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Post by juniorjambo93 on Apr 23, 2020 15:02:36 GMT
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Post by MTS on Apr 23, 2020 16:24:25 GMT
From the EEN
Uefa have set out guidelines as to how the Scottish Premiership season should be concluded and the reasons which would allow for a termination.
The governing body have made it clear their preference is for the 2019/2020 campaign to be finished on “sporting merit”, even if it requires a different format.
However, they have confirmed if the top flight is not able to be played to a conclusion with “legitimate reasons to prematurely terminate” a domestic competition, the final league placings will be determined by the Scottish FA and SPFL.
It would likely see Hearts demoted and Celtic crowned winners.
Such reasons include “official order prohibiting sports events” and “insurmountable economic problems” which would put “the long-term financial stability of the domestic competition and/or clubs” at risk.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today confirmed that “big gatherings and events” are unlikely to go ahead for “some months”.
Both Scotland and Belgium made “representations” for the Executive Committee to consider regarding the eligibility and qualification for European competitions in 2020/2021 if leagues are concluded without all games being played.
Uefa advised nations that “selecting clubs should be based on objective, transparent and non-discriminatory principles”.
It would allow the SPFL to terminate the Premiership on the points per game basis they have used with the Championship, League One and League Two.
Null and void does not appear to be an option.
A statement read: “UEFA urges National Associations and Leagues to explore all possible options to play all top domestic competitions giving access to UEFA club competitions to their natural conclusion. However, UEFA stresses that the health of players, spectators and all those involved in football as well as the public at large must remain the primary concern at this time.
“The ideal scenario, should the pandemic situation permit it, is to have the currently suspended domestic competitions completed enabling football clubs to qualify for UEFA club competitions on sporting merit in their original format. Should this outcome not be possible, in particular due to calendar issues, it would be preferable that suspended domestic competitions would restart with a different format in a manner which would still facilitate clubs to qualify on sporting merit.”
It added: “While using best efforts to complete the domestic competitions, National Associations and/or Leagues might have legitimate reasons to prematurely terminate their domestic competitions, in particular in the following cases:
“• existence of an official order prohibiting sports events so that the domestic competitions cannot be completed before a date that would make it possible to complete the current season in good time before the next season to start.
“• insurmountable economic problems which make finishing the season impossible because it would put at risk the long-term financial stability of the domestic competition and/or clubs.”
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Post by MTS on Apr 23, 2020 16:47:08 GMT
I think it’s time for Budge to concentrate now on a total rebuild for the championship next season. Levein, McPhee, Fox, and Murray out now. Bring in a Sporting Director or a CEO and decide who is going to be our manager next season and get 100% behind him.
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Post by hfc on Apr 23, 2020 17:03:59 GMT
The 2019/2020 season is finished. Let's not be silly about this, it's over. The 2020/2021 season may not even begin this year if u read between the lines. No big gatherings, social distancing still in play till a vaccine is found. Well no Vaccine is available perhaps for years so not too much is gonna happen on the sporting scene, unless of course closed door games become the norm! even then how do u social distance players who are tackling, spitting, cursing and coming into close contact at corners and free kicks etc. No fans gathering watching in Pubs or in other peoples homes never mind inside the stadiums.
Jesus this goes on and on..
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Post by juniorjambo93 on Apr 23, 2020 17:13:07 GMT
I think it’s time for Budge to concentrate now on a total rebuild for the championship next season. Levein, McPhee, Fox, and Murray out now. Bring in a Sporting Director or a CEO and decide who is going to be our manager next season and get 100% behind him. That and suing the SPFL.
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Post by baldbobby on Apr 23, 2020 17:28:54 GMT
I think it’s time for Budge to concentrate now on a total rebuild for the championship next season. Levein, McPhee, Fox, and Murray out now. Bring in a Sporting Director or a CEO and decide who is going to be our manager next season and get 100% behind him. That and suing the SPFL. Go find an ambulance to chase junior. I for one do not want her wasting money on a lawsuit that could take years to settle and cost millions that would be better spent on keeping the club afloat.
