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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Mar 18, 2020 18:30:19 GMT
The EFL have unveiled their plans for dealing with the coronavirus crisis.
A conference call was held earlier today between the board and representatives of their three divisions.
It has led to a commitment to complete the 2019/20 season "in order to protect competition integrity", subject to the public health situation allowing it.
To ease the financial strains on members, a £50million relief package will also be made available.
The emergency meeting was brought in after the decision last Friday to suspend competitions until at least April 3 as a way of tackling the Covid-19 outbreak.
Many potential solutions to the crisis have been put forward since, including playing behind closed doors, ending the season as it is, or waiting for as long as it takes to restart this campaign.
The EFL have now indicated their preference is to find a way to bring this campaign to a finish.
The statement read: "The primary objective, in order to protect competition integrity, is to deliver a successful conclusion to the 2019/20 season, subject to the over-riding priority around health and well-being.
"Plans continue to be developed on the agreed principle that it is in the best interests of the EFL and clubs to complete the current season at the appropriate time."
Financial problems brought on by the lack of gate receipts were also high on the agenda.
In a bid to stave off problems in the short-term, the league intend to bring forward payments to clubs, while also making interest-free loans available.
The statement continued: "The cash injection is included as part of a series of measures, that includes potential government support to help clubs and their associated businesses through this period of uncertainty.
"The EFL welcomes last night’s announcement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and is continuing discussions to understand how our clubs can access the funding made available to support businesses."
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Post by South Stand Ultra on Mar 18, 2020 18:38:26 GMT
Just what was needed, yet another CV thread....
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Post by socrates on Mar 18, 2020 18:48:28 GMT
Just what was needed, yet another CV thread.... Dunno if your joking but this could save many clubs including ours. Good news I reckon 👍👍👍. Well apart from the fact our season was dead and the sh** are going for top 6.
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Post by Topper Gas on Mar 18, 2020 19:18:00 GMT
£50m divided by the 72 EFL clubs won't last long, particularly if the Championship clubs want a bigger slice than L1/L2 clubs, which is probably going to be the case.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Mar 18, 2020 19:30:21 GMT
Just what was needed, yet another CV thread.... More negativity clearly needed more?
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Mar 18, 2020 19:33:27 GMT
Just what was needed, yet another CV thread.... Yea, it's a crap Curriculum Vitai from ggmi..
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Mar 18, 2020 19:34:18 GMT
Just what was needed, yet another CV thread.... More negativity clearly needed more? Do those two more negatives turn into more positives?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2020 19:39:43 GMT
Said all along that everything should be done to complete the current season. Never understood why so many wanted to see it declared void and the turmoil that would have brought - understood the likes of Karen Brady though who was seeking to exploit a terrible crisis to her own clubs advantage.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2020 20:17:07 GMT
Said all along that everything should be done to complete the current season. Never understood why so many wanted to see it declared void and the turmoil that would have brought - understood the likes of Karen Brady though who was seeking to exploit a terrible crisis to her own clubs advantage. In respect for those people who are dying maybe?
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Post by socrates on Mar 18, 2020 20:42:56 GMT
Said all along that everything should be done to complete the current season. Never understood why so many wanted to see it declared void and the turmoil that would have brought - understood the likes of Karen Brady though who was seeking to exploit a terrible crisis to her own clubs advantage. In respect for those people who are dying maybe? Possibly but I doubt it. To be fair I expect pretty much every chairman of a club in a relegation battle wants the season void. Human nature , and Brady is a business woman who is looking after her own interests.
