On Thursday evening, the annual general meeting will take place at FC Bayern The motion by member Michael Ott to stop the Qatar sponsorship will probably not be negotiated then. However, the lawyer still sees a chance.
Ott had submitted a motion at the end of October demanding that his favourite club let the sponsorship deal with Qatar Airways expire.
To date, the record champion has not responded to the motion, neither admitting nor rejecting it. Ott had tried to obtain an interim injunction before the Munich Regional Court because of the silence, which was rejected on the grounds of lack of urgency – just like the appeal against this court decision on Thursday.
Spontan application still possible – “A high hurdle “
This leaves the only option for the 28-year-old’s advocacy group to make a spontaneous motion at Thursday night’s meeting. According to Ott’s Twitter message at midday, he will choose this means because “all is not lost”.
In order for a spontaneous motion to be voted on, it needs a 75 per cent approval of the members present. The original motion itself, on the other hand, only needs 50 per cent approval to pass. 75 percentis a “very high hurdle “, as Ott tells the Munich AZ, and calls FC Bayern’s behaviour “perfidious and dastardly to push him into this situation”.
I didn’t expect that this would be necessary at some point and that the club would behave in such an unsportsmanlike manner.
Ott never thought he would file a lawsuit against “his club “ – he has been a fan since 2002, a member since 2007 – because “I really didn’t expect that this would be necessary at some point and that the club would behave in such an unsportsmanlike manner”.
