I suggested members have to hold down their spacebar whilst they blow into the microphone to prove they don't have corona before they can't proceed.


Boo-hoo. I'm sure the transgenders and gender-fluid idiots would have thought being able to choose your gender as an attack helicopter last year was in bad taste but I bet you wouldn't have complained about that.


Pay no attention to the buzzkills above. PC culture is killing comedy. If there's one thing we should be joking about right now it is the coronavirus.

I'm almost certain they will finish it. The question is just when? I wouldn't be surprised at all if they didn't play it this year. Maybe even towards the end of the year is optimistic. As I've said before, as soon as whenever they would be able to start they should just resume it and then maybe just start the next season the week after or have a short break then straight back into the new season. I suppose it depends on when they would be able to resume it as they'll need to take into account finishing for before the start of other tournaments like the EUROs. It makes much more sense to just pause the leagues indefinitely and just carry them on when they can. Cancelling will cost them too much and also lead to many lawsuits. Liverpool will miss out on a title they have essentially already won and teams will miss out on promotion like Leeds so it's very unfair to just void the league. Also, if the league isn't completed the PL will owe many multiples of millions in TV money they have to pay back. I suppose they could maybe work out a deal with money off for the next bulk lot of TV rights or something but Sky is already losing a lot of money because of this and contractually they can get their money back if the league isn't completed: https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/sky-sports-customers-set-to-save-on-bills-until-premier-league-returns-1.4215760

Jeeze: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8163853/Premier-League-face-1-2billion-hit-season-abandoned.html


£762million owed just to Sky and BT sports alone. Then there's all the other countries rights. The PL and Sky could end up falling out over this if there's lawsuits which could be huge for when the TV rights go for up for auction again. I was hoping companies like Amazon or Dazn end up out bidding Sky/BT or them at least getting more games. There was even talk of Facebook maybe even throwing their hat into the ring at some point. Companies like Amazon and Facebook can easy afford to do this.

I know people who play five a side almost every day of the week. Some of them are 'ringers' and even get paid to play ie if a team is missing a player then they will get a call and get paid by the five a side venue to fill in and play so they don't miss out on the revenue from the entire game being scraped. Are you telling me that these supposed professional athletes couldn't play a game of football at the drop of a hat tomorrow if they were asked to? If they can't then I would certainly question their fitness. Sure, they might not be at the top of their game or in peak physical fitness 100% but all the teams are in this situation and have to make it happen. They'll soon get back into the swing of things but professional footballers should be able to do an hour or two or exercise every single day, and they probably train 3 times a week in addition to the game so I can't see why they need much time to get themselves ready. There really shouldn't be any excuses here as all teams are going to be in this scenario and these games need to get played asap so they've better be keeping themselves fit and match ready. If teams come out with this bullshit as an excuse not to play I hope they get called out on it.

I think a lot of you guys are missing the other factors involved and how the individual person will be feeling here. Someone who kills themselves in these scenarios presented probably has some sort of mental illness or health anxiety or something. Imagine the mental stress someone will be under if they suffer with that and all they can think about is catching the disease and possibly dying a slow death from it. That constant stress and anxiety will take it's toll and probably become unbearable for them. I often see a lot of people say similar things when anyone kills them-self like why did they do that, they had so much to live for, life can't have been that bad etc etc, but if you're mentally just exhausted or miserable all the time then that's a great stress to be under and in that mindset a lot of people just do what they feel is necessary to make it stop. In times like these there's really no end in sight for when this will all be over and that's a pretty grim outlook for anyone. Who know's what the world will look like when this is all over, but we're heading for mass unemployment and  possibly one of the biggest recessions ever if things don't turn around anytime soon and all that is going to take it's toll on a lot of people and it's probably far more than just the fear or the virus right now that is driving people to suicide. I'm not really worried about the virus at all, but the damage to the economy is probably going to cause more damage and deaths in the long-run.

I'm sure that's what they're wanting to do as that's the only possibly way they'll be able to get them done at all, but it's out of their hands and I'm really sceptical they'll be able to play these matches even like that. The government probably just won't allow it. I also think that a lot of non-football fans will complain ie why do we have to self-isolate or can't go outside with more than one other person but people are playing football matches?. Every player, coaching staff and match official will likely have to be tested before they play and what happens if something does spread between players? Could cause much more damage. As much as I want the football to continue as soon as possible, I just can't see it and think it would be better just to wait until all this has blown over.

