FC Bayern Munich: "The crisis has laid bare how vulnerable the football business model is" (O. Kahn)

"The (Covid-19) crisis has ruthlessly laid bare how vulnerable the football business model is. The saturation of the clubs' traditional sources of income, coupled with further increases in salaries, will lead to a dead end in the long run. Pandemic clauses and Financial Fair Play regulations that apply to all clubs and, more importantly, are enforceable are possible options for dealing with a sport that has gone off the rails," said Oliver Kahn, board member and future chairman of FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga), succeeding Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (from 01/01/2022), in an interview with FC Bayern Basketball magazine on 28/09/2020.

"A central issue is obviously how the current crisis will affect and change the football industry in the future. The most important question at the moment is when it will be possible to play in front of crowds again. There are plans here (in Germany) which, provided things continue to settle down with the Coronavirus pandemic, allow for an incremental increase in the number of spectators," added Oliver Kahn.

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