I don’t doubt what you say and I wouldn’t be surprised if they do try and fudge it in such a way but to me this would be bizarre and rather stretching the meaning of ‘finished’. Indeed with not a single one of the 92 positions settled beyond doubt it would be anything but finished.

The 75% threshold would also be particularly pertinent because for a number of the EPL teams, they have only played 28 games of the 38 due to be played (73.68%). (The EFL teams do look to have just hit the 75% threshold of games played for each league.)

I can see more potential for mass litigation if they try to apply the 75% of games played formula instead of simplifying matters by saying the season wasn’t finished or even close to being finished and therefore the season has been abandoned and all league standings declared null and void.

As unsatisfactory as this scenario might be I see it being less unsatisfactory than teams being relegated as it stands, with games in hand on those around them and with some teams having played opponents in the top six twice and others only once.

Unless of course, this 75% formula was in the EPL & EFL rules at the start of the current season. Even then one would imagine that this would only apply if all teams had played the same number of games.

Of course there is also the potential for this unfolding Pandemic to get so bad in both economic and mortality terms that the outcome of a football league position becomes so blatantly irrelevant that the governing body write the season off and draw a line under it.

Well of course my travel insurer has!

I have an annual multi-trip policy last renewed in July 2019 which specifically states that it will not reimburse airline ticket costs if a trip is cancelled for reasons of epidemic and pandemic.

Needless to say, I have tickets that will not be reimbursed if travel is not possible for this reason

You may also get a refund on your credit card, maybe!

One more point

No, cos Palace will either lose every game, or at most get a no-score draw against the teams below us.......
that's how it always used to work with them in the past

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The biggest question in my mind is what happens to relegation / promotion teams.

For which, there is an answer.

No teams get relegated, but the top 3 of each division get promoted.

This would leave the premier league with 23 teams for next year, but every other league is the same # (except for the lowest league).

The league cup is then cancelled for premier league teams, so they can play more premier league games. Possibly too, the FA cup they don't enter until another round later.

As far as relegation the following 3 years - should be 4 relegated - that goes for each league until the PM is back at 20 teams.

All im saying is, what happened the last time the EPL reduced the league from 22 teams to 20.

IMilburn, if you've only booked flights only, they are NOT ATOL protected & if your insurance already wont pay out, as someone else has stated, you could claim with your CC/DC provider

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