casbahowl Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 12 minutes ago, soldierboyblue said: They are seeing the bigger picture and their reputation will be enhanced significantly by the stance they are taking Shrewd move by SKY especially as TV rights are up for renegotiation in the summer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essix Blue Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 3 minutes ago, Grandad said: Do you genuinely think 70% of the Premier League Chairmen will vote in favour of spltting their TV money for next season - especially when they've lost so much money this season? Maybe. All sorts of agreements / deals will be made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essix Blue Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 1 minute ago, casbahowl said: Shrewd move by SKY especially as TV rights are up for renegotiation in the summer! Well the article claims as per of the agreement, Sky’s current deal will be extended by a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossendale Owl Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 2 hours ago, vulva said: Another option would be to effectively freeze this season and recommence all leagues and cups from their current state, as and when allowed, and bin off next season. In other words, start at Christmas, which would allow for plenty of time to get all the remaining games in, and wiggle room to allow the Euros to start a bit earlier. Spot on. It's the most sensible solution I've heard so fr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essix Blue Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 2 hours ago, vulva said: Another option would be to effectively freeze this season and recommence all leagues and cups from their current state, as and when allowed, and bin off next season. In other words, start at Christmas, which would allow for plenty of time to get all the remaining games in, and wiggle room to allow the Euros to start a bit earlier. That’s ridiculous tbh. you scrap the whole of next season for the sake of playing remaining 9 or 10 games of this season. PL would lose a fortune from Sky plus they’ll miss a whole season of European football. L1 and 2 teams would go bust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essix Blue Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 PL meeting has finished for today - announcement expected shortly. Seems they’re still looking at a June 8th resumption Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LondonOwl313 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 5 minutes ago, Essix Blue said: That’s ridiculous tbh. you scrap the whole of next season for the sake of playing remaining 9 or 10 games of this season. PL would lose a fortune from Sky plus they’ll miss a whole season of European football. L1 and 2 teams would go bust. It’s not ridiculous I don’t think, I think it’s called being realistic. It seems like they’re having issues now arranging to play 8-9 games to finish this season off. All of the ideas on how to do that seem to suggest that the players will be asked to live together and have no outside contact. That might be ok for 6 weeks to get this done, but there’s no chance you could do that for an entire year for next season. Players have families and lives outside of football Until there’s a vaccine we’re told there will be no return to normal, and we’re repeatedly told it will be 12 months until we get one. So I can’t see how next season can be played as nothing will be changed by August from where we are now. This ‘past the peak’ business is just the first step because it took only 6 weeks from end of January until mid March to get into the mess we were in. So it’s going to come back unless strict measures are kept in place The obvious thing is that the clubs will have to do without a years worth of revenue. So the players will have to do without a years worth of wages too, whether they accept that now or whether it happens when their contracts aren’t honoured because clubs have gone under is another thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockieOwl Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 14 minutes ago, Essix Blue said: That’s ridiculous tbh. you scrap the whole of next season for the sake of playing remaining 9 or 10 games of this season. PL would lose a fortune from Sky plus they’ll miss a whole season of European football. L1 and 2 teams would go bust. They may not have a choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essix Blue Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 By September it’s quite possible other options will be in place other than just testing, to release lockdown even further and allow football to be played (with no fans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LondonOwl313 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 4 minutes ago, Essix Blue said: By September it’s quite possible other options will be in place other than just testing, to release lockdown even further and allow football to be played (with no fans) Like what? Because there won’t be a vaccine by then so social distancing is the only measure that’s workable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinowl Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 4 hours ago, vulva said: Bottom line is, the season hasn’t finished so should it be null and void and everyone stays where they are until next season starts. If you cancel a season with one game to go, it’s still not finished. As said before, if the Govt health advisers deem it unsafe, any legal action will be laughed out of court. ^^^^^. This. Has to be the right thing to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 58 minutes ago, soldierboyblue said: Why would we pass this year's problem on to another year? That doesn't make any business sense and would not even be considered Because the tv money has been paid for this season and that drives it. There was talk of hibernating the game and it’s finances for a period of time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the third man Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 2 hours ago, vulva said: Just start the new season at Christmas and have 23 games rather than 46. Pot luck who you get at home or away. so you are saying that clubs will have half the income for next season and less income for this season, how many teams do you think will be left at the end in saying that I can see a lot of clubs not being here at the end anyway, so maybe could be the best solution out of a load of bad ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the third man Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Are players going to want to play behind closed doors, they are still putting themselves and their families at risk, if it does restart I wonder how many players will be injured or wont be able to get into the country due to travel restrictions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grandad Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 17 minutes ago, Essix Blue said: By September it’s quite possible other options will be in place other than just testing, to release lockdown even further and allow football to be played (with no fans) Really?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essix Blue Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 2 minutes ago, the third man said: Are players going to want to play behind closed doors, they are still putting themselves and their families at risk, if it does restart I wonder how many players will be injured or wont be able to get into the country due to travel restrictions? This is the problem. Maybe still the problem in September. Even if you can continually test players, if one turns up positive then all his team mates will have to be in quarantine for 14 days. That’d be an absolute farce either next month (for playing the last nine games) or in September if the new season starts. Which is why, perhaps, other options will be available to start the new season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Essix Blue said: Yep. Good move by them if it happens. They’ll prob get more games next season anyway as they’ll be behind closed doors. They’ll definitely get more games as if the season finishes now, they will want some games carried over from this season added to the total at the very least. I think the broadcasters from the first time in a while have the upper hand, they may even get more games for less in future contracts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulva Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Makes no sense to start football again, even behind closed doors. If they do, what’s stopping sports centre opening, lads playing 5 a side, kids in the park and local league football starting up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the third man Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, soldierboyblue said: Sky have already said they don't want the money back https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8211063/Sky-Sports-not-ask-371m-rebate-Premier-League-season-cancelled.html Not sure about BT and the other broadcasters though 1 hour ago, Essix Blue said: Wow. That’s a big concession by them They will just knock it off next seasons payments, and if that cant be agreed they will just ask for it back, Sky are not going to throw £762 million ponds away, they are not that generous, especially as their income will most likely have dropped as people have suspended their Sky Sports payments Edited May 1, 2020 by the third man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essix Blue Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Just now, the third man said: They will just knock it off next seasons payments, and if that cant be agreed they will just ask for it back, Sky are not to throw £762 million ponds away, they are not that generous, especially as their income will most likely have dropped as people have suspended their Sky Sports payments Sky will have lost loads from advertisers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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