Bayern board directors Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Uli Hoeneß have fired back at Schalke 04 chief Rudi Assauer's complaint alleging a disproportionately high TV presence on the part of the Munich giants. The Bavarian officials firmly denied Bayern stood to gain financially from live coverage on German Free-TV channel ARD of the first game of the second half of the league programme on 21 January against Hamburg. "We're not getting any money for the match. Assauer should do his homework before shouting his mouth off. We'd happily let his club play the match," Hoeneß declared. The Bayern general manager said Munich had "fought tooth and nail" against appearing in the live match, "because we know our crowd won't come out for a Friday evening match in January." Hoeneß feared his counterpart was merely "courting short-term popularity" and insisted: "If Schalke had won as many championships as we have, I reckon the TV people would show Schalke." Assauer had criticised Bayern's frequent appearances on free TV compared to Schalke. "There comes a point where you can't understand the TV stations any more," the outspoken boss declared. Assauer called for ARD to televise Schalke's meeting with champions Werder Bremen when the domestic action resumes after Christmas. The live game at the beginning of the season in August featured the Ruhr Valley club against Werder. from fcb ========================== Haha I have always liked Assauer, he reminds me of the stereo typical mafia boss always smoking his cigar.
Yes the Cigar is a nice touch. As much as I think Assauer is ranting - the league does need a little more financial parity. But I love it when Uli "responds" to people
Rudi Assauer again. Always the same old ********. I remember he once said Bayern were a club "without any tradition", opposed to his beloved Schalke. Of course that was ridiculous. Bayern was founded in 1900, Schalke in 1904, but didn`t get the name "Schalke" before 1923! Also Bayern had German internationals already before 1914. Bayern already had far more tradition before Schalke became big in the 1930s, including winning the German Championship before Schalke went on to win its first. Clueless Assauer.
I like my pills colorful, they put me in a psychedelic state of mind. Though I leave the details up to my nurse.
They always make movies about the red ones. Bastards!!! I'm so blue! You don't like see everything in code do ya?
I enjoyed it. Of course, I am a fan of black & white artsy films that revolve around some twisted plot that involves the number PI, the stock market, and the Koran. Plus it has some good electronica to fill in the ambience. Interesting movie. What was this thread about anyways.... clearly noone cares anymore.
I don't really understand this attack from Assauer. The F.C. Schalke 04 games are often shown on TV this year. He's right when he say Bayern is shown vs. every ********. There was often a lot of more exciting matches like Bayern vs. unknown or unimportantly. But the most capitalistic club is munich not F.C. Schalke 04. He`s right to say that is Bayern vs. Hamburger S.V. not the most interesting match, but F.C. Schalke 04 vs. S.V. Werder isn't too. The most interested I think is F.S.V. Mainz vs. V.f.B. Stuttgart at this matchday. Bayerns history, hm.
Hummmmmm... nope. Schalke is a nice team and deserve to be right behind Munich in the standings. Looking forward to the next time the two teams meet. The Munich Machine is just kicking into gear Senior PileD