The congested football schedule, particularly for top clubs like Bayern Munich, has raised significant concerns about player burnout and welfare due to continuous games. Legendary former CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has pointed fingers at players themselves for their relentless pursuit of higher wages and demanding contracts. He argues that increased financial expectations lead to greater scheduling pressures, as clubs are pushed to generate revenue from more competitions, including the new Club World Cup. This cycle raises questions about player welfare and the future of football scheduling amidst escalating demands.
Our players should stop complaining! All the contract negotiations that I witnessed with us always go in one direction: ever higher, ever further, ever faster.
But all that money has to come from somewhere. It's another miracle that the DFL was able to maintain its status in terms of TV revenues and even improve it by 2%.
But the players and their agents are demanding more, so it won't stay at 2%. Then the money will have to come from other competitions like the new Club World Cup in the summer.
That's the trap that the players have set for themselves.
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