Bayern Munich Willing To Share TV Income From German Cup Matches With Other Teams

Bundesliga club Bayern Munich "is willing to share its TV income from free-to-air broadcasts of DFB-Pokal (German Cup) matches with other teams," according to the SID. Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said that the Bundesliga champion "has agreed in principal to put the money into a big pot in which all teams participate." He added that the proposal "came from the German Football League's (DFL) Cup working group." For the Cup semifinal against FC Kaiserslautern on April 16, Bayern Munich will receive around €600,000 ($829,000) from German public broadcaster ARD (SID, 4/9).