I can see your point with the Americanization. I also would love to see your article abou Bayern Munich. While I would partially agree with your statment, the 1860 thing is surely not Bayern Munich's doing. It was their stadium and they wanted to have it on their own without sharing it with another club.
Great article by the way :)
That's not the case at all. It was a stadium built by the city for both clubs. 1860 had 50%. Bayern "Financed our stadium completely by private means" with secret deals even though they weren't supposed to then took advantage of 1860's situation and had their own guy run the club and approve a horrible deal over the stadium, a deal they ended up terminating on one side.
The stadium was the result of a deal between the German FA, Munich 1860, and Bayern + Allianz. Bayern "paid" their share of the cost by selling 8.3 to Allianz. Then took advantage of 1860's financial situation and paid them 11 million for their share which equals Bayern's in a 370 million stadium.
It wasn't their stadium, that's why it is designed to have 3 different colors, red when Bayern are playing, White when the national team is playing, and Blue when 1860 are playing. After that, they had their man construct a deal where they would rent the stadium to 1860 with a rebuy clause (that's why 1860 agreed to only get 11 million), then Bayern conducted a one-sided termination.
You'd be surprised by how sketchy Bayern's history is. The simplest one would be their 2003 scandal with KirchMedia group.
I am very itnerested to hear about the KirchMedia group. Also who was the inside man, you are talking about?