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Yep! The club/members have to own >50% of the club to compete in the German pro leagues In the past, private ownership wasn't even allowed but that changed in
by sehr 11y ago
Yep! The club/members have to own >50% of the club to compete in the German pro leagues
In the past, private ownership wasn't even allowed but that changed in the 90s.
Even cooler, the 2 largest football clubs on earth, Real Madrid & Barcelona are completely fan owned. They even vote for the presidency of the club! So refreshing compared to American sports, though without a salary cap their competitions are 1000x more predictable & boring. (ex. RM won their league match on Sunday 6-0, and Barca just won today 7-0)
- tragic 11y agoI guess the biggest difference is that, in European soccer (especially in lovely England), the clubs are vastly more powerful than the leagues and governing bodies of the sport. In the NFL, NBA etc, the opposite seems to be the case - the teams are more like suppliers to the league. Both systems, to put it mildly, have their warts.