Topic: The Impact of COVID 19 on Sport...

[rebel23]

Most likely behind closed doors in May/June.  That's what I think anyway considering we're in lockdown for at least the next month.

[The North Bank]

Itll be finished, but I don't see us starting before September.

[Legs]

Have they given a reason as to why they've decided to go ahead and do that so soon?

National league havent confirmed anything regarding their league yet (5th tier)

Boreham Wood who are in a play off place their chairman has said he will only have 6 players in contract after 25th April which is final day off the season.

IF it did go the non league way then we are champions and Bournemouth Villa Norwich are down.

[Fiasco]

What happens in any one season determines what happens in the following season. What happens in any one season is a result of what happened in the previous season. We must finish this season and then adapt from that point. If next season (whenever that might be) needs to be shortened or have no domestic trophies etc then you can only determine that AFTER the previous season has been completed. Whoever is in the Champions League, whoever gets promoted and relegated, whoever gets in the Europa League etc needs to be determined by completing this season that is already three quarters of the way through.

Too much is riding on it, too much money is at stake. Too much has already happened. You try telling Leeds they aren't getting promoted, you try telling Sheffield United that their incredible season so far means nothing. You try telling even Man United that just as they seem to have a run going and look likely to make top 4 that they have to wait another year without the Champions League. It is never ending. Null and voiding it is not on the table.

[Original]

Its mad how many of these helmets are still getting column inches with the same "the season should be null and void" line being trotted out.  How hard is it to get your head round the fact that the decision has been made, by the powers that be, along with all the clubs and shareholders, that's the end of it

[Phil M]

Great gesture by Pep Guardiola

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52028743

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has donated 1m euros to fight the coronavirus outbreak in Spain.

Guardiola, who is at his home in Barcelona, has been working with his lawyers over the past few days to work out the best way of using the money.

This will go to a donation campaign being promoted by the Medical College of Barcelona and the Angel Soler Daniel Foundation.

Spain is one of the worst affected countries in Europe.

Official figures show that 2,696 people have now died in the country and close to 40,000 are infected.

The money will be used to help purchase medical equipment and protective material for the hospital staff involved in treating those admitted to hospital.

The Catalan region is one of the areas in Spain which has the most concentrated number of cases.

[Shanklygates]

Nice one Pep

[dudleyred]

Yes hats off to him

Great gesture

[The North Bank]

Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski and his wife Anna have donated €1 million Euros to support the ongoing battle against the global coronavirus outbreak.
“We’re all well aware of the difficult situation we’re currently going through,” the pair told German publication Sport Bild.
“Today we’re all playing on the same team. We need to be strong in this fight. If we can help someone, let’s do it. The situation affects all of us so we ask you to follow instructions and listen to those who know best.
"Be responsible. We believe we’ll be able to return to our normal lives soon. We’re in this situation together and we’ll endure it together.”

Elsewhere, Lewandowski's Bayern teammates Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka recently launched a campaign called #WeKickCorona, in which they pledged €1 million Euro between them to kickstart a fundraiser to provide financial assistance to charities or social initiatives across Germany.

Their initiative has already raised more than €2.5 million Euros and has been supported by fellow Bundesliga players including Mats Hummels, Jonas Hector, Lukas Klostermann, Sebastian Rode, Julian Brandt and Nadiem Amiri, among many others.


GOOD JOBS LADS 

[meady1981]

As a labour, lefty, liberal, Guardian-reading, tree-hugging pacifist, my blood has been boiling in a Daily Mail fashion seeing all these footballers posting videos of themselves doing bog roll keepy ups and exercising in their gyms and pools while I sit in my 2-bed gardenlees flat.

Multi-Millionaire footballers shutting up and donating millions of pounds to help EVERYONE going through this is exactly what I want to see. Brilliant from all of them.

