Title "Stroll" 2019-2020

**Sus** · 16-03-20, 06:37 AM

Originally posted by Pepe79

Link?

Hers the link to the article as well

https://theathletic.com/1669393/2020/03/13/coronavirus-and-football-games-closes-doors-euros-champions-league?source=shared-article

**Mark79** · 16-03-20, 07:04 AM

Originally posted by Sus

Hers the link to the article as well

https://theathletic.com/1669393/2020...shared-article

Thanks for sharing the article too.

**Lecter** · 16-03-20, 10:11 AM

Originally posted by topscorer

I read somewhere that their is concern that the tournament could be compromised if they complete it in the summer /later.

Players contracts end and a transfer window opens.

Anyway, we've gone from probably becoming the earliest crowned champions to possibly being the latest crowned.

Another record in the bag, silver linings and all that.

Funny because Dormunds CEO (Watzke) and Bayerns CEO (Rummenigge) came out and said the complete opposite for the Bundesliga that cancelling (with current standing places) and or voiding it could have a catastrophic financial effect (€770m) due to loss of TV & Sponsorship revenue

They seemed to suggest that the players contract thing was the least of their worries

If that is Bundesligas position I would imagine the Premier League costs of cancelling etc.. would be enormous

There is also talk now of Italy extending their league and to be honest the more leagues that do this the more likely it will be the same here

**Lecter** · 16-03-20, 10:14 AM

Originally posted by Buzzo

This is an encouraging precedent.I

https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status/1239283979888427008

Yep more that do this more pressure on our league to do it

Comments by Watzke (Dortmund) & Rummenigge (Bayern) suggest Bundesliga will have no option but to carry on the league due to their contractual commitments with broadcasters and sponsors

**Lecter** · 16-03-20, 10:15 AM

Originally posted by labourRed

Keep in mind that the PL vote to void a season would need to be 2/3rds, or 14 clubs. It obvious and selfish that a few clubs would be in favour but there'd need to be a massive shift over the incoming months to void a season.

It looks like they would be voting for enormous losses if they cancelled or voided it

**Kenneth** · 16-03-20, 10:16 AM

I’m still not sure why we even stopped. Playing on behind closed doors seemed perfectly sensible to me. Surely football could do regular testing and we could have got a lot more games played until the point when too many players were affected.

**Lecter** · 16-03-20, 10:17 AM

Originally posted by Kenneth

I’m still not sure why we even stopped. Playing on behind closed doors seemed perfectly sensible to me.

I think when one player got it it made everything difficult

There was something I read the other day about how because we had played Chelsea (with Hudson Odoi positive) we would have to have isolated (which we have)

Its knock on effects

**Buzzo** · 16-03-20, 10:22 AM

Originally posted by Lecter

I think when one player got it it made everything difficult

There was something I read the other day about how because we had played Chelsea (with Hudson Odoi positive) we would have to have isolated (which we have)

Its knock on effects

Maybe we can get the Chelsea and Athletico games replayed due to the adverse effects the early contact with Covid19 had on our replacement keeper?

**Buzzo** · 16-03-20, 10:25 AM

Originally posted by Lecter

Yep more that do this more pressure on our league to do it

Comments by Watzke (Dortmund) & Rummenigge (Bayern) suggest Bundesliga will have no option but to carry on the league due to their contractual commitments with broadcasters and sponsors

The integrity of the competition surely comes into question, I just don’t see the problems with reworking the sporting calendar.

Contracts and transfer windows can be amended. That’s what Lawyers are for and how they thrive.

The fact West Ham and Karen Brady are lobbying for voiding tells you everything you need to know.

**Lecter** · 16-03-20, 10:35 AM

Originally posted by Buzzo

Maybe we can get the Chelsea and Athletico games replayed due to the adverse effects the early contact with Covid19 had on our replacement keeper?

**Zapater** · 16-03-20, 10:38 AM

With the huge money in European football with European qualification and relegation/promotion it would make no sense to 'void' this season. Only viable option to me is to cancel the Euros (and possibly the cup competitions) to finish each league season so qualification, relegation and promotion is fair.

With a number of teams candidates for relegation it would be completely unfair to have any of them relegated. Equally talk of a 22 team league is preposterous with the schedule already overcrowded.

**Lecter** · 16-03-20, 10:40 AM

Originally posted by Zapater

With the huge money in European football with European qualification and relegation/promotion it would make no sense to 'void' this season. Only viable option to me is to cancel the Euros (and possibly the cup competitions) to finish each league season so qualification, relegation and promotion is fair.

With a number of teams candidates for relegation it would be completely unfair to have any of them relegated. Equally talk of a 22 team league is preposterous with the schedule already overcrowded.

The biggest issue seems to be the tv broadcasters both domestic and foreign

I was reading over the weekend that one of the largest Asian broadcasters suggested that the EPL would be in breach of contract if they didnt fulfill their fixtures at some point in the future

**Assassin** · 16-03-20, 10:41 AM

The AFCON should also be cancelled

**Buzzo** · 16-03-20, 11:19 AM

Originally posted by Assassin

The AFCON should also be cancelled

100% for self serving reasons.

**Harv** · 16-03-20, 11:27 AM

It won't though. It will be the one sporting event in the whole entire world that is totally unaffected