Bayern Munich won 10 consecutive titles, setting a record for the five major leagues in Europe. It was certainly a great historic moment for the Southern Star and his fans, but it was somewhat unfortunate for the bundesliga as a whole.
The most suspenseful league! The point difference lasts in double digits
After beating Dortmund 3-1, Bayern led by 12 points to win the title three rounds in advance, which sounds like a big point difference? But in the past 10 years, the Bundesliga has been a routine operation!
Last season, Bayern ended up 13 points ahead of second-place Leipzig. The 2019-20 lead over Dortmund is also 13 points, the 2018-19 season narrowly beat Dortmund by 2 points, which is already the only time the point difference is within double digits; the 2017-18 season lead Schalke is 21 points!
In 2016-17, he led Leipzig by 15 points, by 10 points in 2015-16, by 10 points by Wolfsburg in 2014-15, by 19 points in 2013-14, and by a staggering 25 points by Dort in 2012-13!
So, the Bundesliga is one of the five major leagues in Europe with the least suspense of the championship. How about Ligue 1? In the past 10 years, Greater Paris has lost the league title twice.
Digging all over the Bundesliga, all the strong transfusions of Bayern
Bayern has dominated for 10 consecutive years, the overall strength is superior, belongs to the existence of a unique slot, but the emergence of this monopoly advantage is related to their continuous poaching from other bundesliga teams.
The main shooter, Levan, came from Dort for free. Captains Neuer and Goretzka are from Schalke 04, Upamecano and Sabice are from Leipzig, Jules is from Hoffenheim, Pawar and Kimmich are from Stuttgart, Gnabry is from Bremen and Sane is from Schalke.
In short, among Bayern's main players this season, only Thomas Müller is really from his own youth training, and even Musiara is recruited from the Chelsea youth training.
Of course, Bayern is willing to buy, the players are willing to come, and other teams are willing to sell, because they can get transfer income. Dort sold Götze and Hummels to the King of the South, and he made 70 million yuan in two payments, so why not? Over time, the other bundesliga teams have developed this mentality and way of survival, and it is already their success to get runners-up.
Bundesliga tragedy: income is too low, the Champions League is crotch-pulling
Bayern is a big family, but it is not a good thing for the Bundesliga as a whole, first of all, the decline in excitement and attractiveness, the direct impact and consequence of which is that the broadcast income is too low.
Last season, for example, the Premier League's broadcast revenue was 3.4 billion euros, of which 1.5 billion were overseas. La Liga is 2 billion euros, 89 million overseas. The Bundesliga only has 1.4 billion euros, the domestic accounted for 110 million, while the overseas only 28 million, not as good as Serie A!
Looking at the overseas market alone, the broadcast revenue of the Premier League in 2022-25 is as high as 630 million euros, la Liga is 440 million in 2019-22, and the broadcast revenue in the Bundesliga in 2021-24 is only 100 million, the gap is too big! And the latest broadcast contract in 2021-25 is down from the previous one, which is the first time in 12 years in the Bundesliga.
Bayern chairman Kahn recently bluntly said: "The Bundesliga tv revenue is seriously imbalanced compared to other top leagues. Bayer Leverkusen CEO Fernando Carlo also said that if the Bundesliga cannot find a way to bridge the TV revenue gap, the Bundesliga could become a "development alliance" for the Premier League.
Another consequence is that the overall performance of Bundesliga teams in the Champions League is too crotch-pulling. This season, of the four teams participating in the Champions League, only Bayern qualified in the group stage, Leipzig and Dortmund were third in the group, and Wolfsburg went straight out.
Last season, they all qualified, but Leipzig and Borussia Moncheng stopped in the round of 16, and Bayern and Dort fell to the quarterfinals. The 2019-20 season was a triumph in the Bundesliga, with Leipzig reaching the Champions League final four for the first time and Bayern finally winning the title. In the 2018-19 season, Bayern and Dortmund stopped in the round of 16 together, and the Bundesliga was tragically destroyed and missed the quarterfinals.
In short, in terms of the overall performance and results of the Champions League, the Bundesliga is far from catching up with the Premier League and La Liga. The 2012-13 Bayern and Dortmune finals were precisely because Klopp led the Hornets to a successful rise and challenged the Southern Kings, which is also the most needed in the Bundesliga.
50+1, too many restrictions need to be reformed
However, the two-time champions of Dort were also short-lived, failing to really bring down Bayern, now? The King of the South has won the national derby for 8 consecutive wins! Overwhelming advantage. Other teams don't even have the heart to challenge and don't want to make progress.
The root cause of the disparity has to be traced back to the Bundesliga's unique 50+1 policy, which certainly restricts the intrusion of foreign capital, makes the Bundesliga team relatively healthy financially, and the fans are still one of the owners of the club, but it also makes it impossible for the Bundesliga to produce its own Chelsea, Manchester City, and Greater Paris.
If Chelsea and Manchester City had not appeared in the Premier League, it is possible that United would still maintain a monopoly on the title, as was the case with Bayern. In fact, the pattern of the Nanda King is still large, and he has taken the initiative to call for the reform of 50+1 to enhance the overall competitiveness of the Bundesliga, but the most opposed to the reform is precisely the Dot who may benefit from it.
In the name of this, this is to uphold tradition, football or people's football, Red Bull Leipzig has been fiercely criticized for its capital status. But what is the difference between Leverkusen, Wolfsburg and Hoffenheim in essence from Leipzig? Cover your ears and ring the bell.
Since professional football is to be played, the Bundesliga should be reformed, otherwise, it will not be able to reach the Premier League and La Liga.