https://www.premierleague.com/news/1663603?utm_source=google&utm_medium=gposts&utm_campaign=news


Nothing we didn't already know or expect.


The PL clubs will probably get that money regardless of what happens. The PL will likely be obligated to pay them it unless they have a contract that says otherwise. Can't imagine it's a well we didn't get paid so you can't either sort of deal.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/29/premier-leagues-project-restart-what-is-it-and-is-it-feasible


Does anyone think that this sort of stuff just isn't realistic? Staying at hotels and travelling sterilised routes? I think even if things did go ahead like this it could easily end in disaster. 300 people at a game minimum? That seems like a lot. I was thinking there'd just be the teams, coaching staff, match officials and a handful of staff for the venue and TV broadcasts. I'm struggling to see how they'll play anything unless the virus dies down drastically. You can sterilise the hotels and balls all you want but that doesn't stop the players from sweating, breathing and sneezing on each other. Will be kind of ridiculous if they're wearing face masks. If things are still that bad then they probably just shouldn't be playing as much as I'd like to see play resume.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-city-man-utd-news-18175163


How did any of the players get out of the country in the first place?


We're all just some guy from the internet, but the mighty globbo needs to provide some sources/evidence or prepare to be Craig Wright-ed  .

Most people, fans and clubs alike, seem to think pausing the league is the best option. It could be a while before it's safe to do so, but football isn't going to be cancelled forever. Just resume when they're able and carry on as normal.



I can understand their concern. Most would or should be worried about their health more than anything else. I think even if things do restart it could lead to something bad happening which shuts it all down again. All it would take was one of the players to contract it or pass it on and then half the team could get it. What then?

They're not fighting for free. Boxing is like any other sport and money has ruined it. Sure, you're fighting for glory but it's mostly about the money these days and taking the biggest payday you can get. Imagine this, what fight do you think a boxer would take? Getting offered $250k to fight arguably the best boxer on the planet in their prime and possibly lose, or take the potentially easier money fight worth multiple millions? Obviously the biggest fights usually are with the best, but fighters usually go with the biggest paydays regardless of who they're fighting. There will be fighters who will want to fight people like Fury and McGregor purely because they know it's going to come with the biggest payday of their lives, even if they know they're no match for them. Heck, I'd even fight either of them for the money I'd likely get. I'd probably be knocked out with the first punch but I'd wake up with a lot of money in my bank account so I can't really blame them.


As Natalim said, Wilder doesn't need to do anything as it's a contractual obligation which he's not going to turn down because it's probably the last and only chance he'll get to win the belts back. It will be interesting to see what happens with the next fight if Tyson loses because he probably will want a rematch clause also so we could be set for yet another fight, though maybe they could agree on a no rematch clause to stop this, but I think Fury would be silly to do so just in case.

His "girlfriend". Sounds like a bullshit excuse to me to make out like he's not begging for merits and he's trying to guilt trip you that his relationship depends on it. If anyone's relationship depends on getting merits from this forum then that person probably isn't worth being around, but I don't believe what they're saying.


People usually release tinder messages when they're incredibly sleazy or laughable. That message would probably fall into the latter. I think in 99% of cases private messages should remain private, but of course this is the internet and if you're potentially worried about something embarrassing I really wouldn't send it digitally, especially not to a stranger, and in this case I do think that message is BS (and probably spam).

But on the flipside how many fights are they going to miss out whilst they're waiting for the big one? Fighters can fight easy three times a year easy, but these days you're lucky to get one fight a year from one of the big guys. I think I saw an interview with Dana a while ago where he says they're contracted to offer them at least three fights per year but the fighter can turn them down, but they don't get paid if they do. Masvidal could easily fight Diaz again (or someone else) and then take a bigger fight when one becomes available. It's not like these big UFC fights are put together on a whim and there's months of planning before they're fully announced so there's plenty of time for fighters to recover and get ready for the next big fight.


It might be hard to negotiate with them but Nate would be a fool to not take another fight with either Masvidal or McGregor. I don't know what he's doing for money right now but UFC fighters usually can't afford not to fight for prolonged periods of time and aside from the Masvidal fight I don't think Nate has done anything since Connor. Connor's biggest potential fights right now would surely be either Masvidal or rematches with Diaz & Khabib. None of them would be easy fights for him though.

You react like the biggest bullshitter you know has just told you another load of unbelievable bullshit without any evidence whatsoever. You ignore it or question their sources. Whatever Craig Wright says you should probably believe the opposite. Craig is only saying this bullshit because he obviously doesn't have access to that account, never has and never will, and will never be able to provide any evidence of owning that account so this is just another distraction tactic and excuse as to why he can't do something that the real satoshi would obviously be able to do very easily.

