Bundesliga hammer: League redistributes TV money - BVB boss speaks of a "painful compromise"

Due to the corona pandemic, the DFL has distributed the TV money more fairly for the coming years.

The social interest in the clubs will now also be taken into account.

• The

  DFL

  will distribute the

  TV money more

  fairly in the coming years

• More money will be distributed evenly, and the social interest in the clubs will from now on also be taken into account

• DFL boss

  Christian Seifert

  warns the clubs at the same time

Munich - Before the solution, first the shock!

announced on Monday that German professional football would have to

accept

up to

in sales losses

due to the

.

He drew a horror scenario.

"The last season was at best a mild breeze," warned the

.

"Now the storm is coming" and sent a piece of advice afterwards: "You shouldn't cover the roof in the middle of a storm."

In the next four years, there will be an average of around

to be distributed

per season for media rights from German-speaking countries

- to ensure the stability of the

clubs

and the 2nd division, a larger part of the sum will be distributed evenly than before (53 percent in the next two seasons).

Bundesliga: Hammer!

League redistributes TV money - BVB boss speaks of a "painful compromise"

All clubs in the

certainly receive 24.7 million euros from the “equal distribution” pillar in the next season, and all clubs in the second division will receive 6.9 million euros.

BVB

boss Hans Joachim Watzke spoke of a "painful compromise".

This was "against the background of the

and for reasons of solidarity, but inevitable and therefore correct," said Watzke after the decision.

As before, the second major pillar is athletic performance (42 percent by 2022/23, then 43 percent).

Good work with young talent will continue to be rewarded (3 percent by 2022/23, then 4 percent) - what is new, however, is the consideration of social interests as a fourth pillar (2 percent by 2022/23, then 3 percent).

But ratings are not used for this, but "the appearance of the players and the external impact of a team," as

said.

In the market research, the interest of fans in the clubs of the

and 2nd league queried.

Bundesliga: Fan scene criticizes distribution - "Temporary Corona relief measures"

There was criticism from the fan camps.

The supposed "

equal

distribution turns out to be a temporary

", so the fan alliance "Our curve" to the SID.

DFB boss Seifert, however, was satisfied with the key.

Above all, the alleged unity of the clubs, which recently discussed so heatedly with each other, was noticed.

“This decision has the potential to hold the league together.

Others have to decide whether this will happen, ”said

and called on the clubs to continue working on reducing their personnel costs.

"One or the other club has not done enough in terms of player salaries," he criticized.