Does FC Bayern still fit in the Bundesliga? The concept of the first German league without Bayern is currently very popular. Especially by TV expert Marcel Reif.
- FC Bayern * has dominated the Bundesliga for years.
- Among other things, Marcel Reif is increasingly promoting a Bundesliga without FCB.
- This could bring more excitement to everyday life in the league.
Munich - FC Bayern dominate the Bundesliga after the Corona break - once again you have to say. Munich are currently seven points ahead and are back on a masterclass. It would be the eighth title in a row.
FCB also impressively prevailed in the top duel against Borussia Dortmund - for BVB the game could only have ended with a lucky punch. The superiority of Bayern then became even more striking in the game against Fortuna Düsseldorf *: With 5: 0, the Fortuna was shot out of the stadium - including impressive ball relay and also in the penalty area.
FC Bayern out of the Bundesliga? Reif means: "unavoidable"
The Bundesliga is increasingly threatening to fall into different classes - with the Munich team representing a class of its own. Is it still exciting?
Football expert Marcel Reif has often put the concept that Bayern would have to leave the Bundesliga so that a league operation at eye level can be established again. So also in Sport1 - “double pass” after the Düsseldorf swatter. Stern editor Tim Schulze also agrees with Reif.
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In his Sport1 column, Reif becomes even clearer: "It currently has nothing to do with competition," he says. Even if Reif explicitly points out that hardly anyone wants to take FCB out of the league. In the long run, however, it was “not avoidable” . The gap between teams like Paderborn, Düsseldorf and Munich is already too big.
FC Bayern out of the Bundesliga? Class differences are getting bigger
While some are financially tight, others might consider buying Leroy Sané * or Kai Havertz for mega transfers - or both? The Corona crisis will only widen this gap, oracle oracles. He sees one reason for this in the unequal distribution of TV funds. However, one can also take the view that the "big" clubs have developed this standing over decades, the expert puts his "other side" next to it.
Reif doesn't name any culprits and doesn't present a perfect alternative solution. However, he says: “It makes no sense to press FC Bayern into a league with Düsseldorf, Paderborn and ten other such teams. (...) Without Bavaria and Dortmund you get a competition that deserves its name again. "
Bayern in a super league? Other leagues also have class problems
But it gets really interesting when you look beyond the national borders , because: Where should Bayern play when they move out of the Bundesliga, if not in a kind of European superleague with the other top teams like Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain or Liverpool FC .
This superleague concept would actually make sense from the perspective of other leagues. Because the superiority of one or fewer clubs is not a problem that the Bundesliga * alone has . In Italy , Juventus Turin has also dominated events for ages. There is no way around Paris in France . In Spain , Barca and Real have at least two teams in a title race. Even the Premier League is increasingly becoming a class society. A similar picture emerges in supposedly smaller leagues, such as Greece (Piraeus) or Portugal (Porto and Benfica Lisbon).
Is a European Super League the solution in the end? League concepts, through which the teams can largely play at eye level within the economy and thereby also maintain sporting tension, would certainly have their advantages. Both FC Bayern, which would then be required every week, and teams such as Paderborn or Düsseldorf could benefit from it.
Bayern out of the Bundesliga: does a super league of top clubs make sense?
However, such a superleague would upset all league and cup systems that have grown over decades and through which football could only gain its social importance . For example, a Champions League * would only be possible as a cup competition for the Super League and would lose much of its appeal.
It is at least questionable whether everyone would really win in the end. A completely different point could break the neck of the concept: A super league would require that football associations like the DFB change their draft horses to a supranational association. From an organizational and financial point of view, that would be rather defective. But who, if not the national football associations, could trigger such a super league? By the time the associations take this step, the scissors will have to diverge much more permanently and extremely.
In the end, the question also arises: Wouldn't a super league widen the gap between the “normal” and this luxury class? And fundamentally, it is also not certain whether FC Bayern can really maintain the dominance of recent years in the future.
As an alternative to the Bavarian league excerpt, as Reif is painting it on the wall, there are also other concepts that would bring tension again. A transfer * or investment cap alone could prevent two-tier companies from entering the market. In addition, a drafting system, such as in the NBA, could provide more equal opportunities.
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