50 + 1 rule: No special permit for children in Hanover 96

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F Rankfurt / Main (AP) – Next defeat for Martin Kind – for the moment. The 74-year-old hearing care professional, who is the enemy of many fans in Hannover and sometimes beyond, can not become the majority shareholder of Hannover 96.

The German Football League (DFL) has rejected a special permit application in the Bundesliga of Lower Saxony. In the end, it could even lead to the so-called 50 + 1 rule falling completely in Germany.

"We will now follow the announced path and take all necessary and legal steps," said the club. According to experts, the chances of success are very good. As a precaution, the DFL has already submitted a request for examination to the Bundeskartellamt. Clearly, the badociation itself is not sure that the 50 + 1 rule can violate antitrust laws.

"There has been intense public debate on the 50 + 1 rule in recent months, which is intended to bring clarity to all concerned," said DFL President Reinhard Rauball in an edition of the According to the DFL, Kind now has the opportunity to appeal to the Permanent Arbitration Tribunal for licensing leagues.

Earlier, the league had rejected the application of Kind and 96 on l & rsquo; Special authorization of the so-called 50 + 1 rule. "In the final evaluation, the LDF Bureau concluded that the" substantial funding "criterion as a condition for granting a derogation from the 50 + 1 rule is Is not respected, "said the DFL.The Bundesliga club reacted indignantly." The decision of the DFL presidium is incomprehensible and obviously false. We can not understand the fundamentals of the presidency of the LDF, "he says in a statement of the club.

Child, who runs the badociation for 20 years with a brief break, and 96 already throws a waiver to Competitors from Bayer Leverkusen League, VfL Wolfsburg and 1899 Hoffenheim were approved. "We note again that the exceptional request, which was made jointly by Hannover 96 eV, Hannover 96 KGaA and Mr Kind, was made on the basis of the existing Rule 50 + 1 and did not call it into question. Hannover 96 has only baderted the same rights as those already granted to VfL Wolfsburg, Bayer Leverkusen and 1899 Hoffenheim. "

With the DFL, Kind had recently made skirmishes over and over again.In a legal dispute, German football is in fact no interest.The decision of the now announced DFL had dragged on for months. More recently, the League Association had actually wanted to make a decision in early February, after which the child initially made his application inactive, because he wanted to wait for a political discussion in German professional football, which had never existed, the majority of clubs voted to continue the rule and the child activated its request.

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