement with a concrete minimum sum.
- A new elite-sport agency would control funding, with a Stiftungsrat giving organized sport one seat versus three for the federal government and one for the Länder.
- DOSB leaders warn the design weakens sports expertise and autonomy, noting previous two‑thirds safeguards have been dropped and key decisions could be made by the state side alone.
- The federation says it received the draft unprepared and accuses the Chancellery of bypassing stakeholders in circulating the proposal.
- Associations can submit counterproposals by 19 November, and media reports say the parliamentary process is planned for 2026 with the law and agency targeted to start in summer 2026.