The coronavirus pandemic calls for tough decisions on the future of the domestic football season and Euro 2020, but all the options risk legal challenges and long-term repercussions
Amid the coronavirus pandemic and the mounting sense of anxiety, even those who bring a can-do attitude to their positions of influence in British football have seen the worst-case scenario become reality during what has been a fast-moving and game-changing week.
Everybody had asked the question. What if a player in the Premier League or English Football League was to be infected? How would that affect the continuity of the competition? Now we know. Or, at least, now we know that there is to be a complete shutdown “until 3 April at the earliest” to quote from the Football Association’s statement on Friday morning.
Written by David Hytner
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/13/governing-bodies-face-a-fraught-future-as-game-we-love-grinds-to-halt under the title “Governing bodies face a fraught future as game we love grinds to halt”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
