>>149414049 (OP)Hamburg and Köln came back, this is a big first step. With the recent developments, there is at least a small opening that the plastic clubs of Leverkusen, Wolfsburg, Leipzig, and Hoffenheim lose their financial advantage at some point. With them gone and four out of Nürnberg, Hannover, Düsseldorf, Hertha, Schalke, Kaiserslautern, Karlsruhe in, we‘d be back to soul. Especially if these clubs stop fucking up and actually unleash their potential. Hamburg managed to get rid of all their debts in the second tier somehow, the club still has the potential to provide a big brand upgrade for the Bundesliga - and so does Köln
Apart from that, we simply need to distribute money more evenly. The league would become more balanced, and that would lead to more global interest - and therefore more money in total. Finding additional ways to generate more money without giving up 50+1 is appreciated, but will of course be tough