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The second Austrian football league starts its new season Friday in the new format. With the addition of 16 clubs, including "farm" teams and quasi-amateur teams, a repositioning is also required. "Reflect on a new realism," Reinhard Herovits, a member of the Bundesliga Executive Board, told the opening meeting of the season in Vienna on Tuesday, saying: "We have artificially hoisted the second league for two decades ". Herovits. The professionalism, the ua thanks to a dense TV coverage (every round in conference call) wanted to guarantee, but had exceeded the real purpose. "For many clubs, this second league was a burden, whether by the team itself or the infrastructure." For him, it is clear that the opening of the league is also sensible for amateur teams: "Bavaria (about 12 million inhabitants There are not 20 professional clubs."
Reformatting is considered a logical and reasonable step. "Above (in the Bundesliga, Note) it is a leisure service, glitter, glamor, show, sparkling and scampi." It's meat of liver and beer downstairs. "Not only is the epicurean latte a little lower in the coming season .The infrastructure needs have also been reduced.A stadium like that of Styrian newcomer SV Lafnitz, who was chosen Wednesday after the conversion, would not have been allowed recently. "Modern sports fields" are in great demand, not necessarily for the UEFA Cup competitions that fit the arena.
Now the chamber bbad is officially "2. League", so "hub" between football professional and amateur sport. Clubs and players should be able to develop, in case of cases can approach the Bundesliga. The proportion of U22 players should be more than 25%, twelve players a year to make the jump to the upper house. That the league develops in the desired direction remains to be seen. One thing that Herovits could already say: "Before the clubs are overwhelmed, we now notice that the" old "clubs breathe. And for new ones it's feasible. The situation is more and more relaxing. "
Financial support comes from three pots: each club receives a basic amount of 50,000 euros, the use of young local players is rewarded by the Austrian pot, and clubs with a professional license solve, but not succeed, obtain a license bonus of up to 250 000. This amount is also subject to compensation from the Bundesliga.
(APA)
Beitragsbild: GEPA
