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human rights, freedom of expression, fair play and respect (Kelly, 2013). Moreover, these values
are expected to be followed by everyone attached to DFB.
The recent controversy regarding Özil’s visit to the Turkish President Erdogan, however,
has affected the spirit of DFB to some extent. The incident has given rise to questions and
agitation in some people in Germany. Even it was widely discussed in the media as well as the
social networking platforms (Oltermann, 2018). DFB, specifically, denies being a part of this
adverse discussion against Özil or the other players involved in the issue.
The star midfielder has expressed his discontent regarding the issue, where he claims that
DFB has been a part of the discriminatory treatment (Bryant, 2018). However, we strongly deny
his claim and maintain our stand as an organisation with diversity. Further, DFB has been
actively involved in Integration works in Germany for years. It is consistently trying to promote
anti-discrimination in the arena of national and international football. It has incorporated
thousands of refugee children into the football fraternity right from the amateur league to the top-
notch of the national team (Grabowski, 2018). Thus, we deny our association with any form of
discriminatory practice on the merit of the integration work and diversity policies of the
organisation.
We admit the fact that we failed to take adequate actions to ensure the safety and security
of the player. Özil has claimed, unlike Boetang, that he felt threatened and insecure in this
incident and thus decided to retire from the team. We accept our fault not to meet his
expectations. We would like to revise our strengths and strategies to deter such incidents from
occurring again. For the said purpose, we propose specific policies that may diminish any future
occurrence of this nature and create a better culture in the long run. They are as following:

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