A new investor for the league, a new mode for the Champions League: In top-level football, the logic of constant growth that the industry neurotically follows displaces all concerns and counterarguments.
The winter break in the Bundesliga is bad, the only thing worse would be a Bundesliga without a winter break. It’s very difficult to get along without Lothar Matthäus, Didi Hamann and Stefan Effenberg for weeks, but it’s also nice not to have these people in your living room all the time. Or tormenting yourself with fears about your team’s next point loss. Even die-hard football fans need a break for self-discovery, any doctor or pharmacist can tell you that.