I’m not sure how you can prevent that Derek, without making the sport artificial, like adding penalty ballast to successful teams in motor racing, it would just suck.
Bayern have just been very successful, more successful than most. The Germans do have a solid framework of rules and regulations though and Germans are sticklers for their rules.
IMO they are much less likely to do anything just for the money. They seem to put a genuine emphasis on ‘for the sake of the game’ unlike our lot, the Italians and the Spanish, who will willingly drop their drawers for a dollar more.
I think the German league clubs could actually stand united against this, it wouldn’t surprise me at all !