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Originally Posted by JudgeHoldem
you don't think that RB is in it for the long haul in the city of leipzig?
I think they are, but still their raison d'être is advertisement, which ironically is probably a big reason why they aren't spending more money this season
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Originally Posted by vruuuuk
I don't know the full story behind this purchases so I will refrain myself from socially ******ing back at you.
Anyway, I could totally see why THEIR fans could be angry if they see their beloved team losing it's history/meaning/soul/whatever.
But I most definitely don't get why other teams' fans would be angry.
Also, I didn't know Leipzig was the new China even before China went full China.
Rich people like to play Football Manager in real life, that's how it is. If I had a Billion Euros to my name I would definitely make my local team my toy and people would love it.
Sorry, that remark was hyperbole for effect. The thing is, the "club" didn't have any fans that could get angry about losing their souls because they basically purchased the 7th division license of a club that went broke which is a legally dubious move in itself.
The basic reason for the hate is probably selfishness and feeling threatened; Hoffenheim for example used to be widely hated because everyone expected them to go to the top. Now that it's evident that they're happy just being mediocre, fans of the big teams still have some dislike but really don't care, while fans of smaller teams who were displaced in the bundesliga still hate their guts.
The last point is significant: there's a lot of teams with large fanbases in the second division who are frustrated because they feel they're not competing on a level playing field financially. This is where it matters if you care about where the money comes from. Some clubs get it by selling out their stadium and having regional or national pull, some because t a billionaire happened to be born there.
To be fair, those fans don't just hate everyone north of them in the table, Augsburg or Darmstadt also aren't bigger clubs than Stuttgart or Nürnberg but people recognise that they're just acting smarter.
I'm not really radical on this at all, I find most of the "against modern football" stuff silly and am likely the only person in my 150k member club that would be open to sell some equity stake to investors. Talk to some guys and they're Liverpool level of insane, they basically think everyone playing for and even going to games is scum.
People will get used to it though. Wolfsburg and Leverkusen are basically the same and while they're still disliked and get mocked for having no fans, but there's no controversy about them. And eventually it's going to happen everywhere and then they'll be nothing special anymore