Bundesliga mulls new play-offs format amid Bayern dominance

Bundesliga mulls new play-offs format amid Bayern dominance

Julian Nagelsmann's Bayern are presently 9 points clear at the pinnacle of the table, a lead they're predicted to defend when they journey to minnows Bochum on Saturday. 

With the league now dealing with every other 12 months with out a severe name race and a decade of dominance from the Bavarian giants, questions are being requested about the possibility of a brand new format. 

"There are no taboos for me. If play-offs will help us, then we will speak approximately play-offs," new German Football League CEO Donata Hopfen instructed Bild newspaper in an interview closing Sunday. 

On Wednesday, she got some not going assist from Bayern, the membership who would in concept have maximum to lose from a new format. 

"A layout with semi-finals and a final would suggest more excitement for the fans, so it makes experience to discover those ideas. We're always open to new tips," Bayern CEO Oliver Kahn told Kicker magazine. 

German soccer determined its champions thru a system of regional leagues and country wide play-offs till the Bundesliga changed into created in 1963, and smaller European leagues which include the Belgian Pro League have brought a play-off gadget in recent decades. 

The Bundesliga would be the first major European league to introduce such a format, but, and the thought has additionally been met with scepticism in a few quarters. 

German supporter advocacy group "Unsere Kurve" flatly rejected the concept on Thursday, arguing that stricter financial regulations and fairer distribution of TV cash were a better way to improve opposition. 

Kicker reported that almost all of Bundesliga golf equipment are also against the concept, naming Bayer Leverkusen, Eintracht Frankfurt and Union Berlin as examples. 

But whether with a layout alternate or extra regulation, the league is beginning to renowned that Bayern's hegemony is turning into a extreme problem.

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