Football is our life, for King Football rules the world. This is how the song produced by Jack White in 1973 begins, recorded by the players of the German national football team for the 1974 World Cup. The opening lines of this song highlight the significance that football holds in Germany. Football is the sport with the highest presence on German television, and the German national football team has a recognition rate of 98 percent. The sport of football is organized by the German Football Association (DFB). This largest specialized association in the DOSB faced a crisis on January 19, 2005. Allegations were made that football matches had been manipulated by referees in connection with previously placed sports bets. The crisis of the so-called referee scandal is a unique crisis in history as experienced.