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But if it's materially more risky for one group then it's not OK to just exclude them.

 

Anyway, I edited the post because I can't be bothered with the inevitable weird race discussion.

 

If the players (black or white) want to play why should they be stopped from earning a living because some nobhead fans don’t want them to to take the risk?

 

Restart will only happen if the players agree to it.

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If the players (black or white) want to play why should they be stopped from earning a living because some nobhead fans don’t want them to to take the risk?

 

Restart will only happen if the players agree to it.

 

This isn't about earning a living though, they will all still be paid (handsomely) whether they play or not, so why do they need to take the risk?

 

You're correct with the second sentence but I don't think players will agree to it. It's not a risk they need to take, the rate of infection is still too high in this country right now.

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The Black thing is fair point, if the stats show the6 are much higher risk then they shouldn’t have to play if they don’t want to, just like no other player should be forced to.

 

 

It's a known fact that European and non European immune systems function differently. Darwinian some might say. Europeans have, on average about 4% Neanderthal DNA that other races don't neccessarily have. Several Lupus (auto-immune reaction) studies have shown that African-Americans (and I suppose African-Europeans) are far more susceptible than Caucasian Americans.

The Pasteur Institute published a study in the Cell revue explaining all the why's and wherefores about 4 years ago.

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Solution...

 

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If a reported proposal goes ahead to finish the season with a 'No-Tackling Rule' this has to be a bizarre answer. It would certainly be entertaining (for a while).

 

Seriously, a no-tackling rule would advantage clubs with the better ball players (probably those nearer the top of the tables) at the expense of weaker teams (lower down?) that depend on tough tacking and blocking..

 

I think no solution aiming to complete this season is going to work.

 

So I would prefer 2019-2020 to be declared ended, with the Premier league positions frozen as they are. And with NO relegations!

While the THREE TOP Championship clubs would be promoted to the Premiership, creating a 23 club competition next year.

 

Relegations from the Premiership would be for the FOUR BOTTOM clubs yearly for the next THREE YEARS, until back to 20 Premiership clubs. Promotions then to be as usual.

And so on down the divisions.

 

Liverpool could be officially declared 'Champions Elect' or some such title. A new rule to be introduced in case this situation occurs again. (which could happen).

 

That has got to be better than the current impasse. So why not?

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If a reported proposal goes ahead to finish the season with a 'No-Tackling Rule' this has to be a bizarre answer. It would certainly be entertaining (for a while).

 

Seriously, a no-tackling rule would advantage clubs with the better ball players (probably those nearer the top of the tables) at the expense of weaker teams (lower down?) that depend on tough tacking and blocking..

 

I think no solution aiming to complete this season is going to work.

 

So I would prefer 2019-2020 to be declared ended, with the Premier league positions frozen as they are. And with NO relegations!

While the THREE TOP Championship clubs would be promoted to the Premiership, creating a 23 club competition next year.

 

Relegations from the Premiership would be for the FOUR BOTTOM clubs yearly for the next THREE YEARS, until back to 20 Premiership clubs. Promotions then to be as usual.

And so on down the divisions.

 

Liverpool could be officially declared 'Champions Elect' or some such title. A new rule to be introduced in case this situation occurs again. (which could happen).

 

That has got to be better than the current impasse. So why not?

 

Ah I'd not noticed that the no tackling rule was for real matches. I thought it was just for training. No tackling ?? Well that's just not football really is it .

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Ah I'd not noticed that the no tackling rule was for real matches. I thought it was just for training. No tackling ?? Well that's just not football really is it .

 

No. And what would be the point of training without tackling?

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No. And what would be the point of training without tackling?

 

Going through the motions and boosting public moral apparently. Although about 70% of the said public don't seem to give a toss.

At the end of the day it's about getting their hands on all of the Sky money they've been contractually promised, because well without it some won't survive.

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Oh good, because I don't know where you stand. I was just browsing the Lounge and you described another posters colleague being killed cycling to work as 'horrific'.

 

Also, it would appear I understand the virus better than the Premier League, who think disinfecting the pitches is going to make any difference at all.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52635005

 

 

 

It would seem that the parents of any black footballer are at risk, so how long should they not see them for? Finishing this season will probably take them into September.

