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Post by rugbytoffee on May 5, 2020 13:05:56 GMT
PROFESSIONAL Footballers' Association chief executive Gordon Taylor has raised the possibility that halves may be shorter than 45 minutes as discussions continue about the Premier League's return.
English top-flight clubs underlined their commitment to restarting the 2019-20 season on Friday, but said "it was agreed that the PFA, LMA, players and managers are key to this process and will be further consulted".
Welfare and wellbeing of individuals returning to work is key and Taylor will pore over the plans as the Premier League looks to resume in mid-June.
"They're not stupid," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. "They will put safety first.
"There is a protocol being put together that is going to be presented, involving all medical experts and Government medical experts.
"There will be a meeting of the shareholders of the Premier League on Friday and then shortly after that the document of returning to work should be finalised and then in the following week, next week, as early as possible, that will be put to players and coaches.
"Then the practicality of all those issues and it will be looked at club by club."
Put to Taylor it would benefit some clubs for the Premier League not to finish and it was decided all matches are void, he said: "We'll have to wait and see. I'm talking about a protocol that's coming out. I'm talking about the future.
"We don't know the future. What we do know is what propositions have been put, what ideas have been put, the possibility of having more substitutes, games possibly not being the full 45 minutes each way.
"There's talks of neutral stadiums. There's been lots of things being put forward.
"Try and wait and see what the proposals are, and then have the courtesy to let the managers and coaches and players also assimilate all those and come to a considered view."
Taylor does not expect matches to be played until the "middle of June" and Health Secretary Matt Hancock would welcome the Premier League's return in the right way.
"Well, I'm absolutely open to that, and horse racing too," he told the Today programme.
"I know that the both the Premier League and racing are working on how this might be doable in a safe way but that safety has to be paramount."
Asked whether Premier League football could return next month if they managed to get enough regular checks, Hancock said: "Well, I'm open to that but we've got to make decisions about what the relative priorities are of all the different things that could be reopened and do everything we can at the same time to keep R down, which is why the test, track and trace system is important and why it's so important that we've now got a globally-leading testing capability, more than 100,000 tests a day capacity.
"Really, really important that we've got that in place now.
"We got in place on time, so that we can do these sorts of things, so that we can help to control the spread, whilst amending in due course when it's ready for some of the lockdown arrangements."
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Post by evertonfan1968 on May 6, 2020 10:25:09 GMT
Why would neutral stadiums matter?
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Post by empresstouch on May 6, 2020 18:10:18 GMT
Why would neutral stadiums matter? It would be one of many forms of false product.
I wouldn't want the game back in any less substance and integrity than what it was, however imperfect it may have been.
It's long known that shareholders like quick-fixes,
and that governments don't stand in the way of GDP.
So why are there so many conflicting pieces of information apparently filtering through local, national and international media?
Well, steering well clear of politics, no clear plan in concrete means nothing is off the Premier League table.
That includes the possibility of writing off next season, rather than this current one,
which those with legal and financial responsibilities to look after desperate to close the 2019-20 season out to its' end.
To do this, what may appear to be innocent confusion in a time of crisis
is in fact the work of minds trying to buy as much time as possible to delay matters
through something called 'misinformation'. It's entirely calculated. The possible outcomes are slowly being filtered out in time, eliminated one-by-one, until there's only one or two options left, with the necessary PR excuses that end up being leaked already scripted from the start - and allowing other forms of social media left to do the dirty work.
It's nothing new in principle. The UK is simply in new water, compared with what other countries around the world may have previously had to put up with in the past.
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Post by evertontillidie on May 9, 2020 17:56:50 GMT
Why would neutral stadiums matter? They might be hoping it will keep the home fans away.
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Post by rugbytoffee on May 11, 2020 13:59:27 GMT
The Premier League season could resume behind closed doors in June after the government gave the Project Restart proposals the green light.
In a document outlining plans to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic that has taken more than 30,000 lives in the United Kingdon, the government has said it will allow professional sporting events to return from June 1 behind closed doors. That timeline would allow the Premier League's plan to resume the season in June to go ahead. All 20 Premier League clubs are meeting via video call against on Monday to hold further discussions around the Project Restart proposals.
In a government document that outlines plans to ease the United Kingdom out of lockdown, the government listed what would be permissible from June 1, including: "Permitting cultural and sporting events to take place behind closed-doors for broadcast,while avoiding the risk of large-scale social contact."
That would mean Premier League games resuming behind closed doors and being screened live on TV, with the government advice stating the events can return "for broadcast". Clubs are yet to agree to a plan for restarting the season, with as many as eight top-flight clubs believed to be against the idea of playing games at neutral venues. Further discussions are to take place this week between the clubs and the Premier League to try and find a resolution before a vote will take place on the proposals.
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