[Dim Glas]

Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski and his wife Anna have donated €1 million Euros to support the ongoing battle against the global coronavirus outbreak.
“We’re all well aware of the difficult situation we’re currently going through,” the pair told German publication Sport Bild.
“Today we’re all playing on the same team. We need to be strong in this fight. If we can help someone, let’s do it. The situation affects all of us so we ask you to follow instructions and listen to those who know best.
"Be responsible. We believe we’ll be able to return to our normal lives soon. We’re in this situation together and we’ll endure it together.”

Elsewhere, Lewandowski's Bayern teammates Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka recently launched a campaign called #WeKickCorona, in which they pledged €1 million Euro between them to kickstart a fundraiser to provide financial assistance to charities or social initiatives across Germany.

Their initiative has already raised more than €2.5 million Euros and has been supported by fellow Bundesliga players including Mats Hummels, Jonas Hector, Lukas Klostermann, Sebastian Rode, Julian Brandt and Nadiem Amiri, among many others.


GOOD JOBS LADS 

Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund players and directors are all also taking a 20% pay cut to aid other empoyees of the clubs.

[Statto Red]

Its mad how many of these helmets are still getting column inches with the same "the season should be null and void" line being trotted out.  How hard is it to get your head round the fact that the decision has been made, by the powers that be, along with all the clubs and shareholders, that's the end of it

Indeed, the Euros have been moved so the season can be completed, also far too much money involved that the season has to finish, if the season was cancelled how will the clubs feel if they get no prize money & have to pay back money to the broadcasters, here's a breakdown of the money the clubs got last season, & remember with new TV deal this season that the money has gone up from this season.

[deFacto please, you bastards]

^ which is exactly why the season will be finished in one way or another

[Something Worse]

If it's voided then nothing counts. Rashford's only good season ever is gone. De Bruyne's assists.

None of it happened. That's the way it has to be.

[Ghost Town]

As a labour, lefty, liberal, Guardian-reading, tree-hugging pacifist, my blood has been boiling in a Daily Mail fashion seeing all these footballers posting videos of themselves doing bog roll keepy ups and exercising in their gyms and pools while I sit in my 2-bed gardenlees flat.

Have you gone daft or have I been whooshed?

Multi-Millionaire footballers shutting up and donating millions of pounds to help EVERYONE going through this is exactly what I want to see. Brilliant from all of them.

Always good to see people being charitable, whether it's someone donating 1 pound or 1 million pounds

[deFacto please, you bastards]

Both Messi and Ronaldo have donated a million euros to help in Spain and Portugal respectively

[Gerry Attrick]

Both Messi and Ronaldo have donated a million euros to help in Spain and Portugal respectively

I think Messi's is split between Spain, and Rosario in Argentina, but yeah good gestures.

[BlackandWhitePaul]

Both Messi and Ronaldo have donated a million euros to help in Spain and Portugal respectively

https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-athletes/richest-soccer/ronaldo-net-worth/

https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-athletes/richest-soccer/lionel-messi-net-worth/

[deFacto please, you bastards]

https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-athletes/richest-soccer/ronaldo-net-worth/

https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-athletes/richest-soccer/lionel-messi-net-worth/

It's still a lot of money.  I've known plenty of richer fckers drive to the bank to deposit their $0.15 checks and who wouldn't give out a penny for anything.

[Lush is the best medicine...]

https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-athletes/richest-soccer/ronaldo-net-worth/

https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-athletes/richest-soccer/lionel-messi-net-worth/

maybe they should give all their money and live in a ditch

[The North Bank]

Meanwhile, England captain Harry Kane has pledged..... To play again this season.

[Ghost Town]

It's still a lot of money.  I've known plenty of richer fckers drive to the bank to deposit their $0.15 checks and who wouldn't give out a penny for anything.

Exactly. It doesn't matter how rich someone is, they still need to make the choice to give. It doesn't even matter if they're jumping on a bandwagon and doing it because everyone else is, they've still chosen to be influenced towards doing something good rather than not.

And no matter how wealthy they are it's also right that they encourage others (including much poorer people) to give what they can as well, because giving helps the giver just as much, if not more, than it does those who receive.

