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During Leverkusens match last saturday their fans showed a banner with the title "There's many music styles - but only two genders" (www.express.de)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (11 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (10 children)

The Team existed as Bayer Leverkusen 100 years before 50+1 was a thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (5 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Which one is the third club? As far as I know, it's only Leverkusen and RB

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Hoffenheim, Leverkusen, Wolfsburg.

RB is just shady. They are no works team. They are RasenBallsport Leipzig e.V., e.V. meaning "eigetragener Verein" - registered association. A "normal" club on paper.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Leverkusen, Wolfsburg and Hoffenheim. RB is not exempt from 50+1. They found a workaround

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

RB is not legally exempt from the rule, they just get around it.

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