Having a right go at the PL here
It’s common knowledge that the Premier League will need 40,000 virus tests to complete 92 games and I’m told that is at a cost of around £4 million. The EFL has over 360 games to complete their games, so that’s £16 million worth of testing, unless the life of an EFL player is not valued the same?
Either way, should Premier League clubs or any of their players for that matter, feel pressured into playing, when essential workers are not getting the same respect even when on the front line, that could well result in the public turning its back on Sky Sports.
So, I’ll watch with a touch of fear for the whole of football, to see if the Premier League and Sky are now only driven by money and decide, if I keep my Sky subscription going. I know that when just one high profile person dies, and it’s traced back to the Premier League restart, that everyone will look for excuses and run for cover.
Just one unnecessary death is one too many, when we already know subconsciously that to play, people are going to be put in danger, when we already know it’s now more about risk to financial reward for the bigger clubs, when we already know it’s about the club’s access to their share of TV money, their share of sponsorship money and for the bigger clubs about their share of all advertising, endorsements and prize money related to UEFA.
I’ll also watch very closely to see if I can learn from the Premier League, it’s safety advisors and see how its money overcomes all of the health and safety aspects that at present, our scientists and government medical authorities don’t seem to be able to solve. Put simply how do they put on a 90-minute full contact game, ignore social distancing and keep the players safe?
Let’s be honest, if you take all the money out of the above equation, it doesn’t become an equation at all and it wouldn’t even be discussed.