FC Bayern Munich president Ulrich Hoeness put a veto on the club’s esports plans, German tabloid BILD reports.

The club wanted to invest up to €5M to buy into popular and upcoming esports titles, such as League of Legends , Dota 2 , and Fortnite .

The club’s basketball division entered into competitive NBA 2K just recently, fielding the Bayern Ballers after an open tryout event.

Fans’ hopes of FC Bayern Munich entering esports in a big way anytime soon are off the table. The club’s president, Ulrich “Uli” Hoeness, vetoed against already advanced plans to enter multiple popular and upcoming esports titles, German tabloid BILD reports (paywall).

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Up to €5M of investment was planned to buy star-studded rosters in League of Legends , Dota 2 , and Fortnite , according to the report. Uli Hoeness ended these plans, however. In his view, there is no match between esports and FC Bayern Munich.

Talks about Bayern entering the scene in some capacity have been around for at least two years, ever since Bundesliga clubs such as VfL Wolfsburg or FC Schalke 04 started their own esports endeavours. In fact, Bayern’s basketball division just recently fielded an NBA 2K roster, the Bayern Ballers. But seemingly, even that’s not enough to convince the club’s boss to lead Germany’s most successful soccer club onto the competitive video gaming fields.

If BILD’s report proves to be true, the championship record-holders from Bayern would certainly miss out on one of the biggest growth opportunities on the intersection of entertainment and sports. Then again, the club is among the highest-earning soccer clubs in the World and could probably afford to be a late adapter. To many fans of esports and sports alike, it’s a downer, though.