the contracts ending on 30th June will apply to sponsors too, many will sponsor for the football season ending on 30th June, but then they are getting exposure beyond that, and that will run into the exposure time of new contracts/sponsors.
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Foot Long Hot Dog
Player Valuation: A packet of pork scratchings
Now that both the Euros and the Olympics are taking place in the summer of 2021. Neither will accept an overlap between the 2 events due to TV and sponsors.
So the idea that next season will somehow be delayed to allow for the ‘special’ season to be completed, is for the birds.
So the idea that next season will somehow be delayed to allow for the ‘special’ season to be completed, is for the birds.
That's a big part of the problem they face. We're at that point in the season where literally half the clubs in the league have got nothing to really play for and fans are just waiting for the end of the season and the chance of having another go next year. The thought of waiting months and months for life/football to resume and then having to watch 10 glorified friendlies instead of a new season is not an appealing one.
Wat Tyler
Player Valuation: £70m
You could very well be right & that could be how it all bottoms out; but none the less it would probably be up to the courts to decide, especially with regards to TV money
the same applies to insurance V restaurants etc
So under the current global circumstances, would you rather see Liverpool win the league than it be voided?
We keep hearing this. When is your cut off point? August? October? Next year?
Dario Terracotta
Player Valuation: £70m
To say indefinately is ridiculous, they should have just stated it would be reviewed again on 30/04/20.
i would argue to try to put a timestamp on anything in such an environment is even more ridiculous. Agree name a date for further review, but there doesnt seem any point in predefining that outcome
Foot Long Hot Dog
Player Valuation: A packet of pork scratchings
Where have you got $200m per club from? The season was 3/4’s complete. The rumoured potential clawback is circa £700, around £35m per club.
However, the PL itself has cash reserves of circa £1.5BN. Seems likely in this time of extreme crisis it’ll have to deploy a good sized chunk of it.
As for clubs in the promotion places trying to sue if the season is voided. None of them had qualified for anything, and if the season is voided due to a force majeure, they’d be pissing in the wind.
Dymak
Player Valuation: £40m
What would the courts actually be deciding upon if a decision to void a competition was challenged by a particular football club? They could argue that they were denied the possibility to win, but that would also mean that they were denied the possibility to lose.
It would be like making a claim against Camelot because you believed that you might have won the lottery because your ticket matched 3 or 4 balls when the lottery machine broke down. Yes, you might have won the lottery, but you might have just won a tenner as well.
It would be like making a claim against Camelot because you believed that you might have won the lottery because your ticket matched 3 or 4 balls when the lottery machine broke down. Yes, you might have won the lottery, but you might have just won a tenner as well.
Posted it yesterday, the reports (granted some from people with an interest in seeing league completed) have consistently said that the PL could be liable for full amount of season's TV rights should the fail to complete even in these circumstances & the hurdle of payment (ie four quarters) is essentially irrelevant
Foot Long Hot Dog
Player Valuation: A packet of pork scratchings
Not seen anything suggesting that, nor do I need to, as they’ve had 3/4’s of what they paid for. The idea that they could claim back every penny has patently been dreamed up by a desperate Kopite.
catcherintherye
Player Valuation: £80m
I'm not actually sure where he is getting his numbers from. The costs is likely to be £700m from the TV revenue, around 35 million each. If we end up going into next season, we may have to abandon half of it or potentially cancel an entire season. That is going to cause much more financial difficulties.
Leeds and West Brom have a very limited case. They are not guaranteed to be promoted. The principle of a cancelled seasons results are invalid is a fairly strong one. It has historical precedent and will have modern precedent soon (or further precedent).
As for SUFC and MUFC, there claim relates to Manchester City, nothing to do with the season being cancelled. It should be added, they both win can't and would probably be competing against each other.
The far bigger threat of litigation comes from two options;
1) We start finishing the season with different players, after June 30th (or that we prevent players signed after that date to play). Or alternatively you try to force sides to have to keep paying players. All of these cause a major litigation nightmare (substantial beyond anything Leeds, West Brom, Sheffield United or Manchester United could bring).
2) Worse still we start awarding league positions based upon an incomplete season.
3) We come up with some wacky scheme, toppled behind closed doors, without preparation, in a situation that is potentially dangerous.
These 3 are the danger of enormous litigation from the sides who are getting relegated.
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