| Union Berlin v RB Leipzig on 17:55 - Jan 18 with 1510 views | Kievthegreat |
They were busy:
But they are in now to see their team have already taken the lead!
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| Union Berlin v RB Leipzig on 18:01 - Jan 18 with 1435 views | Hipsterectomy |
There are some things money can't buy. Football isn't one: The Amex |  |
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| Union Berlin v RB Leipzig on 18:03 - Jan 18 with 1427 views | uefacup81 |
You've got to give them amazing credit, not so much for organising it, but for seeing it through so perfectly.
I seem to recall that they carried out a protest in the home match against Leipzig where the home fans were silent for the first 15mins of the match. Given that this was their first ever game in the Bundesliga, that takes some doing.
I don't think you'd ever manage to pull off something on that scale in English football. |  |
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| Union Berlin v RB Leipzig on 18:04 - Jan 18 with 1410 views | Ftnfwest |
| Union Berlin v RB Leipzig on 17:55 - Jan 18 by Kievthegreat |
They were busy:
But they are in now to see their team have already taken the lead!
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VAR is a thousand times worse |  | | |
| Union Berlin v RB Leipzig on 18:09 - Jan 18 with 1372 views | uefacup81 |
| Union Berlin v RB Leipzig on 18:04 - Jan 18 by Ftnfwest |
VAR is a thousand times worse |
Depends on your point of view and where you're coming from.
You've got the 50% +1 regime in Germany, which works really well. There are a few exceptions for clubs like Leverkusen and Wolfsburg, which have always been corporate entities, but the rest of the clubs have their controlling share owned by the fans.
Red Bull bought out the license of a small German regional team, and immediately granted the requisite 50.1% of shares that would normally be held by fans to members of their executive team. The DFB forced them to change their structure about five years ago, but that just meant that they made their membership fees prohibitively expensive (€1,000+ a season).
I'd argue that the way in which Red Bull circumvented the rules in order to essentially buy success is much worse than VAR.
More info here as to how RB Leipzig circumvent the rules: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/sep/08/why-rb-leipzig-has-become-the-m [Post edited 18 Jan 2020 18:12]
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| Union Berlin v RB Leipzig on 18:10 - Jan 18 with 1357 views | vapour_trail |
| Union Berlin v RB Leipzig on 18:04 - Jan 18 by Ftnfwest |
VAR is a thousand times worse |
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| Union Berlin v RB Leipzig on 18:13 - Jan 18 with 1329 views | Ftnfwest |
| Union Berlin v RB Leipzig on 18:09 - Jan 18 by uefacup81 |
Depends on your point of view and where you're coming from.
You've got the 50% +1 regime in Germany, which works really well. There are a few exceptions for clubs like Leverkusen and Wolfsburg, which have always been corporate entities, but the rest of the clubs have their controlling share owned by the fans.
Red Bull bought out the license of a small German regional team, and immediately granted the requisite 50.1% of shares that would normally be held by fans to members of their executive team. The DFB forced them to change their structure about five years ago, but that just meant that they made their membership fees prohibitively expensive (€1,000+ a season).
I'd argue that the way in which Red Bull circumvented the rules in order to essentially buy success is much worse than VAR.
More info here as to how RB Leipzig circumvent the rules: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/sep/08/why-rb-leipzig-has-become-the-m [Post edited 18 Jan 2020 18:12]
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If it’s a ‘regime’ then it’s rather dictatorial then. If they’re kicked out you’re left with Bayern and occasionally dortmund competing in Germany so whatever. | | | |
| Union Berlin v RB Leipzig on 18:19 - Jan 18 with 1294 views | uefacup81 |
| Union Berlin v RB Leipzig on 18:13 - Jan 18 by Ftnfwest |
If it’s a ‘regime’ then it’s rather dictatorial then. If they’re kicked out you’re left with Bayern and occasionally dortmund competing in Germany so whatever. |
It's the 50% +1 setup that makes German football the envy of most of the rest of the world from a fans' perspective.
With a controlling stake in their clubs, fans have a greater say over what goes on. They can veto ticket prices, for example, and the 50% +1 system is highlighted as one of the main reasons that German clubs don't face the financial difficulties that occur so frequently in the English leagues:
https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/german-soccer-rules-50-1-fifty-plu
But if you'd rather have exorbitant ticket prices, unaccountable owners, and financial catastrophes, then more fool you. | |
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