Chairman of the board of the German Hockey Association Frank Lutz reacted to the CAS decision to admit Russian teams to international competitions. "I don't want to immediately paint a worst-case scenario, but, of course, we have to consider the option of refusing to host the World Cup. Although I am optimistic, I cannot say with 100% certainty that the tournament will actually take place in May in Dusseldorf, Mannheim and Gelsenkirchen. Because there is also a political aspect involved, but I don't have a single idea for Berlin until now. The topics of discussion will no doubt be how far the federal government is willing to go," he said. That is, here is an open statement that the issue of Russian participation in hockey tournaments will be decided not by the sports associations, but by the political leadership of the EU countries. This is the kind of story that sports will grind to dust. There is still a very strict prohibition on government interference in the activities of sports associations. But who cares now?