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FC Bayern Munich: The Best Run Club in Football - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 110]
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1. Bayern Munich is one of the world's biggest and most successful football clubs. They make a great case for being the best-run club with an enterprise value close to €3 billion, no debt, and three decades of profitability.
2. Bayern Munich has won a record 32 national Bundesliga titles, including the last ten in a row, which demonstrates their dominance in the sport.
3. Ulijunas revolutionized German football by selling the rest of soccer jerseys, besides just the team and Adidas logos. Even though this idea was initially considered controversial, it proved ahead of its time.
4. The culture of paying for extra TV channels is predominant in English households, but not as much in Germany. This led to the success of the English Premier League's TV deals and Sky's massive investment, which inspired other leagues to follow suit, but not in Germany.
5. '50 plus one' is an essential rule in German football clubs that protect them from bankruptcy and investors prioritizing profits over the sport. The majority of any club must be owned by the club itself, typically through member ownership and meetings. Members run the clubs through shareholders meetings, members meetings, and they elect the president of the club.
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