Potential cancellation of games - Coronavirus

[Catfish Blues]

How would the season being voided and reset affect ffp?
Wages still need paying, no prize money incoming to offset against outgoings,
Players off the wage bill due to contract expiry etc

You could still pay out prize money based on position when the League was voided ( adjusted for number of games played ), that's just a local decision for the League and the TV companies to make.

 

[Neiler]

How would the season being voided and reset affect ffp?
Wages still need paying, no prize money incoming to offset against outgoings,
Players off the wage bill due to contract expiry etc

This has crossed my mind also, Clubs are staring into huge losses due to a loss of revenue and financial obligations of contracts.

I can see an FFP amnesty of some sort.

 

[Bluerover]

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That makes 29 of 27 a chara.

I might be a bit out with 7, but community transmission is stil very low, I haven’t gone through the days but I believe it’s still under 15- 20.

Today it’s:

22 local - either heath care professionals who have had contact with a patient with the virus or contacts of someone who has the virus and traced.

2 community transmissions - source unknown.

3 associated with travel in an affected area.

Sorry, that should have been 23, 2 and 2.

Of the 70, 6 are critically ill in ICU, with 2 of them among today's "new" 27.

This virus is clearly in the community now, and spreading rapidly.

 

[Papa Shango]

And that is everything that is wrong at the moment with the game. Hopefully this dreadful situation will wake the world up from it's consumerist greed.

Not just the game, it's everything that is wrong with society.

They wont wake up, It will be a great way to make money, sales in Covid-B-Gon will be huge once it all dies down. Toilet rolls with added corona protection etc...

 

[Papa Shango]

This has crossed my mind also, Clubs are staring into huge losses due to a loss of revenue and financial obligations of contracts.

I can see an FFP a of some sort.

Also clubs pushing for promotion, some will have banked on going up and will have invested in their squad ready for a premier league season next year.

 

[Bluerover]

This has crossed my mind also, Clubs are staring into huge losses due to a loss of revenue and financial obligations of contracts.

I can see an FFP a of some sort.

Force majeure will be applied by courts to anyone trying to enforce the terms of contracts which are unachievable as a result of this pandemic.

 

[Darth Toffeeman]

Not just the game, it's everything that is wrong with society.

They wont wake up, It will be a great way to make money, sales in Covid-B-Gon will be huge once it all dies down. Toilet rolls with added corona protection etc...

They might have to.
The planet is in charge of us. Not the other way round as some megalomaniac individuals believe.

 

[Tin-Tin]

I'd hazard a guess that neither the Champions League or the Europa League will finish this season, nor will most of the domestic leagues. If that happens then they'll just start again next time with the same qualifiers as started this season.

There's unlikely to be time for anything else.

How would the season being voided and reset affect ffp?
Wages still need paying, no prize money incoming to offset against outgoings,
Players off the wage bill due to contract expiry etc

Prize money should be split equally if its void, all teams get the same share. Or less of a share each and the rest helps the lower league clubs. Not sure about ffp but surely they can add an emergency loss extension to cover this season.

In reality, if they came to this conclusion, I would guess they would agree something along the lines of all remaining games settled as 0-0 draw or 2-0 home win etc, thus completing the table for the season while effectively locking in on current positions

No way, there would be murder - again with the relegation clubs

 

[Bluerover]

ultimately who knows, there is a huge league restructure happening to the following season due to Qatar WC as well, so there are plenty of option, I personally dont believe voiding a season one of them.

there are two many parties that will seek damages, arbitration etc

Force Majeure will be applied by courts.

 

[BlueToff]

The Euros is gonna get cancelled, think it’s pretty safe to say that

But even then, if the projections hold for over here and the worst of the disease comes in 12 weeks time, that’s still too close to the space they’d have in order to finish up

The projections are supposedly (obvs pinch of salt) based on the government's measures working.

That means that the peak will be 10-14 weeks from now (so late May/early June?) but that it will be manageable.

If not, there's absolutely no way that the peak will be that far away. No chance. That's longer than the entire pandemic so far.

We're 2-3 weeks behind Italy. So if none of these measures work then the peak will be April you'd think.

That's why the gov - as useless as they are - are trying to spread it out. It's gonna happen so all they can do is delay and gradually ease the strain by the same amount of people having it, but just not all at once. From what I gather that's the logic.

So yeah it's gonna be a push but that's why I think they'll wait as long as possible to see how it plays out.

If the peak is manageable (so if these gov plans work out) then in theory it shouldn't have to lead to mass cancelations. So if the Euros goes (which I agree with you it probably will do) then there would be that extra time to finish up. Again, in theory.

 

[number4.]

Prize money should be split equally if its void, all teams get the same share. Or less of a share each and the rest helps the lower league clubs. Not sure about ffp but surely they can add an emergency loss extension to cover this season.



No way, there would be murder - again with the relegation clubs

I'd agree - but if voided there would equally be murder with promotion chasers, Leicester, SUFC, MUFC etc.

I can't personally see any conclusion other than the season being finished, even if the next game is 6 months away

 

[BlueToff]

Where have u seen that? There’s big talk of a play off or just voiding the season

Football Italia and a few other places reporting it. It's just rumours in their press, mate.

 

[number4.]

Force Majeure will be applied by courts.

Possibly - but what is stopping an appeal to CAS for example to conclude the season rather than void. I dont get the arguement that there wont be enough time before next season. IMHO, you cannot have a next season without this one coming to a conclusion

 

[Connor]

The projections are supposedly (obvs pinch of salt) based on the government's measures working.

That means that the peak will be 10-14 weeks from now (so late May/early June?) but that it will be manageable.

If not, there's absolutely no way that the peak will be that far away. No chance. That's longer than the entire pandemic so far.

We're 2-3 weeks behind Italy. So if none of these measures work then the peak will be April you'd think.

That's why the gov - as useless as they are - are trying to spread it out. It's gonna happen so all they can do is delay and gradually ease the strain by the same amount of people having it, but just not all at once. From what I gather that's the logic.

So yeah it's gonna be a push but that's why I think they'll wait as long as possible to see how it plays out.

If the peak is manageable (so if these gov plans work out) then in theory it shouldn't have to lead to mass cancelations. So if the Euros goes (which I agree with you it probably will do) then there would be that extra time to finish up. Again, in theory.

So we should just void it all P. I agree.

 

[Wat Tyler]

Dan Roan basically saying they’ll probably postpone for a bit, put Euros back a year, and finish Prem in the summer.