The final escalation level was reached on Sunday. In a circular to the 36 Bundesliga clubs, the streaming platform DAZN accused their umbrella organization, the German Football League (DFL), of spreading slander about them. “The credibility of DAZN as a trustworthy business partner” has been “massively discredited by the behavior and statements of the DFL management in the past two weeks.” A tone between contractual partners that gives little hope for a further fruitful shared future. Quite the opposite: The danger of a legal dispute over the allocation of television rights for the 2025/26 to 2028/29 seasons is becoming tangible.
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