Members pay €100 a year each, for their „share“ in the e.V.So with this model the club wants to spend 10 million do the 75000 have to cough up 5 ?
Or are the 75000 of you committing the perfect crime where you have equal say but none of the financial burden ?
I think Derby used a similar model where they spend 36 million and 62 million of us carried that cost, unless that poor sod coughed and sorted HMRC out.
not bitter at all
They elect a board - including supporter representatives - who then run things on a daily basis.
Commercial deal are done, including sponsorships and other investment, and that, along with ticket revenue and broadcast income, is where the bulk of the money comes from.
There are strict financial regulations in German football; before the start of each season, every club must present detailed accounts and a business plan, and only then will they get a license to play from the German FA.
Any club not producing those, or producing a business plan that doesn’t add up, can be forcibly relegated, as in recent years those grand old clubs 1. FC Kaiserslautern and TSV 1860 München have found to their cost.
Last Season in the 3. Liga, Türkgügü München basically ran out of money mid season, and were stopped from playing by the DFB and their results annulled, and the club then shortly after were liquidated.
A situation like Derby, where they were able to consistently cheat for several seasons, would be unlikely to happen in the German game, as any such club trying to fiddle the books that way would get found out very quickly (and good luck trying to cheat the German Taxman as well).
