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Post by Carl LaFong on Feb 18, 2020 14:03:21 GMT
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Feb 18, 2020 16:57:31 GMT
Isn't there a team called "Bayer Leverkusen"? I always assumed that it was named after the pharmaceutical company Bayer.
Red Bull now has a club in Brazil as well.
About Leipzig, I don't know what to think. On one hand I like to see a team from the former East Germany doing well, and I definitely like this:
But on the other hand I hate the business model of a football club belonging to a conglomerate or to a billionaire (and yes, that includes the Manchester clubs, Liverpool, Chelsea, PSG, etc...)
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Post by Carl LaFong on Feb 18, 2020 17:18:37 GMT
The club was founded in 1904 by employees of the German pharmaceutical company Bayer, whose headquarters are in Leverkusen and from which the club draws its name. It was formerly the best-known department of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a sports club whose members also participate in athletics, gymnastics, basketball and other sports including the RTHC Bayer Leverkusen (rowing, tennis and hockey). In 1999 the football department was separated from the sports club and is now a separate entity formally called Bayer 04 Leverkusen GmbH. The club's main colours are red and black, both having been used as the main shirt colour and with red and black stripes also having been used as home colours. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayer_04_Leverkusen |
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Post by bluerisk on Feb 18, 2020 17:56:18 GMT
Isn't there a team called "Bayer Leverkusen"? I always assumed that it was named after the pharmaceutical company Bayer.
Red Bull now has a club in Brazil as well.
About Leipzig, I don't know what to think. On one hand I like to see a team from the former East Germany doing well, and I definitely like this:
But on the other hand I hate the business model of a football club belonging to a conglomerate or to a billionaire (and yes, that includes the Manchester clubs, Liverpool, Chelsea, PSG, etc...)
I like Leipzig for it is a very professional working club, and it is not only Leverkusen: Wolfsburg => VW, Dortmund is (the only) club at the stock market, and even Bayern Munich has strategic partners (Audi, adidas) who provide much more money and thus "muscle" with their 10% stake, then some other club would get even if they sold 80% of all their stakes. But unlike Bayern they do not even have a 10%-partner... www.sportspromedia.com/news/bayern-munich-audi-bmw-sponsorship1.1 billion USD! Source Wiki
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Feb 18, 2020 18:21:54 GMT
Isn't there a team called "Bayer Leverkusen"? I always assumed that it was named after the pharmaceutical company Bayer.
Red Bull now has a club in Brazil as well.
About Leipzig, I don't know what to think. On one hand I like to see a team from the former East Germany doing well, and I definitely like this:
But on the other hand I hate the business model of a football club belonging to a conglomerate or to a billionaire (and yes, that includes the Manchester clubs, Liverpool, Chelsea, PSG, etc...)
I like Leipzig for it is a very professional working club, and it is not only Leverkusen: Wolfsburg => VW, Dortmund is (the only) club at the stock market, and even Bayern Munich has strategic partners (Audi, adidas) who provide much more money and thus "muscle" with their 10% stake, then some other club would get even if they sold 80% of all their stakes. But unlike Bayern they do not even have a 10%-partner... www.sportspromedia.com/news/bayern-munich-audi-bmw-sponsorship1.1 billion USD! Source Wiki
When I mentioned Bayer Leverkusen I was thinking specifically about the NAME of the team. The BBC article says that there is a law forbidding teams from being named after sponsors, but since Bayer Leverkusen has existed since 1904 (thanks Carl LaFong) I guess they must have been exempted.
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Post by bluerisk on Feb 18, 2020 22:01:43 GMT
I like Leipzig for it is a very professional working club, and it is not only Leverkusen: Wolfsburg => VW, Dortmund is (the only) club at the stock market, and even Bayern Munich has strategic partners (Audi, adidas) who provide much more money and thus "muscle" with their 10% stake, then some other club would get even if they sold 80% of all their stakes. But unlike Bayern they do not even have a 10%-partner... www.sportspromedia.com/news/bayern-munich-audi-bmw-sponsorship1.1 billion USD! Source Wiki
When I mentioned Bayer Leverkusen I was thinking specifically about the NAME of the team. The BBC article says that there is a law forbidding teams from being named after sponsors, but since Bayer Leverkusen has existed since 1904 (thanks Carl LaFong ) I guess they must have been exempted.
In the NFL clubs must have owners and the only exception are the Greenbay Packers whose status was grandfathered when this rule was established. Leverkusen is older then the Bundesliga.
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