Dortmund chief exec sticking the boot in AGAIN

[S04]

the 50+ 1 rule would have been great if it had always been in place. but english clubs have never been owned by the fans. its always been mansour, glazers,ashley, henry or edwards, smales, hall, moore etc.

the current owners are never going to hand back ownership to the fans, they've spent too much to buy the clubs.

its a pointless, academic debate

To be honest I wouldn´t like City to be owned by the fans, not the fans on the matchday threads anyway ;-)

A less academic subject is the fact that Bayern got two sponsors as part owners, that is a can of worms if we think about it in regards to club ownerships.
What to stop ten sponsors from owning a slice each?
Would the usual 50+1 ownership vote down anything that their ten biggest sponsors suggest?

 

[Ruhr]

that is happening at Hoffenheim. Officially Sponsor Dietmar Hopp has 49 per cent of the votes, but nothing is decided against him

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

that is happening at Hoffenheim. Officially Sponsor Dietmar Hopp has 49 per cent of the votes, but nothing is decided against him

I'm not surprised. Even Peter Swales could have persuaded 2% of City fans to vote with him. In fact when you think about it, if the remaining shares are widely distributed, 49% effectively gives you overall control, by fair means or foul.

 

[S04]

that is happening at Hoffenheim. Officially Sponsor Dietmar Hopp has 49 per cent of the votes, but nothing is decided against him

I'm not surprised. Even Peter Swales could have persuaded 2% of City fans to vote with him. In fact when you think about it, if the remaining shares are widely distributed, 49% effectively gives you overall control, by fair means or foul.

There´s a board vote I guess?

 

[Ruhr]

yes, most clubs are plcs.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

that is happening at Hoffenheim. Officially Sponsor Dietmar Hopp has 49 per cent of the votes, but nothing is decided against him

I'm not surprised. Even Peter Swales could have persuaded 2% of City fans to vote with him. In fact when you think about it, if the remaining shares are widely distributed, 49% effectively gives you overall control, by fair means or foul.

There´s a board vote I guess?

Possibly. I may be doing it a disservice. There may be other controls in place such as the one you suggested.

 

[S04]

I'm not surprised. Even Peter Swales could have persuaded 2% of City fans to vote with him. In fact when you think about it, if the remaining shares are widely distributed, 49% effectively gives you overall control, by fair means or foul.

There´s a board vote I guess?

Possibly. I may be doing it a disservice. There may be other controls in place such as the one you suggested.

Don´t matter much anyway, looking at the Bundesliga clubs the guys at the top are the usual suspects.
Billionaires, Industrial leaders, Bankers etc etc

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

There´s a board vote I guess?

Possibly. I may be doing it a disservice. There may be other controls in place such as the one you suggested.

Don´t matter much anyway, looking at the Bundesliga clubs the guys at the top are the usual suspects.
Billionaires, Industrial leaders, Bankers etc etc

.....wealth creators.

 

[jonmcity]

"Germans want to have that sense of belonging".

We all know how that ended up!

 

[The Future's Blue]

The German has had you over.