After all this bullshit is over I really hope CW ends up where he belongs and that's in jail.


Well I would agree, but this is bitcointalk where anything vaguely related to bitcoin is posted about numerous times and in numerous configurations and formats. It's pretty slow for news these days so this sort of stuff is going to be talked about. There's also seemingly quite a few people who think he is or may actually be satoshi so that doesn't help either.

Well it means that they need to have a plan in place on what they're going to do. If they don't meet it then there will probably be repercussions. I think the majority of people want the games to play on even behind closed doors but that's easier said than done as it's the government who can either allow this or shut it down. They seem to want to get the league going as soon as possible as well but it needs to be safe for everyone involved. They also wont want to give the impression of double standards to the public as it will cause a lot of issues if the country is still in lockdown meanwhile football is allowed to be played.


I've got a reliable source that says he knows someone who says bitcoin is going to 100k. This is how bulshit spreads. Some random guy on the internet knows a guy who knows a guy who says they're back at training so that must mean everything is going to go ahead. Even if some teams are back at training in some capacity (which I'm sceptical of) that doesn't mean the league is going to restart. If the players have been told something then everyone else would also know about it, especially the media. If something had been decided then it would be out there. It's not like it would be a secret either.

It's a tricky situation. Cancelling leagues is just going to open up a whole new can of worms in my opinion with teams who feel like they're missed or will potentially miss out on something. Even if you crown the current 1st place winners it's still unfair to everyone else.
Even given the fact that Liverpool and PSG would have been unlikely to throw away their strong leads, it was still technically possible and that leaves all the other teams who are fighting for the European slots and teams fighting relegation and also promotion. What to do about them?


Well that's the big thing holding them back. If the lock down lasts all year or even years then it's probably out of their hands.


Can't imagine PSG will be happy about missing out on the CL if UEFA ban teams from leagues that finished early. I'm sure there will be lots of legal action/appeals taken. Maybe leagues might end up getting restarted instead of cancelled. To be honest, it makes sense just to pause everything until things blow over.

As I said in the other PL thread UEFA has given the domestic leagues a deadline of May 25th for plans to be announced on how they're going to restart. I wouldn't be optimistic if they haven't started by then. Still not sure if they'll outright cancel the whole thing though. will likely cause more problems to be honest. They should just postpone it for as long as they need then restart when possible.

I dunno. I'm sure that's what they're genuinely aiming for. Fans will get even more annoyed if they keep giving dates that they can't keep. It also seems UEFA have given the domestic leagues a deadline for the CL and EL league spots:

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11661/11979886/premier-league-given-until-may-25-for-restart-proposals-by-uefa


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52439018


I think things would start to fall apart if they miss those deadlines. Maybe sports will be allowed to be played behind closed doors by then but I'm still sceptical.

Bitcoin was a part of a sub plot in the HBO series Euphoria where one of the characters asks how it works so she can start accepting it for online payments. They at least briefly sum it up fairly well to the laymen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nQG6soZa0E

Bitcoin was also very briefly mentioned on the Netlix series Safe, but it was just a passing comment and not really related to anything. I had to turn the subtitles on because I wasn't even 100% sure he said bitcoin but just coins, but the subtitles confirmed it. It was in episode 5 at around 19:08: https://www.netflix.com/title/80201500

I'm sure I've seen a couple of other films/Tv shows the past year or so where bitcoin has been mentioned that hasn't been noted in this thread but I'm struggling to recall them.

I don't disagree with the stoppage, it's just not a fully fair win in my opinion even if Masvidal was winning or dominating. Masvidal should have at least given him the courtesy to finish the fight properly. If it was an easy and dominant win for him then there should be nothing to worry about in a rematch. Anything can happen in a fight though. Most people seem to think the first Fury/Wilder fight Fury was winning up until he got knocked down and was nearly KOd completely and that's all it takes. You could be dominating a fight 100% and then you get stung with a killer blow. It looked both Diaz and Masvidal were interested in the rematch but it was Dana who seemed like he wasn't interested, more likely because he was dreaming of bigger fights involving them and McGregor or Khabib.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBnqRqvePTM


As above, I don't disagree with it, it's just a shame when it happens. I had similar feelings with the Fury/Wilder towel throw in. I could see why his coach did it, but I like to see fights out wherever possible. Obviously the health of fighters is paramount but that's also why I like to see rematches if there's not a clear winner. Fights going to points is always frustrating as well, especially when it's close.