 

How does commenting on hearing that a cyclist was killed on their first venture on a bike say anything about ‘my stand’?

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Im not missing the PL one bit and quite happy if it doesnt start up again this season

 

Not surprising really; The football season has become too long anyway. Starts early in August, finishes Mid-May if you're not in the later stages of any European Cup. Then the qualifying rounds for those that are start mid-July.

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Following this discussion has put me in mind of gladiatorial combat where we are sending out people to risk their lives for our entertainment. Although the new contest rules might include no poking people with sharp objects because you might transfer something.

 

What is so hard about just calling it off and starting over there really doesn't seem any alternative unless you lock them all down together and play behind closed doors at some isolated spot. In turns out to be about money, ah I see, poor people screw you, big corporate entities they cant lose out..... Capitalize the gains, socialise the loses....

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A statistician I was talking to yesterday told me that the risk to the players' health and lives is now probably greater from them driving to a match than playing a match. There were a LOT of riders to this (driving casualties are low at the moment because the roads are pretty empty, for example).

 

The point is that we can't ever play a game of football at zero risk, the question is when and whether risks are so low that it's okay to do so. By June 12th, I think we may well have reached this point.

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A statistician I was talking to yesterday told me that the risk to the players' health and lives is now probably greater from them driving to a match than playing a match. There were a LOT of riders to this (driving casualties are low at the moment because the roads are pretty empty, for example).

 

The point is that we can't ever play a game of football at zero risk, the question is when and whether risks are so low that it's okay to do so. By June 12th, I think we may well have reached this point.

 

Interesting, there was a German scientific study published two weeks ago that equated the risk of dying from covid the same as any given 9 mile car journey.

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A statistician I was talking to yesterday told me that the risk to the players' health and lives is now probably greater from them driving to a match than playing a match. There were a LOT of riders to this (driving casualties are low at the moment because the roads are pretty empty, for example).

 

The point is that we can't ever play a game of football at zero risk, the question is when and whether risks are so low that it's okay to do so. By June 12th, I think we may well have reached this point.

There was a telegraph article yesterday that said something similar:

 

While there is a general risk from ageing, the public faces a host of other risks in daily life.

 

The avoidable mortality rate in Britain, which includes accidents, unintentional injuries and some preventable diseases, is currently 228 people per 100,000, or 0.2 per cent.

 

But the risk from coronavirus for the general population does not rise above that until people hit their 50s – so for anyone under that age the disease is less risky than the general underlying chance of death from preventable causes.

 

For road accidents, the fatality rate by population hovers around 2.8 deaths per 100,000 people.

 

The Government is encouraging more people to cycle, but cyclists are 15 times more likely to be killed on Britain's roads than car drivers.

 

 

Department for Transport figures show that, for every billion miles cycled, there are 1,139 serious injuries and 29 deaths. That compares with just 27 serious injuries and two deaths per billion miles for car drivers.

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Maybe in Germany. Still depends on virus load, age, health.

 

I had it early March, really rough for 5 or 6 weeks. And still really don't feel too good now months later. It's had a big impact on lungs and just ridiculous fatigue and muscle pain.

 

Wonder how good your football career would be after you get it?

 

Also having visited Germany a few times for work, the lady who normally drove to and from the airport was the least safe I have ever felt in a car, including overtaking people on a twisty road in the fog at about 100mph taking on the boy racer who nearly crashed when he overtook her because we had to slow for a lorry. So if the metric is driving 9 miles on a German road I do not want to give COVID-19 a try, i do not fancy my chances.

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Wonder how good your football career would be after you get it?

 

Also having visited Germany a few times for work, the lady who normally drove to and from the airport was the least safe I have ever felt in a car, including overtaking people on a twisty road in the fog at about 100mph taking on the boy racer who nearly crashed when he overtook her because we had to slow for a lorry. So if the metric is driving 9 miles on a German road I do not want to give COVID-19 a try, i do not fancy my chances.

 

Think Charlie Austin had it a couple of years ago

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It's interesting the talk of points per game when I did think there would be more conversations about a more sophisticated modelling/analysis process to account for easy/difficult run-ins, form and so on.