Those are the tournaments that could be finished be more quickly because of how few games there is left, but the issue is obviously the international travel which is almost impossible right now and could lead to more disease being spread. My only hope is within a few months time things start to die down and I'm hoping we look back at all this as an over-reaction.


Well of course the ones who's interests it's in to do so will want this, but the most logical thing is just pause the league indefinitely and restart it as soon as they are able. If they cancel the league there will be lawsuits by numerous clubs, especially from Liverpool and teams that will be relegated and ones not promoted from the lower leagues. Obviously football is going to be gone forever so just resume the league as soon as they can and then nobody can complain. When that's finished have a short break or even just carry on the next season like it's just another round of games.

Maybe 40k potentially 'exposed' to it, but that figure is one that is probably pulled out of thin air ultimately. I think it's going to be a very long time before we see any international games though. There's no end in sight for this virus right now and I wouldn't be surprised if all football is essentially cancelled for the rest of the year. I hope they just postpone/reschedule games/leagues no matter how long it takes though rather than null and void the current ones like they've just done in the English lower leagues. It's unfair to all the teams that are potentially going to win promotion and titles not to mention giving a free pass to relegation zone teams.

It spreads the way any virus is spread, but why does it matter whether you're rich or famous or not? Just because people in the public eye are getting it doesn't mean any more than a regular person getting it. The only difference is the media obviously don't pick up on it, but obviously the more people that are tested the more will be found to have it, especially for those who show little to no symptoms.

I really don't think it will be anytime soon. Certainly not next month or the month after or even the month after that. I think we'll be lucky if they even get to play the games this year to be honest.


Whilst it's sure to be a great fight I think Ferguson is too old to trouble Khabib really and I also doubt the UFC 249 will go ahead either:

If the current top five agrees to scrapping this tournament (assuming it doesn't get going any time soon) we could put all the prize money into the pot for next season. I would probably only do this though if all the top 5 were okay with it. If this season doesn't get finished though I dread to think when the new league would start. Could be a long time before that happens if things get worse which I'm sure it will before it gets better. I'm not expecting anything catastrophic but enough to scare the gov into not allowing things to go ahead until the coast is well and truly clear but there's no end in sight for that.

It's probably out of the PL's hands though. I'm sure they would restart the games this weekend if they could, but it's what the government says that will effect the restart. At the moment you're not meant to go outside with more than two people and group gatherings are effectively banned so that would obviously effect football games as well. Maybe the gov will make exceptions for sport or maybe it will get worse and they will prohibit any sporting matches even behind closed doors. Them and even the PL have got to think about the health of the players and staff as well but I guess they could screen/test the players first. Personally, I'm very sceptical the games will be played any time soon even behind closed doors. I guess we'll have to see how the partial lock-down of the UK works but most people are still going to work everyday so I don't think it's going to do much.

They'll probably play them at some point, we just might be waiting a while. If they can start a new season when it should I imagine they will just play the remaining games first and push that back a bit. If they can get away with playing them behind closed doors and there's nothing legally stopping them from doing so then they'll likely play them asap. They're going to lose a shitload in TV revenue that they'll have to pay back and I'm sure fans would rather the games go ahead than not at all, especially when there's not much else going on right now.



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-8132883/Premier-League-pay-762m-dont-finish-season-TV-contract-breaches.html

As for the pool, yeah, I'll pay out as the leaderboard currently is now if the tournament isn't completed but I'm sure it will unless this pandemic thing lasts years.

All the five-a-side pitches have been shut down in the UK. Looking like the entire country might be in lock-down soon. Boris the Bloater is making an update at 8:30 where he's probably gonna announce more restrictions on what you can do. Really can't see the Premier League getting up and running again any time soon. Things just look to be getting started with the virus over here. The only way I can see the games happening is behind closed doors but they might not even want to risk that. I think the world could do with some fresh entertainment if we're all going to be locked at home. The trouble is this virus thing isn't going to go anywhere soon so it could last a very long time pushing back even the next seasons and other cups/tournaments.

