This study will examine how globalization has affected German football and if it has caused the 50+1 rule to lose its value. Background to this study is the ongoing debate within German elite football to abolish the 50+1 rule and fully commercialize the league and associations. The rule was added in the early 2000s so that the associations would more easily have the opportunity to control their finances. The method used is a qualitative method based on semi-structured interviews. The informants who participate in this study are selected according to a strategic sampling. The theory that will be used is Nixon's "The Golden Triangle", which is used to analyze different ways that the DFL has been affected by globalization and how it has created more power for itself. The analysis method used is a thematic analysis, where patterns and themes are to be found in the interviews. What could be discerned in the result is that German elite football has come to a crossroads, they need to make a change to the 50+1 rule that is adapted to today's football society. The analysis of the material we have acquired ended in two fairly clear answers. The impact of globalization on German elite football is noticeable, but it has not affected to the extent that the values and traditions within it have been lost.

Svensk fotboll har en starkt rotad föreningskultur som bygger på ideellt engagemang,amatörmässiga ideal och demokrati. Under lång tid har dock fotbollen i stort genomgått enkommersialiseringsprocess där elitfotbollen allt mer styrs som företag och ekonomi blir alltviktigare. Detta har skapat en debatt kring 51-procentsregeln som hindrar privata investerare från attköpa upp svenska klubbar. Supportrarna värnar om denna regeln och under tidigt 10-tal var fråganom en avreglering uppe i Riksidrottsförbundets stämma men supportrarna protesterande och regelnblev kvar.Supportrarnas åsikt i frågan framkommer därmed tydligt vilket leder oss in på vårt syfte. Vi vill tareda på hur ledande organisationer inom svensk fotboll och svenska elitfotbollsklubbar ser på densvenska föreningskulturen och den svenska föreningsstrukturen, samt vad de anser att de finns förkonsekvenser med att ha kvar respektive häva 51-procentsregeln. För att genomföra studien har detgjorts totalt sju stycken intervjuer, med fem klubbchefer i svenska elitfotbollsklubbar och envardera med representanter från Riksidrottsförbundet och Svensk Elitfotboll.Studien har gett oss tydliga svar på vad dessa respondenter har för åsikter kring den svenskaföreningskulturen och 51-procentsregeln men även kring den svenska fotbollsstrukturen. Detframkommer i studien kritik till den svenska strukturen och även hanteringen av pandemin ochflertalet respondenter kräver förändringar. Studien hoppas kunna bidra med att vara ett underlag försådana eventuella förändringar samt hoppas vi, kunna öka förståelsen för olika aktörers perspektiv ihögst aktuella frågor. / Swedish football has a strongly rooted club culture based on non-profit involvement, amateurishideals and democracy. During a long time, however, football has largely undergone acommercialization process in which elite football is increasingly controlled as a company and theeconomy is becoming increasingly important. This has created a debate about the 50+1 rule thatprevents private investors from buying Swedish clubs. The supporters care about this rule andduring the early 10s the question of a deregulation was up in the Swedish Sports Confederationsmeeting but the supporters protested and the rule remained.The supporters' opinion on the issue is thus clear, which leads us into our purpose. We want to findout how leading organizations in Swedish football and Swedish elite football clubs view theSwedish club culture and club structure, as well as what consequences they believe exist ofretaining and removing the 50+1 rule, respectively. To conduct the study, a total of seven interviewswere conducted, with five club managers in Swedish elite football clubs and one each withrepresentatives from the Swedish Sports Confederation and Swedish Elite football.The study has given us clear answers to what opinions these respondents have about the Swedishclub culture and the 50+1 rule, but also about the Swedish football structure. The study revealscriticism of the Swedish structure and also how the pandemic has been handled and mostrespondents demands changes in the structure. The study hopes to be able to contribute as a basisfor such possible changes and we hope, to be able to increase the understanding of different actors'perspectives on highly current issues.