According to the 19 March statement, the leagues issued: “The Premier League, EFL, and PFA agreed that difficult decisions will have to be taken in order to mitigate the economic impact of the current suspension of professional football in England and agreed to work together to arrive at shared solutions. The leagues will not recommence until April 30 at the earliest. They will only do so when it is safe and conditions allow.”
This seems logical in the age of coronavirus and concern for the safety of football players. They also declared noting that meetings with various involved parties would continue in the following week.
Today, a week and a half later, after this meeting, we have found out (based on the investigation of dailymail.co.uk journalists) unofficially that the league will start in early May so that the federation can avoid £762m penalties.
To be honest I`m shocked! People for matters of a few quid can put at-risk players! I hope it is a piece of fake news!
If we have a look at the coronavirus statistics in Italy at least, it seems that we will struggle with this pandemic much longer, than first expectation was considered.
Moreover, the UK is about to 15 days behind Italy if we look at the virus spread chart (based on exceeded 500 confirmed cases).
Can you imagine what could happen in the UK in 2 weeks’ time, or 3 weeks?
That`s why all the medical authorities asked all of us to stay at home! It is only a possible solution to slow down the pandemic and help doctors to save people’s lives.
I’m a sports trader and make money out of sports events. Premier League is one of my favorites to trade, but I can’t imagine that people risk someone’s lives due to money!
With coronavirus pandemic, all of us are losing money, and we need to simply accept this fact! The sooner we understand it the better!
Patience is the key. Sports events will return eventually.
Stay healthy, stay at home!
sources:
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/coronavirus-deaths-by-country