Well the ticket prices will vary. Even nosebleeds will have probably set you back $500, but ringside seats  probably go for tens of thousands, maybe even much more for the very premium ones.


https://blog.ticketiq.com/blog/how-to-find-the-cheapest-deontay-wilder-vs-tyson-fury-tickets


They do make most of their money from TV, and as I said before, the actual gate receipts are peanuts. They'll save a lot of money having the fight behind closed doors because they won't have to pay all extra staff and security that a live fight needs. The Pay per view fight was $80 in the US and £25 in the UK which was either the highest it's ever been in the UK or matched the Joshua/Ruiz rematch price a few months before. The money from fights is in the distribution rights and the total they'll make will be insane and it's why these big boxing fights are so lucrative.

Ticket sales from the actual venue are peanuts compared to the TV rights and I'm thinking if the world is still in lock-down then then they pay per view will go through the roof.


https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/wilder-fury-2-gate-ticket-revenue-heavyweight-record


https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/675344/wilder-vs-fury-2-ppv-buys-north-america-bob-arum-lewis-vs-tyson-2002/

So they made 64-68 million from pay per view and that's just American TV buys. Doesn't account for the rest of the world and all the money from the digital streaming platforms like Dazn. The fight will likely either just get pushed back or fight behind closed doors but losing the gate receipts from the fight is a drop in the ocean.

Take Us Home: Leeds United. It's on Amazon if you have that:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07WLCN7DR/ref=dvm_uk_sl_tit|c_419893660034_m_ne4jgpng-dc_s_

It's well done and is worth watch, but I was Leeds fan as a kid (guess I still am by default). It covers the Spygate incident and the agony of just missing out on promotion. I really hope they filmed another season. They probably filmed that one as it was likely they were going to go up but there's an even better chance this season unless they blow it again or the season gets cancelled.


There will probably be clauses for unexpected things like this. Can't imagine them playing football in the middle of a war or zombie apocalypse  . I'm sure the games will get played at some point especially with the EUROs getting pushed back a year.

Well I don't know what has to happen, but there's certainly been talk of voiding the league but that could just be speculation or just plain fud. I don't know legally what would happen if they did that but I suspect there'd be lawsuits and I think the top few clubs of the Championship have already voiced their concerns about that. Of course the most sensible thing to do would be to play the games at some point and I'm sure that's what they're aiming for but if everyone is in lockdown for months I don't see how that will work. I guess things will become more clear over the next couple of months depending on how the disease/panic spreads.

Yeah. He'll probably leave if he doesn't get them up this season. Did you watch the documentary they did for the previous one? I hope they're doing a second season for this one.


I wouldn't be so sure. Just because they've postponed the EUROs doesn't necessarily mean the Premier League games will go ahead in that time. The way everyone is panicking over here I don't think it's something that is going to be resolved within a few months unless it becomes clear within a month or two that it's been blown out or proportion and they then decide to play them.

Well I think rescheduling the games should be what they do and that's also likely what they'll want to do, but if the conroavirus thing is going to go on for months or even possibly years then there's no time for that and pretty much nothing they can do about it. The trouble is teams will still complain about what teams get promoted. Take the Championship for example. There's no guarantees that Leeds and West Brom will stay in the automatic promotion spots and then there's the play-off places. If no teams get relegated from the Premier League then there's going to be three extra teams in the league and I think that's why if they don't reschedule games they might void the league entirely out of fairness, unless there's some play off games for the relegation teams and Euro places or something. What a farce. I'm hoping in a months time it just turns out that we blew this out of proportion.

I'm sure it will be fine. It's ddos attacks that you need to be worried about, not the cornoavirus.


Blows my mind how business like Netflix stay afloat. They pump so much money into getting the rights to programs and creating their own original content that they're losing massive amounts of money. I think they're just hoping that eventually pretty much every household in the developing world will have a Netflix account and they'll be rolling in the cash but that probably won't happen, especially with all the competition that's around and also up and coming. Netflix is good value for money but most people I know just share their mates or family member's account.


Split the cost between some friends. I'm sure you could find some people on here that would do it. I've just got a new 4k TV so might upgrade to their premium service that has 4k content but only if it's got a lot of stuff. Not sure what they have yet without upgrading.