Martin Kind lets Hannover 96 run riot
Did Martin Kind's vote ensure that the German Football League opened up to an investor? Hannover 96 urgently wants to know the answer to this question - but the professional soccer boss of the Lower Saxony club is remaining silent on the matter.
Professional soccer boss Martin Kind has not disclosed his much-discussed voting behavior on the German Football League (DFL) investor deal to parent club Hannover 96. This was confirmed by the managing director and majority shareholder of the hived-off professional company to the "Neue Presse" in Hanover.
Kind said that the management of Hannover 96 e.V., which is dominated by Kind's opponents, had received the requested statement from him on Wednesday. Whether he voted yes or no, however, was something the 79-year-old entrepreneur kept to himself. "I answered that, it was a secret ballot - and I'm sticking to it," he said. That was "the rules of the game" of the DFL general meeting.
At its meeting on Monday, the governing body of the 36 German professional clubs approved the entry of a strategic partner with exactly the two-thirds majority required. The clubs voted 24 in favor, ten against and two abstentions. And the fact that the twelve latter clubs publicly acknowledged their voting behavior at least allows the conclusion that Kind voted yes for the 96ers. He himself only told the Bild newspaper: "Nobody knows whether the clubs that are now saying they voted no really did so."
Does 50+1 still work in Hannover?
Kind's approval of the investment would be piquant for two reasons: Firstly, the parent club had instructed the professional managing director to vote no. This is exactly what the e.V. is entitled to do according to the so-called 50+1 rule in German professional soccer. This rule stipulates that the parent clubs must retain the right to issue instructions and the majority of votes even if the professional division has been spun off into a corporation.
A "yes" vote by Kind against the instructions of the parent club would therefore also be a further indication that the 50+1 rule can no longer be enforced at Hannover 96. The e.V. management had already tried to remove Kind as professional managing director last year - and failed in two courts.
The management of the DFL only sees Kind's voting behavior as an internal problem for 96. However, the management of Hannover 96 e.V. accuses the DFL of not sufficiently ensuring that its own 50+1 rule still applies at the club. "Because this right to issue instructions was repeatedly not observed by Mr. Kind," said a board member.
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Source: www.ntv.de
