The next 3 seasons of Bundesliga saw a 20% reduction in fans attending the games. However, the national team's triumph in the 1974 World Cup helped restore the public's love for the sport.
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The scandal had a huge impact on West German football. It led to DFB introducing professionalism in the 2.Bundesliga while also removing the max wage cap of 1200 DM (€1920) per month allowed in the Bundesliga before that.
Ernst Happel is regarded as one of the early pioneers of the high pressing game that we see very commonly today and is regularly counted as one of football's most influential figures by the game's historians.
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