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The CEO is glad that after more than eight hours of emotional negotiations they came to a unanimous decision in the spirit of the Bundesliga brand. "We, Austria Wien, emphasized the aspect of unity and balance in the discussion," says Kraetschmer about the agreement.
The compromise which was worked out was a good and appropriate one. "After the actual settlement of the first third of the championship, the tendency simply showed that something had to be changed." In our opinion the league would have developed in a wrong direction if we had not corrected it," summed up the Austria Wien boss.
In the weeks leading up to the club conference many talks had been held, proposals (Admira and LASK) and counterproposals (Rapid and Sturm/without specific figures) had been introduced. At the beginning of the meeting, Gerhard Stocker, chairman of the Bundesliga Supervisory Board, successfully launched his attempt at mediation.
As a result, a model has been developed that all parties have agreed to after intensive and long discussions. "It was very important that in the sense of the entire development of the Bundesliga juridical disputes be avoided, various complaints would have not only massively and permanently damaged the Bundesliga brand and its development," says Kraetschmer.
He also thinks outside the box and in the direction of the European Cup, where Austria is currently fighting for eleventh place in the European five-year classification. "For the clubs that play in the European Cup and score points for this classification, it is an advantage if they are being challenged in the league by exciting and tight games week for week," said the ex-banker.
It is also from this point of view that we need a Bundesliga with clubs that do not drift too far apart due to the self-selected cross-distribution of the TV revenues. "It is a success that the Stocker-compromise has been achieved with less differentiation of distribution," explains Kraetschmer.
The four-pillar model of distribution (each 30 percent basic amount and points, each 20 percent Austrian-player bonus and stadium attendance) remained unchanged, but the differentiation between first and last club (last pay-out ratio 1:2.65) has been slightly corrected downwards.
"We have proven as a unit that the league has the strength to resolve conflicts on its own, and the result provides planning and legal certainty for all clubs," said Stocker. Another effect is that the HPYBET 2nd League also benefits from the new regulation.
The tipico-Bundesliga agreed to allocate half a million euros to the second league per year as additional support before the distribution of their TV revenues. "A unanimous and wise decision. The second league is a great platform for the development of our Young Violets and it is necessary that there is an economical and healthy substructure," says Kraetschmer.
Since the implementation of the Bundesliga with twelve clubs in the summer of 2018, Sky has exclusive TV rights until 2021/22. Incidentally, this year the private broadcaster, which entered the domestic league in 1999 as ‘Premiere’, celebrates their 20-year cooperation anniversary with the Bundesliga.
Sky presented a proud fall balance in 2018 shortly after the turn of the year. From the first to the 18th round, the live games and the coverage achieved an average of 1.21 million clicks per game day, 59 percent of which through live broadcasts.
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Ausgabe KW 12/2019 |
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Bundesliga:
23. Runde, 31.03.2019, 17:00 Uhr, FC Red Bull Salzburg - FK Austria Wien (Alle Infos >>)
24. Runde, 07.04.2019, 14:30 Uhr, FK Austria Wien - SK Puntigamer Sturm Graz (Alle Infos >>)
25. Runde, 14.04.2019, 14:30 Uhr, RZ Pellets WAC - FK Austria Wien (Alle Infos >>)
2. Liga
20. Runde, 29.03.2019, 19:10 Uhr, SV Licht-Loidl Lafnitz - Young Violets Austria Wien
21. Runde, 05.04.2019, 19:10 Uhr, Young Violets Austria Wien - SK Austria Klagenfurt
22. Runde, 12.04.2019, 19:10 Uhr, FC Pasching - Young Violets Austria Wien