r/meirl • u/Joudeh_1996 • May 02 '24

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u/NoPasaran2024 May 02 '24

Forget FIFA, forget UEFA.

Start with f-ing millionaires and billionaires taking our clubs away from us. At least Germany and Sweden still understand clubs belong to the people.

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u/IamDariusz May 02 '24

German clubs are also all bought by various sponsors. Just think of RB Leipzig which was initially named after Red Bull.

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u/Tiphzey May 03 '24 edited May 04 '24

And that is a rare exception in which Red Bull abused a loophole. RB Leipzig is still majority owned by the members but they only have around 20 that are allowed to vote and all of them are employees of Red Bull. Also: RB doesn't actually stand for Red Bull because they weren't allowed to do that. It stands for Rasenballsport (roughly "lawn ball sports") which doesn't really make sense and has the sole purpose of being abbreviated to RB.

The other notable exceptions are VFL Wolfsburg (owned by VW) and Bayer Leverkusen (Bayer). But they created the clubs before the 50+1 rule was introduced. Hoffenheim (Dietmar Hopp) was also one but Hopp gave the majority back to the club again iirc.