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Post by fredstersafool on Apr 23, 2020 17:36:06 GMT
Past caring, we put ourselves in this position and to be honest she’s wasted enough money,
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Post by hfc on Apr 23, 2020 17:40:39 GMT
There's no chase required here. UEFA have cleared the way and if the Scottish Gov say no crowds and no people gathering together then the SPFL have all they need to end the season. Simples. Not even the Court of Arbitration (CAS) will say anything about it. This is sport not the legal courts set up from what i can gather.
What would AB say anyway?
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Post by countyjambo on Apr 23, 2020 18:01:15 GMT
Like I said earlier , complete waste of time , voting rights are shambolic, we are being relegated , let's shift the high rollers who have let us down and rebuild properly.
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Post by fredstersafool on Apr 23, 2020 18:22:12 GMT
So that’s Budge,Levein and McPhee away then county
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Post by hmfc1874 on Apr 23, 2020 20:08:01 GMT
It's all rather arbitrary at the moment.
Clubs will likely disappear, as will many businesses in the service industry.
It's a watershed moment in society, not sure how many people grasp this.
People will disagree, but the Dutch model of heard immunity makes sense. I understand there's folks on here with health issues, equally some healthy folks who would be impacted more than they may think. Yes, 99% of people have underlying health issues, but there's still 1% otherwise healthy and not old that die.
Viruses evolve, they just do it much fucking quicker than people due to very different 'life cycle' (technically viruses aren't alive). We can't honestly expect to protect the world from every nasty that appears. Sadly this will become increasingly common. Global population projected to hit 10 billion by 2050, that's a factor of 4 increase since some of you guys were born. Couple that with an increasingly transient population and you have a recipe for an unmitigated cluster fuck.
We (the global community) have some big decisions ahead. Either we shut up shop everytime this happens and the fundamentals of our capitalist society go to fuck (each to their own in the merits of capitalism) or we allow ourselves to succumb to the rule that applies to all life on this planet, evolution and survival of the fittest.
Please don't think last comment was meant in a cunty way it, it wasn't. We all live, we all die...we just try make the intervening period as rewarding as we can.
I have young kids, the prospects of our planet and civilisation frankly terrify me.
I could write a thesis on this shit, not saying it would be great mind. I won't bore you all though...😂
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Post by juniorjambo93 on Apr 23, 2020 20:31:46 GMT
Go find an ambulance to chase junior. I for one do not want her wasting money on a lawsuit that could take years to settle and cost millions that would be better spent on keeping the club afloat. If she doesn't sue them she is impotent - as is any denial of the necessity to do so. The cost of a lawyer doing this would be small as it is an easy case and the materials are there. I'm sure there are many Hearts supporters who practice law in Edinburgh who wouldn't care about the money as well.
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Post by juniorjambo93 on Apr 23, 2020 20:33:59 GMT
There's no chase required here. UEFA have cleared the way and if the Scottish Gov say no crowds and no people gathering together then the SPFL have all they need to end the season. Simples. Not even the Court of Arbitration (CAS) will say anything about it. This is sport not the legal courts set up from what i can gather.
What would AB say anyway? They are two separate questions: A) whether it is right to call the season to a close, and B) whether it is right to demote (not relegate) a football club (i.e. a business) if A is done.
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Post by juniorjambo93 on Apr 23, 2020 20:35:57 GMT
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Post by baldbobby on Apr 23, 2020 21:04:49 GMT
Go find an ambulance to chase junior. I for one do not want her wasting money on a lawsuit that could take years to settle and cost millions that would be better spent on keeping the club afloat. If she doesn't sue them she is impotent - as is any denial of the necessity to do so. The cost of a lawyer doing this would be small as it is an easy case and the materials are there. I'm sure there are many Hearts supporters who practice law in Edinburgh who wouldn't care about the money as well. Then British lawyers are cheap son coz it cost me thousands just to buy and sell a house which involved next to no fuckin work. That and my daughter in-law is a lawyer and she gives me a good deal on it too.
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