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Post by Gassy on Mar 18, 2020 20:52:03 GMT
£50m divided by the 72 EFL clubs won't last long, particularly if the Championship clubs want a bigger slice than L1/L2 clubs, which is probably going to be the case. Tbf Topper I think it was the L1&2 clubs who said to the EFL they need £50m collectively it games aren’t played by summer
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Post by Jomo on Mar 18, 2020 21:16:11 GMT
£50m divided by the 72 EFL clubs won't last long, particularly if the Championship clubs want a bigger slice than L1/L2 clubs, which is probably going to be the case. The Championship clubs operate on basket-case-level deficits all year round and so they will be vulnerable, except for the fact that they have a much higher proportion of TV Revenue than L1 and L2 teams get. I think L1 and lower are at most risk and they should get at least the same amount of help as Championship clubs.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2020 22:05:52 GMT
Said all along that everything should be done to complete the current season. Never understood why so many wanted to see it declared void and the turmoil that would have brought - understood the likes of Karen Brady though who was seeking to exploit a terrible crisis to her own clubs advantage. In respect for those people who are dying maybe? Football will have to resume at sometime, like much of everyday life, and when it does it should be a resumption of the current season regardless of how long the hiatus. I don’t see anything disrespectful to those that have died by resuming football once this crisis is under control.
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Post by Topper Gas on Mar 19, 2020 7:49:18 GMT
The EFL have now supplied a breakdown of the figures between the various leagues:
"Under the terms of the relief fund, Championship clubs will receive their remaining £800,000 award payment from the Premier League on Thursday. In addition, they will be able to apply for a £584,000 interest-free loan.
For League One clubs the figures are £250,000 and £183,000, and for League Two sides they are £164,000 and £120,000."
Just short of £450K in total should, you'd hope, see us though the next few months, although no doubt Knowall will be gutted by this news
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2020 8:39:58 GMT
In respect for those people who are dying maybe? Football will have to resume at sometime, like much of everyday life, and when it does it should be a resumption of the current season regardless of how long the hiatus. I don’t see anything disrespectful to those that have died by resuming football once this crisis is under control. Yes so it should but let’s put things into perspective,so if the season can’t resume until say December what then? players released from their contracts etc etc possibly clubs gone under the leagues might even have to be restructured.
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Post by Topper Gas on Mar 19, 2020 9:03:28 GMT
If the UK is in full lock down now for 9 months I sense worrying about football will be the least of our worries! Hopefully, like normal flu, the hot summer weather will kill CV off.
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Post by Marshy on Mar 19, 2020 9:16:27 GMT
If the UK is in full lock down now for 9 months I sense worrying about football will be the least of our worries! Hopefully, like normal flu, the hot summer weather will kill CV off. Hot summer in this country? Good luck with that!
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Post by warehamgas on Mar 19, 2020 9:48:14 GMT
In respect for those people who are dying maybe? Football will have to resume at sometime, like much of everyday life, and when it does it should be a resumption of the current season regardless of how long the hiatus. I don’t see anything disrespectful to those that have died by resuming football once this crisis is under control. Exactly. As always in stuff like this there are the two issues. Health and football. Health comes first first, second and third in terms of priority but when football does resume whether in 3,6, 9 months or a years time the season now must be completed for many reasons. Nothing disrespectful in having a plan of what to do when the crisis is over. It’s what I expect leaders to do. UTG!
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Post by Topper Gas on Mar 19, 2020 10:23:55 GMT
If the UK is in full lock down now for 9 months I sense worrying about football will be the least of our worries! Hopefully, like normal flu, the hot summer weather will kill CV off. Hot summer in this country? Good luck with that! 22/23C in Wuhan seems to be enough at the moment, similar to our typical summer.
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Post by Topper Gas on Mar 19, 2020 10:27:22 GMT
Football will have to resume at sometime, like much of everyday life, and when it does it should be a resumption of the current season regardless of how long the hiatus. I don’t see anything disrespectful to those that have died by resuming football once this crisis is under control. Exactly. As always in stuff like this there are the two issues. Health and football. Health comes first first, second and third in terms of priority but when football does resume whether in 3,6, 9 months or a years time the season now must be completed for many reasons. Nothing disrespectful in having a plan of what to do when the crisis is over. It’s what I expect leaders to do. UTG! I don't get why any Gashead is saying this season must be finished at all costs. When we're one of the limited number of clubs where it makes zero difference what they decide to do. In fact the sooner a new season starts of us the better.
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