This led to great resentment by the players towards the DRV and its then-chairman because all four had turned down other options in favour of the promised place in the Sportkompanie.
[5] Bach announced in early 2011 that he would not be available for another term as president of the DRV when his position is up for reelection on 17 July 2011, at the annual conference of German rugby in Hanover.
A legal battle that the DRV chairman Bach fought with the ministry did not bring the desired result but instead worsened the situation.
The DRV was able to secure a private loan to survive and hopes to attract sponsors that had withdrawn under Bach as well as to reach a settlement with the BMI.
[8][9] Bach criticised the German federal ministry of the interior for its role in the almost-insolvency of the DRV in an interview with the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung in August 2012.