Could they void the PL due to the Coronavirus? | No | Resuming June 17th
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They're going to anyway, because the league is going to be suspensed.
It's obviously not ideal, but putting it off just gets more people infected.
I think so, too, Rel.
It's RAWK level delusion to think the PL give that much of a feck about Liverpool winning the league to keep it going just to crown them champions.
I can't see the logistics behind that working out.
If they allow a team to finish the season being first placed, then they have to logically decide who finished second, third, fourth, 18th, 19th, 20th. You can't just decide for one position and then null and void the rest.
Looking pretty grim.
To cheer us all up they should set up a special Corona Summer Super League. Only infected players allowed to take part.
To cheer us all up they should set up a special Corona Summer Super League. Only infected players allowed to take part.
you could argue drawing to us too
Unsure if this is true as I can't be arsed to check but Blackpool were apparently top of the League when WW2 broke out and they never got awarded the title.
if they cancel this years champions league, then technically they areRAWK still think they're Champions of Europe
Na, there is much more going on in the league than just first place. That's probably much less important than 20th, 19th, 18th etc with the financial impacts of relegation.
I am sure I read somewhere that games can be postponed but if the season can't be completed or if postponement is more than 60 days or something then season is null and void. Not sure what would happen but if they tried to relegate the bottom three teams at that time, I can imagine all kinds of litigation and what is applied to bottom 3 must also apply to the top unless it was mathematically impossible for pool to lose the league.
The season should stop now there are more important things at stake.
Just checked and it's true.
That wiki page seems to agree with you indeed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939–40_Football_League
It was less of a problem because you just have to say the league doesn't exist and don't have to worry about who qualifies for the CL.
CL qualification existed starting the 1956 season.
This season, it will be a bit more complicated. Who goes through then? The same as last year? That would be pretty bad business for us as we need to be back in the CL.
We need to be top 4 and then they freeze the league to have a good chance. Otherwise, we have to ask to continue (at least from our perspective).
We won't have a say but this is how I see it.
Excellent link
Amongst all this bad news, I have some potentially happy news for you!
According to a poster in another thread, UEFA use a ranking system when a season is cancelled. In which case Real would be crowned winners of the Champions League and we would be crowned winners of the Europa League due to our team ranking. If the PL is cancelled Liverpool won't win the league and we would still play in Champions League next season for being crowned champions of the Europa League due to ranking.
Our dreams come true!
They could suspend the league and play the rest of the 9-10 games during the time Euros was supposed to be held if the situation has improved by then. If measures are taken swiftly, this could be a possibility. Delaying the suspension is only going to leave us in a no-man's land.
Yeah plus it happened in September compared to March, but still, nothing was awarded. Having read that Athletic piece it seems everyone is desperate to complete this behind closed doors but I don't think they will be allowed to. In the first few pages Liverpool fans were dashing around with winks and smileys galore and dismissing this as a desperate plea to stop them winning it. It's crazy/scary what a few days in a pandemic can do in such a short space of time.
That is fecking hilarious
They aren't - because they were knocked out of the this year's campaign before it was called off. It would be void without any holders.
This would be amazing!
This is too funny to be true.
Gods a confirmed United fan
I fully agree. Was just trying to put myself in their position. IMO, it's about time they suspend all football competitions around the world. We may need some sort of safety net for clubs that are hit especially hard from this crisis. Don't know, maybe the respective associations of each league can organize something like that. Or maybe the top clubs show some solidarity.
I thought I understood but I've got questions again.
61,000 deaths from 4,500,000 cases is 1.36%. (Regular flu from couple of years ago United States).
29 deaths from 987 cases is 2.94%. (Coronavirus now United States).
So if there was 4,500,000 cases of Coronavirus in US and 2.94% of those died, then there would be 132,300 expected deaths.
Are you saying that the number of cases is expected to be much higher than 4,500,000 or that the 2.94% is going to increase? Or both?
I'm not American, I'm just using US numbers because that's what I happen to find. That CDC chart in my initial post.
Hurry up and do it FA!! Do it for humanity!
If this was to happen, then I'm convinced that we're living in a simulation.
There's no firm proof that rule exists yet. Someone said it without posting a source and it seems to have spread.
I came to that conclusion at 92 minutes 17 seconds into the Champions League final 26 May 1999 - would have been Sir Matt Busby's 90th birthday!
Whether Liverpool win this year or not, just remember to keep referring to it as the Corona Cup, like it's not a real title.
If at any point in the future, science advances enough to create simulations of life (and virtual reality is only round the corner), then there would probably be millions of simulations created. In this scenario, the odds of this life being the real one and not one of the simulations would be less than one in a million and so maybe we are.
The Athletic link someone posted is probably the best estimate. Either take the snapshot of the league now and call it the final standings (clubs can't complain about Liverpool being Champions but would complain about top 4/relegation standings) Or, have play-offs to decide.
My punt is a blend of the two. Liverpool won't need a play off and will be crowned as Champions whilst those within an x band of top 4 will have a play-off of some sort. Same with those in relegation zones. I can't really think of any other way?
Sad... But at least we don't live in a simulation(?)
Love it..I don't think I've ever missed the 90's so much in all my life.
There's definitely a good chance, yes.
But if the thing above was to happen, then there's no doubt...