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It is very interesting to hear that there is now talk of Premier League clubs playing the rest of this season on their own grounds, after all.
Over the past week or so, we’ve heard talk, most apparently leaked to the press, that several clubs in relegation trouble were against the proposal that ‘Project Restart’ should take place on neutral grounds.
At the time of publication of this article, there was no official Premier League statement, but CEO Richard Masters confirmed that he would speak to authorities to find out if the clubs could play on their own grounds.
He said that most clubs “prefer” not to use neutral venues, but that “some felt more strongly than others” that they should be allowed to play on their own grounds.
I think this makes a lot of sense personally.
It’s hard enough playing without fans already and I think it should be easy enough today to ensure this can happen safely.
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Just make sure there are laces around the ground to make sure if some fans show up, and I don’t think many do because they know they’re not going to get in, they can’t get close.
It happens all the time for big games like the Champions League final where you can’t get close to the ground without a ticket and I don’t see a similar setup being unworkable at all.
I really hope this happens and that the games are played at the right stadiums because it would make the games feel more authentic to start with, but it would also eliminate what the bottom clubs are trying to do to slip off the hook when it comes to relegation.
It seems to me that they are trying to force others to rescue, almost like blackmail, but they could be playing a dangerous game.
As far as I’m concerned, you can’t just eliminate relegation when three-quarters of the season has been played and the bottom line is that it all comes down to money.
They are concerned about losing next year’s television cash and it seems they would be happy to pay part of this year’s portion to secure a portion of next year.
I can understand how desperate they are because we are talking about big sums here and they will be scared if they fall this season, go into free fall and drop back down to the third level that we have seen happen in clubs like Sunderland, Leicester and Southampton in the not too distant past.
But they must be careful what they wish for because it has already been talked for some time that the bigger clubs get a bigger share of money from television and possibly even negotiate their own deals.
If the smaller clubs are bent on this, they might discover that when these television deals were renegotiated at some point, the big ones might say, ‘Well, you didn’t support us when we were trying to solve the coronavirus issues so now you’re alone.’
You could understand the bigger teams doing that particularly as it has been talked about for years that some of them want a Super League where they could win even more money and this could be a dangerous step towards that if common sense doesn’t come into play.
It has all become very tribal, and many clubs only care about their own interests rather than the overall picture and the general good of the game.
It’s understandable, but everyone will have to realize that football, as we know, will be different after all this, and everyone will have to give in a bit to make sure the game we all love can get back on its feet correctly.
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