Tennis balls, investors, commerce, democracy: The current fan protest is diffuse, has many goals, and above all the way it is handled shows: German football no longer knows what it wants to be or where it wants to go.
If Loriot had thought of a Bundesliga game, it would probably have looked something like last Sunday. VfL Wolfsburg, subsidized by a car company, welcomed TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, run by billionaire Dietmar Hopp; a duel that those rights marketers who want to present the German upper house on national and international markets fear. The game ended 2-2 and was entertaining, but also a little confusing.