The German professional soccer club VfL Wolfsburg disciplined player Kevin Behrens after he refused to autograph a gay pride shirt and made comments considered homophobic toward a fan who requested it.
The player allegedly refused to sign a Wolfsburg shirt that featured a rainbow logo for the LGBTQ pride flag. Behrens also allegedly said "I won’t sign that gay [crap]," according to multiple reports.
Behrens has since apologized for the incident.
"My spontaneous comments were absolutely not OK.