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Adidas Contract With Bayern Munich Player Forbade Scientology Membership

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Sports Business Daily: Adidas Contract With Bayern Munich Player Forbade Scientology Membership
https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com...eting-and-Sponsorship/Adidas-Scientology.aspx

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Published February 4, 2014

Football players who have a contract with adidas "are not allowed to be members of Scientology and spread the aphilosophy of its Founder L. Ron Hubbard," according to DER SPIEGEL. The information "comes from a kit deal that adidas signed with a current German national team and Bayern Munich...
 

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Google translation from German to English.

Der Spiegel: Adidas against Scientology
http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/vorab/adidas-gegen-scientology-a-950569.html

Football stars who advertise Adidas may not be a member of Scientology and spread the ideas of its founder L. Ron Hubbard. This is from a "Equipment Agreement" shows, the sporting goods company in 2008 with today's national player of Bayern Munich closed and which SPIEGEL. Accordingly, the professional had to assure, "to belong to any organization or association which represents the principles of L. Ron Hubbard or appropriate techniques apply or distributed." In the same paragraph Adidas also made it a condition that the player "no organization or association belongs, which is monitored by the intelligence services." Otherwise Adidas reserved the right to the to 30 Lifted immediately and June 2012 negotiated contract.

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The contract was immediately terminable for Adidas, the players of doping should be transferred or "convicted in a state court for drug possession, drug use or drug trafficking." The national team again undertook the enterprise in Herzogenaurach, which is also one of the shareholders of FC Bayern Munich, a maximum of six days per year to stand for PR appointments available. In addition, the professional had "whenever he is for any other reason in sportswear or sports-fitting casual clothing in public shows," wearing Adidas clothing - at book signings, interviews or TV recordings.

For the Bayern star conceded exactly 400,000 euros alone in the season 2011/2012. The company said on demand with "diversity and tolerance are fundamental values ??of the Adidas Group Scientology, but other anti-constitutional organizations and associations are so incompatible This passage is something like this in principle and without distinction as standard clause in our.. contracts. It's not about individual athletes.
 

Captain Koolaid

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'Accordingly, the professional had to assure, "to belong to any organization or association which represents the principles of L. Ron Hubbard or appropriate techniques apply or distributed.'

No, the professional had to assure NOT to belong to any organization tainted to by Scientology.

A few years ago there were rumours that one of the biggest German breweries (Warsteiner) was supporting Scientology. The rumours were false, but the damage was massive. It took Warsteiner a lot of time and money to debunk this myth, so adidas is taking necessary precautions. The cult isn't very popular in Germany, nobody wants to be guilty by association.
 

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The Guardian: Clause of the week
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/feb/08/said-and-done-leeds-cellino

Germany: Der Spiegel publishing a leaked Adidas player endorsement contract revealing the forfeit clauses which would cost the unnamed Bayern Munich player his €400,000 deal: being caught taking drugs, or "belonging to any organisation or association which represents the principles of L. Ron Hubbard." Adidas: "Scientology and other such organisations are incompatible."
 

Rene Descartes

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The best translation I could get out of that is...

L Ron Hubbard's Scientology is considereded doping and the athletes have to be tested to prove that they are not involved with a doping of this scandalous nature are they will be removed from playing the sport.

Well I only said "best". I didn't perfect or accurate.

So does this take attention off of A-Rod?

rD00
 

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Scientology is incompatible with the fundamental values of diversity and tolerance

Metro UK: Adidas forbids Bayern Munich star to practise Scientology
http://metro.co.uk/2014/02/10/adidas-forbids-bayern-munich-star-to-practise-scientology-4298254/

When asked about that clause, Adidas replied: ‘Diversity and tolerance are fundamental values of the Adidas Group. Scientology and other such organisations are incompatible with this… This is a standard clause in our contracts. It’s not about individual athletes.’
 
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