June seems very optimistic to me. I guess it all depends on when the government says it's ok for sports to resume but I can't see that on the horizon anytime soon.


On further reading what I think they mean is that all the games that wouldn't have been shown on TV will be shown free to air and likely Sky and BT will keep their TV rights for the games they were already allocated (assuming they're ok with that). Because the games will likely be behind closed doors it makes sense to show them on TV so at least fans can watch them. Since no tickets will be sold they could probably get away with showing the 3'o clock games as well since showing them on TV obviously wouldn't effect ticket sales given the circumstances. I would be surprised if they do show them free to air though and not sell the rights to someone, though maybe it would be good for the nation and promo for the sport if everyone could watch the matches.

https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/27/project-restart-12614208/


I mentioned before that it would be a good idea to play the Champion's League like on neutral grounds this but seems the PL are also considering it. I doubt the league will resume by June though. That seems very optimistic. In another article yesterday they said they won't restart until they get the go ahead from the government and that seems likely it'll be a long time before they do that.



Depends whether you class Chicago Town microwave pizzas as 'gourmet' as that's what they literally were selling. They usually cost £0.50-1.00 each if you buy them from the supermarket.

They can't be more lenient on some clubs than others. They're there to stop this sort of thing where wealthy owners buy a club and just buy the title by pumping money into them. There's pretty severe punishments for teams that do break them like City found out, but they probably should go further. No doubt City will manage to wrangle their way out of them as well.


Charge 10k for a replica shirt and £100 for a hot dog. Prices probably aren't that far off for food. It's been a last time I went to game but mini pizzas were like £5 or something.


There's many ways you can easily bypass the rules. Teams could easily do deals with brands/companies where they get the sponsors to pay the players a lot more as part of their sponsorships. There's always loopholes in any business and smart lawyers will come up with new ones all the time. 

Cowboy and Petis on the undercard?  Either way, a surprisingly very good line up of fights assuming half of them don't drop out or it gets cancelled. I wonder what bouts Dana is trying to line up for the fight island because I would have expected some of these fights or fighters to end up there. Maybe we might see a big fight there after all... unless Dana is just going to go with fights in Florida now. Still really hoping he does the island thing as it's at least something different.


No thanks  . I'll never understand watching e-sports or VR games.


Nate Diaz's face get's busted up easily by anyone. I can't remember who did what in the fight but all it takes is one punch or kick for the tables to be turned. Diaz was willing to fight on and the guy is an animal and the Drs stoppage is an easy way out which isn't a fair win IMO. This is what Diaz looks like when he wins and he still could have managed a choke if he was allowed to carry on:

They have contracts that the games need to be played within a certain time frame. If that passes then then contracts could become null and void unless Sky/BT don't mind or can come to some sort of arrangement. I would be surprised if they became free to air though. Surely they'll sell the rights to someone rather than give them away for free. Now would be a good time for the PL to do its own streaming service and show them on there free or paid.


Training together a sa team whilst social distancing will be nigh on impossible and pointless. Players should just be keeping themselves fit at home until the time comes when this has blown over and they resume the season again. They don't really need to train as a team until that happens just like they don't on the off season or any other breaks.

Diaz only lost via Doctor stoppage. They should rematch that fight but Masvidal doesn't seem to want it even though it would be the right thing to do. I think the Diaz trilogy fight would be one of the biggest fights McGregor could take right now outside of a Khabib rematch but there's more chance of the Diaz match happening since Khabib doesn't seem in any rush to fight him again, though money talks.

They should just play them back to back with maybe a short break or two throughout the season. Fans won't be able to go until the public lockdown stops, but there's really no end in sight for that right now. It could be in place for most of the year or even in fact goes on for years. Nobody knows but it's depressing to think about.


We know who won: Liverpool. Football is a business now sadly whether we like it or not and ultimately all the PL bosses cares about is their overheads hence why they need to get playing as soon as possible because paying out 1 billion+ for missed TV rights would possibly cripple them financially.


That's the most logical and I think what most sane people want but it probably depends on how long this pandemic goes on for. I think they should just carry on as normal as soon as they are able to though.


Liverpool winning it aren't really the main issue. They're so far in front I can't see many complaining about giving them the title, but the bigger issues are what to do about the relegated teams, Champion's League and Europa League spots and also promotion places from the Championship. It would be unfair to them to void the league but also unfair to others if the leagues ended as they stand now. That's why it's much more logical to play the remaining games when they can so it's fair to all.