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    The German football tax

    By Phil Holland

    Wednesday, March 11, 2009

    How about this for a populist idea; top flight Bundesliga football available in every home in Germany for the same price as half a beer a month? The idea is the brainchild of Bayern Munich general manager, Uli Hoeness, and would, he contends, reap such financial rewards for Bundesliga clubs that their television income would be comparable with the Premier League's colossal deals and would rejuvenate German football's European standing. Hoeness has suggested that Germany's 37.5m households pa ...

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