Overview

• The NOFV Sportgericht, led by Fred Kreitlow, dismissed FC Carl Zeiss Jena’s 73-page appeal as a “Sammelsurium unverifizierbarer KI-Halluzinationen.”
• The court upheld the €18,400 fine for pyrotechnics by Jena fans at the April Thuringian derby in Erfurt.
• Reviewers found many cited rulings and literature in the appeal were fabricated or did not exist.
• Jena’s management says the intentionally flawed, AI-generated filing was a protest against what it deems excessive and time-consuming disciplinary procedures.
• NOFV president Hermann Winkler cautioned that misuse of AI in legal submissions places undue burden on volunteer judges and can compromise match-safety oversight.