 

Daniel Finkelstein in The Times who writes about that kind of thing every week (when football existed) suggested that idea but adding on an additional layer where you run the remainder of the season through the model a million times and then see where that ends up. Just a bit more precise than just one metric.

 

With all the opta stats and football nerds about it feels perfectly achievable.

 

Probably wont happen as I suppose the Alan Brazils and Paul Mersons of this world would never get their heads round it. I'd imagine our own MLT would probably struggle.

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I have pretty much tuned out of any analysis for points per game and alternatives but thought could use ppg and then if anyone really close say 2 or 3 points apart on a critical issue ie relegation/promotion then make them play off one game to see who goes above/below. I know might get multiple bunches of teams and some odd ones to adjudicate on. Obviously played In full hazmat suits and bleached grass.

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PPG is a bit too crude, plus if a team has an easy run in it will obviously have already played it's tougher fixtures so it would be a bad gauge. Statisticians are never right when it comes to football but some sort of PPG but weighted to take into account the opposition and wether it is home or away should be pretty simple to work out and give a better outcome.

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It's interesting the talk of points per game when I did think there would be more conversations about a more sophisticated modelling/analysis process to account for easy/difficult run-ins, form and so on.

 

Daniel Finkelstein in The Times who writes about that kind of thing every week (when football existed) suggested that idea but adding on an additional layer where you run the remainder of the season through the model a million times and then see where that ends up. Just a bit more precise than just one metric.

 

With all the opta stats and football nerds about it feels perfectly achievable.

 

Probably wont happen as I suppose the Alan Brazils and Paul Mersons of this world would never get their heads round it. I'd imagine our own MLT would probably struggle.

 

Wonder if it factors in the liklihood of a 'Gerrard slipping on his arse' monent.

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One thing that has always puzzled me is the TV revenue angle.

 

Surely it’s within the wisdom of someone to do a deal & ensure clubs won’t pay a penny back in the event of no restart. My understanding is the deal runs until end of ‘22. Say for argument’s sake that there’s 25% of tv games for this season left. Negotiate adding another year on the end of that contract, taking into account the 25% left, plus a goodwill bonus. Ie, give them the ‘23 season for half the price they’re paying for a season on average . Throw in a few other incentives like reducing the number of times they have to show clubs, & maybe some leeway on kick off times ( TV games sat 3pm for example), and I’m sure there’s a deal to be done.

 

This season is probably one of the worst for TV companies, with no title excitement at all. More big clubs on, when there is a race, & half price extra season must be appealing to them. Or am I missing something.

 

Over the long term clubs will lose out slightly, but that can be worked into budgets. One thing for sure, once the risk of paying money back now is gone, the momentum will go out of returning.

 

 

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Wonder if it factors in the liklihood of a 'Gerrard slipping on his arse' monent.
I would like to think any algorithms have included "Liverpool choke again" to cover maybe 999,995 of the potential outcomes.
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Wonder if it factors in the liklihood of a 'Gerrard slipping on his arse' monent.

 

This is a crucial point. No amount of prediction could ever include such a possibility, or that of a goalkeeper taking his eye off the ball for a moment. If predicting match outcomes were that easy then people would be making a fortune on the Football Pools, or whatever their equivalent is these days.

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One thing that has always puzzled me is the TV revenue angle.

 

Surely it’s within the wisdom of someone to do a deal & ensure clubs won’t pay a penny back in the event of no restart. My understanding is the deal runs until end of ‘22. Say for argument’s sake that there’s 25% of tv games for this season left. Negotiate adding another year on the end of that contract, taking into account the 25% left, plus a goodwill bonus. Ie, give them the ‘23 season for half the price they’re paying for a season on average . Throw in a few other incentives like reducing the number of times they have to show clubs, & maybe some leeway on kick off times ( TV games sat 3pm for example), and I’m sure there’s a deal to be done.

 

This season is probably one of the worst for TV companies, with no title excitement at all. More big clubs on, when there is a race, & half price extra season must be appealing to them. Or am I missing something.

 

Over the long term clubs will lose out slightly, but that can be worked into budgets. One thing for sure, once the risk of paying money back now is gone, the momentum will go out of returning.

