I'm amongst many who have deferred their Sky subscription. Inevitably, the broadcasters will want to recoup their outlay.

Furthermore, if all this season's fixtures aren't completed then presumably we would be entitled to a refund of 22% of our season ticket price?

For that reason alone I can't see those outstanding games not being completed later in the year.

Edited by Henry of Peckham (02 Apr 2020 5.42pm)

Denial is not just a river in Egypt

if you reorganised things you may lose some paying power but football shows that the paying power is there - and whatever your politics their salaries compared to the 98% who struggle was beyond the pail before this, now it's doomed - they will have to hand over the readies in some shape or form basically., f*ck two generations of debt let's have a football tax, and it would be paid for by Sky.

... who would then pass it on to their subscribers!

Football could be pricing itself out of the reach of the masses. At the end of the day, do we really need football? It doesn't rank up there with health, food and a roof over our heads. If we have to make choices then I know what I'd drop.

Edited by Henry of Peckham (02 Apr 2020 9.33pm)

Denial is not just a river in Egypt

I also tend to think this would be the best solution. With each passing week the chances of completing the season becomes more remote. Playing behind closed doors is looking like a non-starter, and merging the remains of this season into next season could get very messy. Also, with Euro 2021 scheduled for next summer there is little room available for extending next season.There have also been other "outside the box" ideas floated
( e.g. playing the rest of the season in China !!?) most of which look highly improbable.

Yes, teams who were in play-off positions would not be happy, but somewhere along the line something will have to give.

Across the world businesses are facing huge challenges and many won't exist by the time the crisis abates, with many people losing their livelihood.

With this in mind the introverted world of football, and footballers, needs to get real and understand that clubs and players need to take on their share of the suffering and inconveniences (to say nothing of the tragedies) that ordinary folk are enduring.The world of football, already viewed by many as an arena of excesses,will paint a very poor picture of itself if it whines its way through this challenge.

I can’t see the season being completed any time soon. My own personal choice would be to complete this season at the beginning of August, then a short break and start next season, scraping both domestic cup competitions. But whatever decision is reached someone is going to be pi55ed off.

I'm increasingly of the opinion I expessed a couple of posts up the page that this season needs to be put to bed now by whatever method.

It's all very well saying that we resume the current season come July or August but, as things stand, there is a strong possibility football, and other sports, will not be able to start again that soon. Until a vaccine is available this virus is not going to go away, and restrictions on non-essential gatherings will continue to be in place.

You'd then potentially have the situation where you are into September or October with 9/10 games of the 19/20 season to complete, and a new season already 2 months behind schedule.