UK’s economy will lose a good amount of money if football clubs shut.

[coolcoinz]

UK is facing the second wave of corona virus as far as I know so this is not the right time to allow people into stadiums because it is going to increase the number of cases and can damage the whole economy in no time.Not much revenue made from football clubs when compared to the totsl revenue of such developed country.

They've been talking about this second wave for at least 4 months now and I don't see anything like that happening. Their so called second wave is probably taking into account the fact that they have trouble finding the difference between covid and normal flu and those test that they have aren't worth the money they're paying for them. If people start getting normal flu and reporting they feel bad so it might be covid, many will get quarantined anyway and added to the list of covid cases.

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[Yatsan]

For a country like UK that sport like football become a big part of their economy is surely affected by the effect of this pandemic which is prohibiting the call for social gathering for the viral and deadly infection is still on and one of the health protocol is to observe social distancing and as much as possible is to postpone mass gathering to avoid the spreading of the virus on which UK is still having an outstanding number of infected cases. Well, for UK's economy that includes football for their economic status, it will be so hard to recover once football clubs shutdown for there are no audiences in the stadiums to pay and watch the games so there will be no source for the expenses needed for the whole club. It is really such a worry for the economy but still health is also a concern and must not be compromised for if so that happen, another worst thing may arise if health would be set aside to save up the economy. But if there could be a possible solution such as limiting the occupancy rate of the stadiums to observe social distancing, I think it will work out having audiences for the economy and at the same time taking care of the health's sake.

[jostorres]

I believe this return of fans is not a smart idea at all but closing down football is also an idiotic move as well, there should be something in between and there is one that we are using right now as well, so no need to figure out something new. Obviously things are not looking great so far in numbers, which means if you bring fans to stadiums it will only get worse, masks is something you can't force on people, they will obviously do their best to check if everyone wears masks but there is a lot of small stuff people do not abide which mask could be one but the consequences could be worse.

So, just keep the football open, but do not allow anyone but staff to be there, that way you can guarantee that players will have a chance to stay healthy and public will not have a reason to get together so closely.

[noorammak]

Football is important to the UK economy and it creates countless jobs. Although football brings great economic benefits, it is advisable to close matches, to stop games for the health of the people.
Once the epidemic has been repelled, they can then reorganize their matches. The organization of the matches is now extremely risky.

[CODE200]

Surely it will result into a negative impact on the UK's economy once football clubs shutdown due to lack of financial resource to support their team and players and knowing that football in UK become part of their economy, it will literally be a pale once football clubs will no longer be taking place in their country. But since UK is still facing a great problem due to difficulty of handling their rate of infected cases, it will be hard to allow audiences to take into participation knowing that it might lead to further spread of the virus which will again make the economy worst once a lot more people get infected. But I think it can be resolve somehow if the football stadiums will only be limited into a 30 to I think 50 percent capacity so audience can still come along to watch live ensuring the physical distancing needed to prevent the spread of virus and of course to observe the strict health protocols according to the guidelines of the WHO. Maybe if they manage to do such, it can be possible to make people watch football games live which will ensure that football clubs to continue in operation which is a good impact for the UK's economy while considering the health of its people.

[Shasha80]

As a Premier League fan, I was actually quite disappointed, because I couldn't see a football match without a live audience.
A match without a live audience must be admitted to reduce the excitement of the match. But we must not be selfish,
do not give priority to economic problems at the expense of health. So the UK government decision by prohibiting spectators
from entering the stadium is correct, because causing a crowd will increase the spread of the corona virus. I think there are many
ways to make money in the football industry without having to expect income from ticket sales to watch stadiums.

[shoreno]

As a Premier League fan, I was actually quite disappointed, because I couldn't see a football match without a live audience.
A match without a live audience must be admitted to reduce the excitement of the match. But we must not be selfish,
do not give priority to economic problems at the expense of health. So the UK government decision by prohibiting spectators
from entering the stadium is correct, because causing a crowd will increase the spread of the corona virus. I think there are many
ways to make money in the football industry without having to expect income from ticket sales to watch stadiums.

dont know if its already suggested but they why not they do pay per view  ? pay per stream/ live  . these people cant depend on ticket sales only because of scenario's like this where no audience allowed  and what if this is the future ? a future where all things will be brodcast online and live shows / theaters will become obsolete , see neflix like example . people now watch on those apps more than experiencing the real thing   . same goes to the stores outsides because people now use apps to deliver food and snacks  .

[gabbie2010]

Football is important to the UK economy and it creates countless jobs. Although football brings great economic benefits, it is advisable to close matches, to stop games for the health of the people.
Once the epidemic has been repelled, they can then reorganize their matches. The organization of the matches is now extremely risky.

Health is wealth no doubt about that, the UK government should continue to support clubs in form of bail out just to sustain them and cushion the effect of Covid-19 on clubs finances while this pandemic last, by 2021 hopefully a vaccine will be produced this will bring a lasting solution to this crisis, we cannot take the health of UK citizens for granted in the name of making money considering the the outrageous number of people who lost their lives because the virus.

[South Park]

they no longer need to close football matches because they can still be done without spectators..

What about small clubs that get their revenue from ticket sales, you need revenue to flow in to continue with the tournament and if these clubs are not getting the revenues in the form of advertisement then they will cease to exist and hence it is a growing problem for many smaller clubs around the world, unless they find an alternative solution to get that money they will be forced to shut down.

When people think about football cubs most of the time they think of the famous ones, most likely those clubs can remain in business by selling merchandise and by the money they get from advertising and the television rights, but for small cubs most of their revenue comes from ticket sales and from selling stuff on their own stadium, like food and drinks, and now that they are not allowing people in they are suffering and the risk of bankruptcy is real so I think allowing them to accept a small amount of fans on their installations is a move in the right direction.