The German Football League (DFL) has given up on the lucrative agreement it had reached with the CVC fund. In exchange for 8% of the future television rights of the Bundesliga and the German second division, the league was to obtain almost a billion euros from CVC.
German fans feared a drift towards “over-commercialization” of football. To protest against the arrival of CVC, they disrupted the progress of several matches by throwing tennis balls and even sweets onto the lawn.