Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics) (49 Viewers)

[Nick]

Peterborough owner is saying voiding is not an option



That's all well and good but players contracts will be expiring. If Bristol City were to take back Walsh for example when his loan runs out of a players contract runs out in June then what happens then? Are they going to open the transfer window so that players can be replaced? That then isn't a fair comparison to how things are now.

 

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[SkyBlueDom26]

Peterborough owner is saying voiding is not an option

Always liked this guy

 

[Grendel]

Peterborough owner is saying voiding is not an option



That's all well and good but players contracts will be expiring. If Bristol City were to take back Walsh for example when his loan runs out of a players contract runs out in June then what happens then? Are they going to open the transfer window so that players can be replaced? That then isn't a fair comparison to how things are now.

The league would extend contracts and allow players whose contract ends like Bakayoko to play that’s not an issue

 

[SkyBlueAussie]

• Premier League meeting at 10.30am - all fixtures likely to be off
• EFL fixtures could also be suspended in light of decision
  
  Sport coronavirus live: Premier League to be suspended this morning with EFL likely to follow - latest updates

 

[Nick]

The league would extend contracts and allow players whose contract ends like Bakayoko to play that’s not an issue

So they are going to then force players? What happens if players didn't want to extend the contract? What happens if a player gets a career ending injury in a game in June that he shouldn't have been playing for that club?

 

[clint van damme]

Just received this from the EFL: “The EFL Board will meet this morning to make a decision on this weekend’s fixtures and beyond.”

sounds ominous.

 

[Grendel]

So they are going to then force players? What happens if players didn't want to extend the contract? What happens if a player gets a career ending injury in a game in June that he shouldn't have been playing for that club?

players will get revolving monthly extensions. It’s unlikely many would refuse you can play non contract players now if you want to

 

[Magwitch]

Just received this from the EFL: “The EFL Board will meet this morning to make a decision on this weekend’s fixtures and beyond.”

How come you got this from the EFL ?

 

[Nick]

players will get revolving monthly extensions. It’s unlikely many would refuse you can play non contract players now if you want to

Who then pays all of that extra wage?

 

[SkyBlueCRJ]

EFL set to suspend games for a minimum of three weeks apparently

 

[Briles]

I love how the Chief Medical Officer says sporting events are fine but the EFL and Prem league seem to know better

 

[Grendel]

Who then pays all of that extra wage?

The club would - it’s two weeks extra pay that assumes games go as late as June 15 which is not likely League 1 play offs are scheduled last week of May anyway so the loans are contracted till then

 

[theferret]

Who then pays all of that extra wage?

This could be the end for a number of lower league clubs (from a cash-flow perspective as much as anything), unless the PL step-in and assist, but little chance of that I think.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Everton isolating all players even though no positive test. Why are we not following advice?

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

The club would - it’s two weeks extra pay that assumes games go as late as June 15 which is not likely League 1 play offs are scheduled last week of May anyway so the loans are contracted till then

Peak will be end of June won’t it?

 

[SkyBlueCRJ]

This could be the end for a number of lower league clubs (from a cash-flow perspective as much as anything), unless the PL step-in and assist, but little chance of that I think.

What like they did with Bury?

 

[Grendel]

Peak will be end of June won’t it?

That doesn’t mean that’s when things would be cancelled by government order though

 

[Ring Of Steel]

Everton isolating all players even though no positive test. Why are we not following advice?

The 'experts' know better.

The main expert of course being someone who has written articles calling for social darwinism- its no surprise at all that we are going to take a 'survival of the fittest' approach.

 

[Nick]

The club would - it’s two weeks extra pay that assumes games go as late as June 15 which is not likely League 1 play offs are scheduled last week of May anyway so the loans are contracted till then

So where are clubs getting that money while income is stopped?

 

[Ring Of Steel]

So where are clubs getting that money while income is stopped?

Nobody has any of these answers, this has never happened before.

 

[Grendel]

So where are clubs getting that money while income is stopped?

Income won’t have stopped as they’d still in the end play the same number of games? It’s a tiny amount of money in the scheme of things

 

[Briles]

So where are clubs getting that money while income is stopped?

I'm pretty sure they are insured for stuff like this.

 

[SkyBlueCRJ]

I'm pretty sure they are insured for stuff like this.

Yeah I'm sure I've read this as well.

 

[Magwitch]

Nobody has any of these answers, this has never happened before.

In times gone by we have had whole weeks lost to bad weather these games are rearranged for later, the finance problem would kick in if games went to behind closed doors so I can understand the reluctance to go that way. It just needs a common sense plan to how to proceed should we call games off for now.

 

[Otis]

In times gone by we have had whole weeks lost to bad weather these games are rearranged for later, the finance problem would kick in if games went to behind closed doors so I can understand the reluctance to go that way. It just needs a common sense plan to how to proceed should we call games off for now.

This is not bad weather and it could be two months before the virus peaks.

Incomparable.

 

[theferret]

Income won’t have stopped as they’d still in the end play the same number of games? It’s a tiny amount of money in the scheme of things

It'll be cash-flow more than anything. 8-12 weeks with no income, and clubs also rely on season ticket revenue for the following season around now. There are clearly ways around this though and the authorities should make it as easy as possible for clubs to borrow money during this period.

 

[Liquid Gold]

The Athletic are also reporting that games will be suspended later this morning.

Is the athletic any good? I keep tempting myself with a subscription but never bothered.

 

[covcity4life]

Keep playing games. If players have virus postpone their individual match

What sort of life is this just hiding for 3 monthd

Aware im bding selfish but a part of me judt isnt sure cancelling gamss will help. Herd immunity so if players get it they get jt

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

Everton and Watford players suspected of having Coronavirus- sky sports

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

I get Herd immunity, but given that we don’t know whats going to happen with this virus regarding mutation etc.

fucking stupid, but I guess it’s a way of social engineering

 

[theferret]

The 'experts' know better.

The main expert of course being someone who has written articles calling for social darwinism- its no surprise at all that we are going to take a 'survival of the fittest' approach.

Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance vs Jeremy Hunt and Piers Morgan.

It's not much of a choice tbf.

 

[hughesanddoyle]

As much as we all want to carry on as normal unfortunately some things are more important than a game. I fear more will only realise this when it personally affects them.

 

[AFCCOVENTRY]

Chelsea player Hudson-Od has corona now. Team going into isolation

 

[theferret]

I get Herd immunity, but given that we don’t know whats going to happen with this virus regarding mutation etc.

fucking stupid, but I guess it’s a way of social engineering

Are people really going to politicise a stock scientific term like 'herd immunity' and start likening it to social engineering?

On mutations, I read something the other day that said one new variant had emerged 'L type' I think, from the ancestral 'S type', but it also suggested the virus appeared pretty stable and further mutations were highly unlikely, offering reassurance that any vaccines developed over the next 6 months would likely still be effective. Again, just repeating, I'm no scientist.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

As much as we all want to carry on as normal unfortunately some things are more important than a game. I fear more will only realise this when it personally affects them.

What's better for my health and wellbeing? To do what I'm advised to do, and pay heed, or to have myself alternately spooked by the sensationalism that all my family and friends are going to die a long, lingering, painful death, and enraged with the suggestion that somehow I don't care, and I'll have it all coming to me.

These threads are getting ludicrous and pathetic. It's time I removed myself for my own health and wellbeing, as the only thing going on is people personalising it, and somehow making it a competition over who's the most compassionate.