In this instance, were the fans entitled to a majority of the voting rights there would be a chance for them to remove the Glazers from power and reinstall an ownership structure that they believed wanted the best for the club rather than one that took dividends and profits from their shares during the club’s darkest times. Fans have protested relentlessly and pleaded for change of the club’s ownership from an American family blamed largely for the recent failings of a global giant. The fall out between the Glazers, United’s owners, and the fans has not been good.
Take the examples of Newcastle and Mike Ashley which was recently resolved or the ongoing situation at Manchester United. In the face of foreign ownership, the 50+1 rule can be seen as the greatest solution to giving a voice to the previously voiceless fan-base. What Can Other National Associations Learn and Benefit From? Put simply, the fan-base of the club must have more control of a club than the corporate owners. This applies solely to voting rights rather than financial shares of the entity.
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Hence, the 50+1 rule was born:ĥ0% of a German football club’s voting rights plus an additional 1 share The one condition stipulated by the DFB was that the clubs must allow their Verein to maintain majority control of the voting rights in the club. The rules were adapted for German football that allowed for German clubs to involve profit-seeking corporations as part of their ownership structure. Transfer fees, player wages and commercial finances were all rising exponentially and for German football to keep up, it seemed unfeasible for clubs and Vereins to continue to operate purely as non-profitable organisations. In 1998, the DFB offered a solution to the inflation that was being seen in football that challenged the non-profit approach of Vereins with German football clubs. The leadership of the Vereins is democratically elected and provided a voice for the devoted fan-base. The role of the Vereins can extend as far as maintaining budgets, organising club events and other opportunities beyond just football. These are made up of between 267 and, in Bayern Munich’s case, 290,000 people who take on varying responsibilities at the clubs. Vereins, as well as almost anything, are involved in German football clubs including all those in the Bundesliga. Their role is to represent an audience or fan-base and give a voice to those who believe they are entitled to having a meaningful opinion within their particular environment. To form an official Verein, the group must consist of more than seven people and must maintain a non-profit status. In German tradition, Vereins (associations) have existed as clubs or societies that dedicate themselves to a specific entity or activity. There are legal complications and other complexities that the rule and governing bodies must consider but it has widespread support in Germany and is attributed with being an integral part of the admirable traditional fan engagement and adoration that clubs in the country attract, but is it supported for the right reasons?
I will also analyse whether or not this rule could be applied in and benefit other football National Associations and clubs across Europe and globally.
This is the predominant reason as to why none of the German clubs were ever a part of the ESL plans.
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This blog will explore the 50+1 club voting ownership rule that is implemented under the Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB the German Football Association) and applies to all professional German football clubs. This begs the question as to why, when the rest of Europe’s biggest clubs immediately demonstrated enthusiasm and support for the concept, were the German clubs the distinct anomaly? Although the ESL never materialised, the clubs that were listed were originally committed to the idea whereas German clubs, from the beginning, were never involved. They each spoke out to confirm that it was not something their clubs would be associated with. Noticeably, the German giants, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig were absent from the list of clubs that had agreed to the European Super League. It was a treacherous time for European football that upset a great volume of adoring, sceptical fans. Some of the biggest footballing giants from Manchester United and Arsenal to Madrid and Barcelona to the Milans and Juventus had agreed to become a part of the breakaway league and leave behind their national association leagues. It was widely opposed by fans who feared for the integrity of meaningful competition in football and for their own clubs. In April of 2021, the plans for a European Super League spread around European football and globally.
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