 He also financially supports the Heidelberger RK, one of only two professional rugby clubs in Germany, in a sport otherwise fully amateur.In May 2017, he became chairman of the French rugby union club Stade Français.The Rugbystreit in German Rugby was a rugby controversy in (Rugby union) which pitched the German Rugby Federation on one side against billionaire Dr. Hans-Peter Wild and Wild Rugby Academy (WRA) on the other.