Davkaus Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 There will definitely be some very expensive legal battles if they don't complete or void the season. In hindsight, there should have been a contingency plan in the competition rules, because they've left themselves with the decision of trying to pick what's "fair" after the games are played, knowing which clubs will be effected, which essentially looks like they're just deciding who they want to relegate/get into Europe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 1 hour ago, PaulC said: Yes huge difference between tv revenue of the Premier League and french league 1. Even the championship gets more tv revenue. Huge difference between morals as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Govt given approval for la liga clubs to resume training. Seems they fully intend finishing their season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Spain must have really enjoyed the first peak of the virus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 President of La Liga is an absolute scumbag, the worst of them all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Since 2008 poverty has been a major issue in Spain and things are going to be worse there since the outbreak so it’s understandable the govt need to get the economy going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 10 minutes ago, PaulC said: Since 2008 poverty has been a major issue in Spain and things are going to be worse there since the outbreak so it’s understandable the govt need to get the economy going I cant imagine La Liga behind closed doors will help the economy boom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Didn't the La Liga president yesterday allude to football as a necessary industry like manufacturing and fishing? What a ****** 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 (edited) It's as bad as the WWE claiming to be essiential. This is VERY bad. Edited April 29, 2020 by The_Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjackle Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 I can see them getting the premier League done at neutral venues, it would be bad but I can see them doing it. What I can't see is them starting the championship or lower leagues again. Surely the scale of venues, policing and required testing/doctors rules that out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 3 hours ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: Didn't the La Liga president yesterday allude to football as a necessary industry like manufacturing and fishing? What a ****** sad but probably true, no doubt the industry can link itself to several others, pubs, gambling, tourism, even food and drink sales, would be interesting to see who loses what because of the Euros (and Olympics) being postponed, that's got to be worth a few million to tescos its an industry worth £6bn just in football terms, unfortunately the gambling industry probably doubles that figure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbcuk Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 (edited) Le Parisien in France claim that senior French government officials are engaged in a lobbying effort with their partners in Germany, Italy, Spain and England so that None of the other top five leagues’ 2019/20 seasons restart. Edited April 29, 2020 by rbcuk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share Posted April 30, 2020 A public health adviser has advised sport should only be played starting from the lowest level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share Posted April 30, 2020 People saying that football will unite the nation are also so far off. I wonder what the average rating for a Sky/TV game is. Villa vs Burnley on a Monday night or Saturday midday, I imagine is not bringing in more than half a million viewers. Would it be that much more than the average Eastenders episode for example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Every business around the world will be having continuing discussions about how quickly they can safely get back to work. I’m not sure why people are surprised the Premier League is also looking at every option available to it. I suspect the end result however is going to be a cancelling of remaining fixtures and the league decided on a ‘points per game’ basis. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, LondonLax said: Every business around the world will be having continuing discussions about how quickly they can safely get back to work. I’m not sure why people are surprised the Premier League is also looking at every option available to it. I suspect the end result however is going to be a cancelling of remaining fixtures and the league decided on a ‘points per game’ basis. It’ll obviously be money driven. Whichever option is picked will trigger several legal challenges for those losing out. Personally I think cancelling the leagues is best (I’ve changed my tune) as it means nobody is getting something they might not have got with PPG which is where the arguments will be. It’s just a sorry, league couldn’t finish therefore it didn’t happen. It restarts when safe. Same for teams almost promoted, they were not mathematically promoted so they aren’t being awarded anything without actually securing it. With PPG then the likes of Villa will not accept a relegation when we were not mathematically down. A saving grace for the PL is that Liverpool had not mathematically won the title so don’t have to worry about that headache. If they want to restart the league August/September time then they will have to cancel this one in my mind. Legal disputes of PPG might stop 20/21 starting. I can’t believe there is no contingency for this kind of scenario, if the games can’t be completed due to unforeseen circumstances. Edited April 30, 2020 by Genie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 2 hours ago, Zatman said: People saying that football will unite the nation are also so far off. I wonder what the average rating for a Sky/TV game is. Villa vs Burnley on a Monday night or Saturday midday, I imagine is not bringing in more than half a million viewers. Would it be that much more than the average Eastenders episode for example Most watched premier league game ever is city utd in 2012 with just over 4 million, very few games get anywhere near 3 million viewers. Eastenders still somehow gets around 5 million viewers per episode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 (edited) On 28/04/2020 at 14:11, villa4europe said: France have cancelled the leagues Apparently current table is final, PSG champions. PSG - Champions Marseille/Rennes - Champions League Lille/Reims/Nice - Europa League Toulouse and Amiens - Relegated Good news for Liverpool if adopted. Awful news for us. Edited April 30, 2020 by Genie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 (edited) The issue with the prem and relegation is that 3 teams go down and only 2 teams go up automatically. Could they make 3rd place in the championship an automatic place? That feels like just making things up. Edited April 30, 2020 by DCJonah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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