• Nutzer1337@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    Bayer Leverkusen is seen in Germany as a plastic club by a lot of fans, mostly because they have distanced themselves from their working class roots.

    No, they are seen as bad for the Bundesliga because they undermine 50+1 by being a works team for Bayer.

      • CrazyChopstick@alien.topB
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        10 months ago

        So what? It’s still a special exemption from the law, being grandfathered in doesn’t change that. “Technically, it’s legal” won’t win you any sympathy points.

      • LuesDE@alien.topB
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        10 months ago

        And? It doesn’t matter how they were founded 100 years ago. Nowadays they are part of the Bayer AG and are one of three (soon to be two) clubs who are exempt from the 50+1 rule.