Is it shameful what the FA are doing?

I think if it gets to the stage where player contracts and sponsorship deals tick over, usually around may or June time, then it becomes difficult to say the league has been operated fairly (putting aside VAR that is!) It's different teams with different financial and technical capabilities than when the season was paused.

Is the decision down to the FA or Premier League themselves or would a majority vote of member clubs be required? Read about them doing that in Scotland where the choice was to scrap it or award as per current standings, and heard that a minimum 14 clubs in our league theoretically need to vote the same way for it to carry through, if we went down this route, but I can only really see the bottom 3 voting to null and void the season. I don't even think we would to be honest.

If we did scrap the season, what they may have to do is scrap promotion and relegation and agree with the broadcasters that a percentage of the money is kept, with the balance retained as down payment on future fixtures. Otherwise there is a risk of clubs like Spurs, Norwich and Liverpool going bump, if they're so hard up they have to contemplate whether to claim via the the govt scheme for furloughing staff.

That in turn means less spending on transfers for clubs that are too reliant on the TV money or maybe a few cut price player deals even. Even further, should clubs who furloughed staff have transfer restrictions placed on them? i.e net spend must incorporate anything taken off the taxpayers via the furlough scheme?

As for playing in empty stadiums, as much as I want football back that just isn't football. It would be a symbol of putting money before safety, and the amount of people needed for a match to take place is considerable anyway. Then you have the players spitting, wrestling and so on, you'd need compulsory daily testing of players starting minimum two weeks before the first game and until the last game. If one team has an outbreak or scare again, what to do then?
 
The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
I agree with the thrust of what you’re saying and there’s no reason why they shouldn’t try to finish the season. The only caveat is that, if they start again, it must not be behind closed doors. If you accept the very basic premise that playing at home gives an advantage then that is not the same last ten games (which is over 25% of the season) as the first 28, which can’t be right. I know it doesn’t matter, in the grand scheme of things, but Liverpool coming to City, with nobody there, can’t be a disadvantage for them, especially given what happened in January 2019. Teams at the bottom, or pushing for Europe, have been away and lost but will have to play the same team, at home, with no crowd and, therefore, very little advantage.
It’s that, that I object to, not trying to finish the season at some point.
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How does that differ from next season? There won't be fans in stadiums before October at the earliest, that is using Germany as a guide and I suspect they will be way further than the road than the UK.
 
TonyColemansbagofapples said:
The draw for the first qualifying rounds for next seasons European competitions is due on June 9th. The Community Shield is due on Aug 2nd. Next season cannot be extended too much as the chances of the Euros being cancelled next year is negligible (Coronavirus permitting). Can anyone sensibly suggest how long this season can be extended? Don't forget if this season is extended, then clubs need to plan for next season (in a lot of cases different budgets for different divisions). The fixtures also have to be finalised, season tickets sold and TV coverage planned. As it stands I calculate that if the season restarted at the beginning of May then it would be July 25th when it finishes. As per the Dacia advert, you do the maths.
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How is anybody going to sell a season ticket for next season? Tickets sales for the biggest clubs in England represent an ever smaller proportion of the overall revenue but go lower down the league and leagues and it becomes crucial. Kicking this season down the road by a month or two is surely better financially for those leagues than writing off this one and losing a big portion of the next one.
 
BobbyBoy said:
How does that differ from next season? There won't be fans in stadiums before October at the earliest, that is using Germany as a guide and I suspect they will be way further than the road than the UK.
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Next season you could organise the fixtures so you played the same team twice in a week, until it’s over, then there’s no advantage to be gained from playing at home.
 
Just posted todays plans according to the papers

They are still pushing completing the season

Players will be sick or isolating,some might not be able to field a team if one of the players or their family comes down with it,whilst people have to isolate with symptoms or if you have say trained with someone who has it there is no chance of it being a fair playing field,they need to get fucking real
 
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