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DFL deal: Fan alliance demands repeat vote
Fans’ anger over a possible investor joining the German Football League continues to be great. photo
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Fans’ anger over a possible investor joining the German Football League continues to be great. An alliance makes demands.
The fan alliance “Our Curve” is calling for a repeat vote on the controversial investor deal German Football League (DFL).
This should not take place in secret, the organization said, justifying its demand with the potentially controversial voting behavior of Hanover’s majority shareholder Martin Kind.
“The passing of the decision shakes German football to its foundations, the 50+1 rule. Apparently the 24 votes required for a league investor only came together because Martin Kind, a club investor, violated the binding instructions of the “The parent association voted for it,” said a statement from “Our Curve”.
96 parent club instructs child
On December 11th, the 36 German professional clubs voted on the billion-dollar deal, which enables the entry of a strategic partner for a maximum term of 20 years. The necessary two-thirds majority was only barely achieved. Hannover 96’s parent club, which was at odds with Kind’s side, had instructed the 79-year-old to vote against the deal. However, based on the names of the clubs that are said to have voted no, there are major doubts as to whether Kind did so.
On the last two match days of the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga, many fans expressed their dissatisfaction with the deal in the stadiums with various activities.
Message from Our Curve