Premier League officially postponed until 17th of June

[Phomesy]

Just on the idea of shortened playing times - this is a policy already adopted by the Australian Football League (Aussie Rules) and has already had one round played before all sport was cancelled.

Obviously Aussie Rules is a far more "contact sport" than "soccer" but the principle has already been adopted.

 

[SUIYHA]

The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport need to try and find a way to pass laws allowing clubs to defer playing contracts until a later date. Stop the payments now but agree to re-start them when the season starts again. If the season starts again in 2023, so be it, we resume the season in 2023. I don't see why there's such a pressing need to reach a conclusion during the agreed timeframe. There's no chance that next season will be starting as usual in August and with the 2022 World Cup in winter it's the perfect opportunity to tweak the calendar anyway.

 

[Monkey boy]

So BBC are reporting that reducing the minutes in a game is an option. This is the first actual suggestion that challenges the integrity of the game. Football is 90 minutes and more importantly this season has been played for 90 minutes per game so far.

the first??

 

[Yid-ol]

The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport need to try and find a way to pass laws allowing clubs to defer playing contracts until a later date. Stop the payments now but agree to re-start them when the season starts again. If the season starts again in 2023, so be it, we resume the season in 2023. I don't see why there's such a pressing need to reach a conclusion during the agreed timeframe. There's no chance that next season will be starting as usual in August and with the 2022 World Cup in winter it's the perfect opportunity to tweak the calendar anyway.

So where will all the money come from to pay these deferred wages on top of ongoing costs like the stadium? With hardly any income coming in?

 

[Colonel Dax]

I didn’t know it was that high in the EFL. Blimey:

 

[Metalhead]

Ive been thinking about this and listening to a lot of what is out there. I see both sides and not really missing football at all.

The same conditions that we are experiencing now will also be experienced if a new season were to start, so are we saying that we also abolish next season if things are the way they are now? or because it all starts at a level playing field next season eg behind closed doors, neutral venues etc then we are happy with it to go ahead next season?

Football at some point has to return otherwise youll have football clubs not surviving this. Football just needs to adapt... it is no different than people being on a packed tube carriage going to work...

We'll certainly be in the shit - no NFL and it's hard to see Amazon or Nike following through on the naming rights sponsorship if we don't get up and running over the next few months.

 

[longtimespur]

So where will all the money come from to pay these deferred wages on top of ongoing costs like the stadium? With hardly any income coming in?

80% furloughed by the government.

 

[Yid-ol]

80% furloughed by the government.

For player? you do know it's only 2500 a month they would get?

Player (24)	Pos	Age	Annual Salary
Harry Kane	F	25	£10,400,000

So if we say kane is on 866,666 roughly a month, the government will pay 2500 of that leaving 864166 a month to pay for just kane on his own.

Include the rest of the squad and that's a hell of a lot of month to find to pay in a lump sum on top of the normal outgoings still.

 

[TheAmerican]

So BBC are reporting that reducing the minutes in a game is an option. This is the first actual suggestion that challenges the integrity of the game. Football is 90 minutes and more importantly this season has been played for 90 minutes per game so far.

Ndombele cheat code.

 

[$hoguN]

This crisis is really going to change a lot in football. No more £600000 a week wages after this and wages bill at 80+%

 

[yankspurs]

So BBC are reporting that reducing the minutes in a game is an option. This is the first actual suggestion that challenges the integrity of the game. Football is 90 minutes and more importantly this season has been played for 90 minutes per game so far.

Even better. When the scousers win the league, we can have another stick to beat em over the head with. No fans, no parade and now 1/4 of the season played with games less than 90'. I'm for it. A nice big old asterisk on their faux title.

 

[Wsussexspur]

This crisis is really going to change a lot in football. No more £600000 a week wages after this and wages bill at 80+%

Pretty obvious from my posts that im not Daniel Levy biggest fan, But it really is time like this I think we have to be glad we have some one like him in charge who hasn't let costs such as wages get out of control. The wages to turn over ratio for some premiership clubs and a lot of the championship clubs is frightening.

Wouldn't be too surprised to see clubs. trying to copy his bonus salary scheme moving forward.

 

[Marty]

I didn’t know it was that high in the EFL. Blimey:

One of the promoted clubs, I can't remember which, had a 175% wage to turnover ratio last season, and are far from alone in the Championship with such mind boggling figures.

The chase to reach the PL and the financial ruin the clubs risk in doing so has to stop.

 

[chrissivad]

One of the promoted clubs, I can't remember which, had a 175% wage to turnover ratio last season, and are far from alone in the Championship with such mind boggling figures.

The chase to reach the PL and the financial ruin the clubs risk in doing so has to stop.

Villa had a largest wage bill, so probably them.

 

[yankspurs]

One of the promoted clubs, I can't remember which, had a 175% wage to turnover ratio last season, and are far from alone in the Championship with such mind boggling figures.

The chase to reach the PL and the financial ruin the clubs risk in doing so has to stop.

Has to be Villa. They bought a whole new team. Staked their lives on survival in the league this year. If there is relegation this season and they go down, the club is probably a dead man walking.

 

[Marty]

Has to be Villa. They bought a whole new team. Staked their lives on survival in the league this year. If there is relegation this season and they go down, the club is probably a dead man walking.

All three were pretty barmy tbf

 

[Deleted member 27995]

All three were pretty barmy tbf

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I can understand why folk get annoyed with ENIC. It's a double edged sword if you try and take a balanced view.

 

[thekneaf]

All three were pretty barmy tbf

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Surely our numbers are skewed because we had those fallow windows. New contracts and increased spending will see us back up around 60% this year (in a non covid model).

 

[BringBack_leGin]

Surely our numbers are skewed because we had those fallow windows. New contracts and increased spending will see us back up around 60% this year (in a non covid model).

We were never above around the 45% mark even in fallow windows and these figures are from after the likes of Kane and Son renewed, the only high profile renewals since being Sissoko and Toby that immediately spring to mind. Additionally, while we did sign Lo Celso, N’Dombele and Bergwijn since, we’ve also shipped out Janssen, Llorente, Trippier, Wanyama, Dembele and Eriksen.

our wage to turnover ratio is almost definitely still the lowest in the league.

 

[Trotter]

All three were pretty barmy tbf

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Those top 3 are significantly distorted by promotion bonuses the players received, which can be as much, or even greater than their base salaries