Technical glitch: BVB decision postponed | OneFootball

Borussia Dortmund experiences a technical fiasco during its marathon membership meeting. The vote on a potential new club crest must therefore be postponed.

This year's Borussia Dortmund membership meeting set standards – but not only in a positive sense. In addition to the surprisingly narrow election of Hans-Joachim Watzke as the new BVB president, another agenda item, in particular, sparked conversation. In the end, the possible change of the club crest was not addressed at all.

As reported by the WAZ, the motion to change the crest was supposed to be called at around 12:50 AM. However, by that time, the meeting was already deep in a technical crisis. During the first-ever hybrid voting, there were repeated problems – ironically, when the applicant Sam-Joel Renken was supposed to be connected, the sound failed. Presenting his motion was therefore impossible.

Renken, who according to Ruhr Nachrichten wants to change the logo for personal aesthetic reasons, is advocating a return to an older version of the crest. This version, used in the 1940s and 1960s, is characterized by a darker shade of yellow, thinner letters, and an additional, significantly wider black outer ring.

Chaos at Membership Meeting: BVB Postpones Decision on Club Crest

A similar version was also in use between 1974 and 1993 and is currently featured on the cup jersey that BVB uses in the DFB-Pokal and Champions League. Renken considers this version to be "much more elegant" than the minimalist emblem used since 1993.

However, the vote on this matter receded into the distance in the early morning hours. After more than 13 hours full of debates, technical interruptions, and an already emotionally charged atmosphere, many attendees simply lacked the energy to make such a fundamental decision. Watzke finally ended what was likely the longest membership meeting in the club's history shortly after the start of the 14th hour – the crest motion remained unresolved.

Whether the BVB members even want a change to the familiar, bright yellow crest is currently uncertain. What is clear is that the final decision must be made at a later meeting. Until then, Borussia Dortmund will continue with the well-known club logo – and the debate about tradition, aesthetics, and identity goes into overtime.

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