Overview

• Independent Commissioner Kerstin Claus explicitly endorsed creating a federal database so clubs can review coaches’ prior posts and any recorded incidents before hiring.
• Claus proposed examining an exemption from professional confidentiality to enable organizations to transfer relevant information about alleged boundary violations.
• A spokesperson for the Federal Sports Ministry said cases require an independent body outside federation structures, with a Center for Safe Sport being developed under the coalition agreement.
• Athletes Germany chief Johannes Herber supported the controlled sharing of coach data to reduce the practice of offenders moving between clubs.
• Reports of abuse across football, gymnastics, athletics and swimming, including a recent ZDF documentary with athlete testimonies, have intensified calls for systemic safeguards.