 

 

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According to this morning's Telegraph BT Sport and Sky are currently demanding a £350M rebate from the PL even if there is a restart with behind-closed-doors matches

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This is a crucial point. No amount of prediction could ever include such a possibility, or that of a goalkeeper taking his eye off the ball for a moment. If predicting match outcomes were that easy then people would be making a fortune on the Football Pools, or whatever their equivalent is these days.

 

It's not a crucial point, it's a pretty facile one in the context of what we are speaking about here.

 

The Liverpool vs Chelsea result was a match between top and third placed teams, and resulted in a 2-0 away win for the (slightly) lower placed team. The season finished with Chelsea 2 points behind Liverpool.

 

That result is hardly some freak incident that no one could have ever predicted. Gerrard slipping over is an irrelevance in that context.

 

There is loads of football modelling data, so perfectly possible to get to a set of repeated season simulations that could resolve a season.

 

Being that we are talking about this vs points per game, it's about the least worst option (for any league not planning on playing the games of course)

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According to this morning's Telegraph BT Sport and Sky are currently demanding a £350M rebate from the PL even if there is a restart with behind-closed-doors matches

 

That seems a little high, but God knows what sort of penalty clauses are involved in what will be a very complex contract.

 

From a financial perspective, I still think the Premier League can end up quids in if they move to have all remaining c 90 matches televised. Worldwide audiences will be huge - especially with Euro 2020 having bitten the dust.

 

Before someone says "it's all about money", no it isn't. It's party about money and it's about making a senisble trade off. You don't sacrifice hundreds of millions of pounds to reduce the risk of one person dying from, say, 1% to 0.5%.

 

If you think that we should (if we face these sort of numbers), then a whole lot more needs to change beyond just cancelling the rest of the season (24 hour check in times at airports, maximum speed limits of 25mph, strict rationing of alcohol to no more than a pint a day per person...that sort of stuff).

 

Overall, Germany seems to have handled the whole crisis far better than we have. A far better healthcare system than the NHS, way fewer deaths, the economy starting to return to normal and footall resumign today. We have a lot to learn from them and probably not much to teach them.

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One thing that has always puzzled me is the TV revenue angle.

 

Surely it’s within the wisdom of someone to do a deal & ensure clubs won’t pay a penny back in the event of no restart. My understanding is the deal runs until end of ‘22. Say for argument’s sake that there’s 25% of tv games for this season left. Negotiate adding another year on the end of that contract, taking into account the 25% left, plus a goodwill bonus. Ie, give them the ‘23 season for half the price they’re paying for a season on average . Throw in a few other incentives like reducing the number of times they have to show clubs, & maybe some leeway on kick off times ( TV games sat 3pm for example), and I’m sure there’s a deal to be done.

 

This season is probably one of the worst for TV companies, with no title excitement at all. More big clubs on, when there is a race, & half price extra season must be appealing to them. Or am I missing something.

 

Over the long term clubs will lose out slightly, but that can be worked into budgets. One thing for sure, once the risk of paying money back now is gone, the momentum will go out of returning.

 

 

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Good shout duckone. Could also simply increase the number of games allowed to be shown over next couple of seasons. Like you say, there must be a deal to be done somehow.

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Watching Dortmund v Schalke. It's decent enough because Dortmund are a nice side to watch but obviously the atmosphere is akin to a pre-season friendly played in a library.

 

Frankly, I really couldn't be arsed to watch the PL played out in empty stadiums.

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Watching Dortmund v Schalke. It's decent enough because Dortmund are a nice side to watch but obviously the atmosphere is akin to a pre-season friendly played in a library.

 

Frankly, I really couldn't be arsed to watch the PL played out in empty stadiums.

 

Yeah, it just feels like the game is empty. It’s supposed to be a derby game but it feels like there’s nothing at stake.

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Our players would barely notice the difference from the normal atmosphere at St Mary's.

 

At least they won't have to hear the sound of seats clacking up continuously from the 80th minute onwards.

 

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Our players would barely notice the difference from the normal atmosphere at St Mary's.

 

At least they won't have to hear the sound of seats clacking up continuously from the 80th minute onwards.

 

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Our players would barely notice the difference from the normal atmosphere at St Mary's.

 

At least they won't have to hear the sound of seats clacking up continuously from the 80th minute onwards.

 

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100% agree

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