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Posted May 16, 2014 01:15 · last edited March 18, 2021 06:02

paulm wrote:

Interesting about german companies heavily funding their league, I didn't know that. Audi and Adidas actually own part of Bayern? Wow. 

Not really. Bayer and Wolfsburg are the only ones really (RB Leipzig too, but they have gotten into difficulties recently). More than 50% of clubs have to owned by members (50+1 rule). Bayern have over 200,000 members owning 75%-80% of the club.

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paulm wrote:

Interesting about german companies heavily funding their league, I didn't know that. Audi and Adidas actually own part of Bayern? Wow. 

Not really. Bayer and Wolfsburg are the only ones really (RB Leipzig too, but they have gotten into difficulties recently). More than 50% of clubs have to owned by members (50+1 rule). Bayern have over 200,000 members owning 75%-80% of the club.