24-03-2020, 22:45
(24-03-2020, 22:15)Statesideowl Wrote: It has to be void, surely. With the possibility that it could be over a year before Football resumes normally
To postpone it indefinitely creates far too many issues, contracts of staff and players will expire. Without some sort of transfer market Clubs could be without a senior squad.
Players have left the countries the play in to return to their home countries to be with family. Will they be able to come back anytime soon?
There's also the matter of it screwing up the calendar year which has a knock on effect, will there be a new start and end date to English Football?
Possibly, but you are using a worst case scenario with this lasting over a year. If this goes on for a year then we will have much bigger problems to deal with and half of the FL clubs would have gone bust as well. The contract issue comes in to play if the season goes beyond the end of July, the clubs all have a mechanism to extend players contract by a month if need be.
I also don't think it matters what the knock on effect is. Finish this season whenever you can, we are only talking about 10 games or so, then see where we stand and work out the next season from that point. The whole summer is now empty, the 2022 WC is a winter one so is messing with the calendar already. There are plenty of options to play a shorter season for a couple of years to get it back on track.