pocketseagull
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- Dec 29, 2014
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Local and Mayoral Elections postponed for a *year*, democracy literally paused and yet Football will be back in a few weeks?
Not gonna happen is it.
Not gonna happen is it.
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[Albion] Premier League plans for the remainder of the season *** ALL FIXTURES POSTPONED 3rd April
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Seagulls over Essex
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I'm confident that we would have avoided the drop had we played out the remaining fixtures.
- Apr 5, 2014
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None of those. It would be more the league's actions in deciding what happened. I wonder that the league may be completed behind closed doors.
If there is European competition then who goes in ? Especially now that 5th place is a potential qualifier.
No-one knows. For sure there will be much wrangling.
Not sure Albion fans would hold the same view if we were clear at the top of Div 2.
Washie
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This could actually be devastating to football as a whole. Lower league clubs will collapse with no money coming in and players and staff need to be paid. Even the premier league is looking at losing close to a billion. This could also put sky in some serios financial difficulties as the sports subscriptions are their biggest earners. TV rights deals are going to be lower in the future because of that. This is a hell of a lot bigger than when games can re start or whether to just cancel.
Good lad Paul ;-)
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
I’m sure those PL players on £100k + a month won’t mind donating a nice chunk of their wages to others who aren’t so fortune lower down the leagues
HalfaSeatOn
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I'm sure EPL have preference for this season to be played out whenever football resumes, short break, and then the new season. Not sure how calendar can then accommodate Cup competitions, international breaks etc. Suppose it depends on the various governing bodies, their power and influence, as to how this eventually pans out.
Fair enough mate.
Government emergency legislation will likely take the decision out of the league's control. Force majeur - in which case stuff your lawsuits.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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They won't stay on £100k + a month for long if Sky and BT Sport collapse
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
#PrayForPogba
swindonseagull
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They won’t collapse I’m sure they have plenty of back up funds
No football worldwide for 12 months until this thing has properly blown over. Resume / finish this season from March 2021.
Oh and cryogenically freeze Glenn so he can be properly rested for the resumption.
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Beach Hut
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2nd emergency meeting this Thursday by the Premier League
I would imagine by then we will know the form of these mass gathering rules but suspect we will know little more. Perhaps a shutdown stays in place and when an extension to that would be confirmed and maybe the first leaks of any contingency plan
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Whilst there's no way they'd go for that plan now - I expect they'll keep pushing dates back and back as this thing progresses - that does feel kinda sensible ultimately on many levels.
One problem football as a whole is going to have to deal with is contracts. Many players, at all levels, will be free to walk away from their current clubs at the end of June.
Neville's Breakfast
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That would always have been the case though. If clubs want players under contract for the resumption of football they will give new contracts. They still have the tv money. Players might feel more need for job security.
Nobby
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I wonder what clauses the Sky (and BT) contract with the Premier League has within it for this type of Force Majeure situation?
And I wonder what’s included or excluded in the contract that the Premier League has with Premier League clubs?
It could all get very messy.
Can Sky withdraw payments making EPL withdraw payments to clubs?
They could, but they'd stuff themselves for future deals and would lose football coverage for a long time. Which nukes their core revenue model.
More likely a deal would be done to give them extra free matches over the next year or two.
As much as I want the season to be canned now why can't it just carry on?
Will we reach a point where for the non long term sick and elderly this is just a more extreme version of the flu.
So no group isolating for players if another gets it, only the infected player isolates. And we just play on.
This is the UK governments thinking and seems to make sense, otherwise this will never end.
Will we reach a point where for the non long term sick and elderly this is just a more extreme version of the flu.
So no group isolating for players if another gets it, only the infected player isolates. And we just play on.
This is the UK governments thinking and seems to make sense, otherwise this will never end.