Vollkswagon's Legal Problems Affecting Spons Teams Of Sports Teams [Picture]

The fallout from the Volkswagon emisssion scandal also hits sposrsts,as sit effects the support of some sporting teams, such as this soccer team newspiece shows: :  

Manchester United’s Champions League opponents Wolfsburg are facing an uncertain financial future because of the scandal engulfing Volkswagen, according to a sports economics expert.

German car manufacturer Volkswagen own the Bundesliga club, and could be fined up to £11.8bn after cheating United States emissions tests.

Wolfsburg face United on Wednesday.

“When you suffer a big financial hit, you have to look for savings,” Simon Chadwick told BBC World Service Sport.

“Sponsorship is one of the things that gets hit during times of austerity. It has to have an impact on the club,” added Chadwick, professor of sport business strategy and marketing at Coventry University.

Wolfsburg was formed out of a multi-sports club for VW workers in 1945, and the company’s significant financial investment helped them win the Bundesliga title in 2009 and German Cup last season. They are currently fourth in the league table.

Chadwick said: “Depending on the size of the financial dent it remains to be seen whether they can sustain the level of expenditure, and therefore the team’s performance, that we’ve seen over recent seasons.”

Will the Volkswagen scandal affect other clubs?

According to Chadwick, financial trouble at Volkswagen could lead to problems at several other clubs – and in other sports.