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Let's replay the seasons lost to the Second World War so lots of vindictive people can push their agenda at a time of national crisis

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Let's stop being silly, end the season, give Liverpool the title they were clearly about to win and begin to focus on global healing
 

This would the first domino to fall. I sense this would be Liverpool's argument too. Just hand us the title and forget about everything else. The exact sort of scab mentality we have come to expect from that club.

Unfortunately for them it won't work like that. Believe me, the moment the PL make any kind of declaration based upon this season Pandoras box is opened. Leeds and West Brom are going to say they should be allowed to come up. Fulham will say the same as the third place team. Teams 3-6 will say they planned to finish strong, catch them and should therefore be promoted. Probably 10 sides in the championship will say they deserve the right to compete in the play offs. They would all have strong cases.

Worst case scenario you have to promote 2 teams and have a lengthened season in what will be a tighter time frame.

In the PL sides are going to get into a massive bunfight about who deserves European football. Expect Leicester and Spurs to both pipe up in different directions. I would even expect us to make a case, that given our post Silva form, and how close to we are to European places we should also be launching a civil action.

Thats just me, off the top of my head. I'm sure legal advisors for other clubs will be thinking well beyond that and politely letting the PL know. I mean the inference I get from Brady, is that she will let the PL know she is not expecting any relegation this season. However it's hard to see how you can't have relegation and declare the league invalid on one hand, but on the other state you can have valid champions. It doesn't work that way.
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Kopite stooges in the press suggesting they could be gifted the trophy without winning it, whilst the rest of the league is declared null and void, is nothing more than ‘Special’ FC at its most ludicrous. Not happening for the exact reason given in the excellent post above.

They need to start praying for some Divine intervention with regards to this virus, or simply just suck it up. It is, what it is.
 
Let's replay the seasons lost to the Second World War so lots of vindictive people can push their agenda at a time of national crisis

Or

Let's stop being silly, end the season, give Liverpool the title they were clearly about to win and begin to focus on global healing

It’s not as simple as giving Liverpool a title.
Who gets Europe? Does anyone get relegated? Who goes up? How do sides in lower leagues recoup losses? How do those players get paid?
 

The biggest deciding factor in the football side of this will be money. It rules football.
Those who pump in money and those who spend it will be the decision makers.
How will teams stay paying players fortunes if thier revenue is vastly reduced.
This is goin to probably be the biggest thing to affect how football is run .
 
I honestly believe the Premier League are deliberately delaying.

we all know the League is the most value able, which is why it’ll cost more in lawsuits should they make a decision.
German, French, Spanish and Italian cancellations will give the Premier League their “follow suit”.

We’ll see, but I think they’ll follow suit.

The PL are scrambling around desperately hoping for a miracle where they can complete the season. If any league cancel the season, it will be almost impossible not to follow their lead. They will be sued out of existence of they don't.
 

It’s not as simple as giving Liverpool a title.
Who gets Europe? Does anyone get relegated? Who goes up? How do sides in lower leagues recoup losses? How do those players get paid?

Are any of those teams 25 points clear?

No. And they've been waiting 30 years, their current iteration is probably one of - if not the - best Premier League team ever, so it feels a bit weird and churlish to deny them the title.

Also let's be honest - they have a massive global fanbase. Think about how demoralising this would be - and would leave many feeling vulnerable at a bad time. Vulnerable = more susceptible to disease spread across many millions of people. It's an awkward phrase but giving Liverpool fans this "shot in the arm" could be a real positive at this time
 
Thought about it a bit more now.

To get the season to a conclusion we have Liverpool play City in a two leg playoff to be crowned champions.

After city, the next 8 teams have a playoff for the champions league places and the losers play off for the Europa league.

Same for relegation
You are assuming that hand washing works and this will go away
I’m afraid the World Health Orhanisation disagrees
This is not going anywhere anytime soon
 
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Kopite stooges in the press suggesting they could be gifted the trophy without winning it, whilst the rest of the league is declared null and void, is nothing more than ‘Special’ FC at its most ludicrous. Not happening for the exact reason given in the excellent post above.

They need to start praying for some Divine intervention with regards to this virus, or simply just suck it up. It is, what it is.

I can actually see that being the compromise. They get a special trophy which while not the league denotes their achievement. That will be really funny though, as it won't be recognised as a league title bu UEFA, and most fans will just laugh about it which will cause their neurotic selves enormous levels of anger.

If I were to predict how this ends, it would be that they get a special, ultimately worthless sticker.
 

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