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The Bundesliga is facing a legal dispute with Eurosport for a lot of money due to television commercialization, also at the expense of FC Bayern Munich and BVB.
- Bundesliga *: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge * and Hans-Joachim Watzke announce on the Crown crisis for an early restart of play.
- Now of all time threatens German Football League (DFL) for him TV backgrounds a lawsuit with Eurosport – Supposedly, they are about 70 million euros.
- Clubs like that FC Bayern Munich * and Borussia Dortmund Therefore, another loss is imminent.
Munich / Dortmund / Frankfurt – What do they have to do? Bundesliga clubs for him Coronavirus pandemic * Do not waste time with the financial consequences.
Last but not least, there is the discussion about the Ghost games, as a crucial source of high income, while ticket sales and marketing largely collapse. And now this too: like this Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (F.A.Z.) reports you want Eurosport terminates its television contract with the Bundesliga * – Immediately.
Bundesliga: Eurosport allegedly wants to terminate television contract with DFL
Previously, the TV and broadcast provider had previously refused to pay in installments. Now the subsidiary of the American media group wants Discovery consequently terminate the current contract for the remaining Bundesliga season 2019/20 * and for the next season.
Eurosport should refer to a special termination clause, which should apply in case of force majeure such as a pandemic, writes the FACE. Previously she had Sport picture reports that the DFL expects a timely extraordinary termination.
Because of Eurosport: Lost money from TV? Setback also for Rummenigge and Watzke
For him Bundesliga this would be a major setback in the fight against the economic consequences of the Crown crisis average According to the corresponding media reports, it is said to have a total volume of 70 million euros to go
Leading the way in the crisis of the Corona Bundesliga: Hans-Joachim Watzke (left) and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
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In particular Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, CEO of FC Bayern, and Hans-Joachim Watzke, Managing Director of BVB *, they are campaigning in this mixed situation for an early resumption of play and therefore also cause resentment.
Bundesliga in the crown crisis: FC Bayern and BVB advocate ghost games
Rummenigge had spectatorless games in an interview with the Munich Mercury * and the tz * referred to as “no alternative”.
“The DFL’s goal is to end the season in late June,” the Bayern boss said, warning of the dramatic consequences:Borussia Dortmund and Bavaria Munich would probably survive, but many other clubs will not. “
It is completely out of the question, “which will only be played in June, so you can forget it immediately,” he said against it. Watzke talking with him Mirror: “We still have nine game days to play, we still have relegation games and then the DFB Cup is added. And we have to hope that one game will also fail.”
TV Backgrounds: Is there now a legal dispute between the Bundesliga and Eurosport?
Eurosport surprisingly, he bought his package live in 2017/18 last year (Friday games, d. Red) by sub-license to the transmission service DAZN loaned
Aloud FACE. should Eurosport Pay 80 million euros a year to the DFL and receive from DAZN 40 million euros.
But in Corona’s recess, all media partners stopped making payments. Now threatens DFL a lawsuit, and the next million damages.
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