Premier League Suspended - Returns June 17, First Liverpool Game June 21

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  1. StiltonFC

    StiltonFC He said to only look up -- Guster

    Mar 18, 2007
    SoCal
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    absolutely. i think that horrible opportunism crossed party lines, tho'
     
  2. Red Bird

    Red Bird Member+

    Sep 30, 2003
    Oxford
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Hang in there, mate. And stay positive.
     
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  3. zaqualung

    zaqualung Member+

    Jun 17, 2015
    San Francisco
    Club:
    Liverpool FC

    I hadn't heard about that till my significant other mentioned it to me this evening while I was cooking dinner. I thought she was just being Facebook loopy, etc .... but .. now that I see it in reality.... good god ....

    That is absolutely incredible. They should be made aware of their responsibility to the public with a 5 year stint. They are not there for no reason. They bear a (larger than the rest of us - and are well rewarded for this) social responsibility that is supposed to be fvcking borne not abdicated with dumped stocks......
     
  4. zaqualung

    zaqualung Member+

    Jun 17, 2015
    San Francisco
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    anybody who was warned of this being likely to be what it is and did not speak and then dumped shares should walk this plank........

    end of .....
     
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  5. delaynomo

    delaynomo Member+

    Jun 1, 2015
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  6. newterp

    newterp Moderator
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    Jun 6, 2007
    North Potomac, MD
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I can’t see the game starting until June or July and most likely behind closed doors.
     
  7. burning247

    burning247 Member+

    Liverpool FC
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    Sep 16, 2000
    Dallas
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    There's a growing number of dipshits (one of which is a former red) who want the season null and void. Not that I care what they want...
     
  8. newterp

    newterp Moderator
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    Jun 6, 2007
    North Potomac, MD
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    They simply don't realize the economic impact of that would more or less wipe out half the teams in england. But go ahead uninformed and agenda driven assholes. Keep spouting your blatantly tribalistic crap.
     
  9. speker

    speker Member+

    May 16, 2009
    Canada
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    If the story re Premier League clubs having to return the tv money if the season is not completed is true then there's no way the clubs will allow this season to be abandoned. The financial cost would be too high, it's money many clubs no doubt depend upon to cover player contracts.
     
  10. zaqualung

    zaqualung Member+

    Jun 17, 2015
    San Francisco
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    If they are playing behind closed doors then I reckon it could likely begin in mid-May.
     
  11. delaynomo

    delaynomo Member+

    Jun 1, 2015
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    That would probably be best case.
     
  12. zaqualung

    zaqualung Member+

    Jun 17, 2015
    San Francisco
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Yeah. It's hopeful as much as anything else.
     
  13. el-capitano

    el-capitano Moderator
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    Aug 30, 2005
    Sydney
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    Clickbait- I don't even give them the satisfaction of another click. ;)
     
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  14. zaqualung

    zaqualung Member+

    Jun 17, 2015
    San Francisco
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    I think you're wrong there, Speke.
    The financial costs would be too high for the Premier League to sustain itself as it does sustain itself for the next couple of years....
    However, there isn't an absolute need for players to be earning 100+K per week.
    (They weren't fifteen years ago. Their remuneration has way outstripped inflation, so it could be that for the next few years football players don;t make as much money as they would have expected. So, instead of Sadio making 140K a week next year, maybe he makes 70-80, etc ...)Instead of De Bruyne making 200k a week, maybe he makes 100... or 90...
    what exactly would these guys have to complain about?
     
  15. delaynomo

    delaynomo Member+

    Jun 1, 2015
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    That's not going to happen unless:

    a. they happen to be in the last year/close to end of their contract; or
    b. they take a voluntary pay cut.

    If there were to be a "new normal", it would take at least 3 or 4 years to flush through the system.

    In the meantime, there would be almost zero transfers of players on high earning contracts.
     
  16. Wingtips1

    Wingtips1 Member+

    May 3, 2004
    02116
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    100% agreed.
    If we're talking about resuming going to the office, meeting friends in public, attending sporting events, etc. in the fall nobody will have a place to return. The economy will be destroyed and we'll be facing a ten year depression.
     
  17. delaynomo

    delaynomo Member+

    Jun 1, 2015
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Apparently there is a test for antibodies now. For some reason the town of Telluride has enough to test the entire county.
     
  18. zaqualung

    zaqualung Member+

    Jun 17, 2015
    San Francisco
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Maybe its manufactured there?

    I wonder what the costs of this test is gonna be to produce per unit? It seems to me that governments will have to get behind producing and testing (costs) ... as each positive test is another person who can stop worrying about being either a conduit or getting sick.
     
  19. delaynomo

    delaynomo Member+

    Jun 1, 2015
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Think it’s a connection through someone with a ski home there.
     
  20. burning247

    burning247 Member+

    Liverpool FC
    England
    Sep 16, 2000
    Dallas
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
  21. speker

    speker Member+

    May 16, 2009
    Canada
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Just read this which if true is clearly a massive incentive for the league to finish this season.

    The Premier League faces losses of £1.2billion if the season is cancelled, compared to £169million if games are played behind closed doors...
     
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  22. newterp

    newterp Moderator
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    Jun 6, 2007
    North Potomac, MD
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    As soon as they can figure out if it is safe to play, they will do so. That might not be until June - but so be it.

    The few loudmouths that are talking about voiding the season don't seem to want to exercise any logic (agendas of course) and don't seem to understand that the amount of litigation from numerous teams, broadcasters (around the world), etc. could cripple the league for a decade. There would even be a chance that a "replayed" season would be enjoined by a court.
     
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  23. jeffcoop

    jeffcoop BigSoccer Supporter

    Jul 11, 2006
    Central Indiana
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You're in my thoughts, Stilts.
     
  24. el-capitano

    el-capitano Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 30, 2005
    Sydney
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    Watched this last night- even though I know the whole history of it, I still can't deal.

     
  25. Wingtips1

    Wingtips1 Member+

    May 3, 2004
    02116
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Playing nine games should be achievable in 5 weeks - a match every 4 days. Not terribly trying on the players, especially after they've had a little break.

    Replays should be scrapped, I agree on that front.

    With FIFA insistent on a winter world cup in 2022, should the European leagues be thinking long-term and taking this as the opportunity to make the move to a calendar year season?

    July-August 2020 - all leagues finish by Aug 31

    Sept/Oct 2020 - have this period become an offseason.

    Nov 2020 - players report for training camps

    Dec. 2020 - October 2021 - new league season with a one-month break for Euro 2021

    Nov/Dec 2021 - offseason

    Jan - Oct 2022 - new league season

    Nov-Dec 2022 - World Cup Qatar and offseason
     

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