I'll now return to my usual cynical, grumpy self

[Ghost Town]

Meanwhile, England captain Harry Kane has pledged..... To play again this season.

Glad to see he's taken it on the chin

[Legs]

Meanwhile, England captain Harry Kane has pledged..... To play again this season.

I think he will put money in just might not have reached the news yet.

As much as we slag footballers off at times I think quite a lot of them are showing their human side this virus affects everyone don’t forget.

[Gerry Attrick]

NBA player Karl-Anthony Towns' mother is in a medically induced coma with Covid 19. Fingers crossed for her.

[Lush is the best medicine...]

I think he will put money in just might not have reached the news yet.

As much as we slag footballers off at times I think quite a lot of them are showing their human side this virus affects everyone don’t forget.

or he just wants to keep it private

[elsewhere]

Hats off to Pep for donating 1M but he could have donated twice!

[kaesarsosei]

Hats off to Pep for donating 1M but he could have donated twice!

I had a brief fume there before I realized. 

[Skeeve]

Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund players and directors are all also taking a 20% pay cut to aid other empoyees of the clubs.

While that is a nice gesture on their part, you'd hope the finances of those clubs were not so precarious that the salaries of the regular employees were unsustainable otherwise.

[Sir Capon of Debaser]

Wonder what’ll happen with the likes of Timo Werner and his clause. Read somewhere it ends in April, I think.

[Gerry Attrick]

Bayer 04 - together with @FCBayernEN, @RBLeipzig_EN, and @BVB- will establish a €20M fund to provide assistance to first and second division Bundesliga clubs.


Maybe Leipzig will stop receiving so much shit now. This is amazing from all 4 clubs.

[deFacto please, you bastards]

It is indeed, well played

[deFacto please, you bastards]

Paris St-Germain have made a 100,000 euro (£91,000) donation to France's Secours Populaire charity to help fight the coronavirus crisis.


Now this is truly taking the piss.

[newterp]

Paris St-Germain have made a 100,000 euro (£91,000) donation to France's Secours Populaire charity to help fight the coronavirus crisis.


Now this is truly taking the piss.

Oil is low right now. They can only afford that much.

[Dim Glas]

While that is a nice gesture on their part, you'd hope the finances of those clubs were not so precarious that the salaries of the regular employees were unsustainable otherwise.

Yeah, I have no clue what the ins and outs of this is - maybe this is money for non contracted workers, which a lot of sports teams will employ during the season. This is one way of covering it. This is likely to go on for months and months, so everything helps, even the bigger clubs!

The 4 CL clubs this season from the Bundesliga are all putting the money they got from it into a fund to help the smaller clubs in the leagues who don't have as much fall-back finance wise, so that's a good thing.

[Durlmints]

Paris St-Germain have made a 100,000 euro (£91,000) donation to France's Secours Populaire charity to help fight the coronavirus crisis.


Now this is truly taking the piss.

That's like me donating 55p and a packet of monster munch.

[slaphead]

Just thinking about the CL. No one knows when it will start, but it would be absolutely wonderful (if a little unlikely) if Atalanta went on to win it. The city of Bergamo has been absolutely decimated by this bastard. I was there last year, its one of the nicest places you could ever visit.
Wouldn't be much consolation to the people, but it would be great

[The North Bank]

Just thinking about the CL. No one knows when it will start, but it would be absolutely wonderful (if a little unlikely) if Atalanta went on to win it. The city of Bergamo has been absolutely decimated by this bastard. I was there last year, its one of the nicest places you could ever visit.
Wouldn't be much consolation to the people, but it would be great

I think they'll settle for seeing football in Bergamo again, itll mean this fucking virus has passed.

[elsewhere]

Wonder what’ll happen with the likes of Timo Werner and his clause. Read somewhere it ends in April, I think.

He will probably play in the rest of our matches this season.

[elsewhere]

I had a brief fume there before I realized.