The Hopp affair of February 2020: in Bayern Munich versus TSG Hoffenheim, Bayern ultras displayed an insulting banner directed at Dietmar Hopp. Referee Christian Dingert stopped the match twice. Bayern’s players demonstratively stood in front of the banner and showed solidarity with Hopp.
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Uli Hoeness embraced the TSG patron in front of the television cameras. The DFL threatened match abandonments and games behind closed doors. The debate about patronage, 50+1 and football’s commercialisation reached a new peak.