In an article for LawInSport Christian Keidel and Alexander Engelhard give an overview of the factual and regulatory evolution of club ownership in Germany, explaining in detail the 50+1 rule and its application in practice by looking at the examples of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, TSV 1860 Munich and RasenBallsport Leipzig. For the article “Football club ownership in Germany – less romantic than you might think”, please click here.