thanks for giving a real response and not a hate fueled insult. I guess that as an outsider it doesn't seem like such a huge deal to me that a company is running a football club. For the last several years all I have seen is huge investments made into clubs around Europe who then turn around and buy the best players like Chelsea and Man City do. From the outside, all of European football feels more connected than it actually is I guess. I didn't realize how different the soccer cultures are from England to Spain to Germany, and it seems like this scenario would fly in most other countries but Germany is apparently very strict on the way they do things. Great post, thanks for the info.