Ascent reform: Schalke & Magdeburg demand an end to injustice!

Ascent reform: Schalke & Magdeburg demand an end to injustice!

In the world of football, it is currently bubbling properly! The initiative "Advice Reform 2025" is of great interest after prominent clubs such as FC Schalke 04 and 1. FC Magdeburg joined the project. Like Radiochemnitz , the initiative has the goal of creating a binding and fair regulation for promotion to the 3rd league from all five. In fact, only a part of the masters are currently increasing directly, while many in nerve -wracking relegation games have to try their luck.

The Schalke sports director Frank Baumann said in this context that championship title should definitely count for the ascent. The current promotion mode is perceived as unfair, and not without reason: over 30 clubs have now come together to advance the reform. Sports director Chris Löwe from Chemnitz FC clearly expresses his dissatisfaction with the current regulations and makes it clear that the system urgently needs a revision.

new partners and the call for change

With the support of other clubs such as 1. FC Schweinfurt and TSV Schwaben Augsburg, the initiative is growing rapidly. As the ZDF today , third division clubs such as Hansa Rostock and Energie Cottbus and the Bundesliga club 1. FC Union Berlin are also part of the reform movement. The common voice becomes louder, and the demand for fair and transparent ascent regulations gains in weight.

The initiative "Ascent Reform 2025" wants to start an official working group at the DFB Bundestag 2025 to develop concrete suggestions. Tommy Haeder, spokesman for the initiative, emphasizes: "The need for the reform is undisputed." Many involved clubs complain about the current system that promotes inequality and distrust.

The current ascent regulation and the challenges

The moderation of the promotion regulations remains a tremor. The DFB Bundestag recently decided that the regional league consists of five seasons for the time being and that four teams can rise to the 3rd division every year. The master of the regional west and southwest as well as the survivors of the championship decisions of the remaining seasons will play for the promotion places, such as Kicker . This regulation ensures financially and sporty uncertainties, especially for clubs that are stuck in the fourth league.

One of these teams is locomotive Leipzig, which recently failed in the relegation games for the ascent and therefore remains fourth class. The association premiered the past season with a remarkable balance, but that alone was not enough for the climb. The discussion about the "most unfair rule in football" heats up the debate about urgently needed changes.

The regional leaves are therefore in transition. The "Advice Reform 2025" initiative could bring the decisive push to establish a more fairer and more transparent structure in the next few years. It remains to be seen whether this vision 2026 can be achieved in the new solutions for the 2027/28 season.