This has been seen as contrary to common practice in Germany, where football clubs have traditionally relied on voluntary registered associations, with sometimes very large number of members, and where the 50 + 1 rule has ensured that club members have a formal controlling stake.
Ini merupakan kebalikan dari kebiasaan di Jerman, dimana klub sepak bola biasanya mengandalkan asosiasi pendaftar sukarela, terkadang dengan jumlah anggota yang besar, dan dimana peraturan 50 + 1 memastikan bahwa anggota klub memiliki saham pengendali resmi.