Sadly, I am back on shift in the proper job and not able to devote the time I’d like to this site, but I’ll continue to do my best.
Thankfully, this wonderful comment appeared beneath one of our articles and I thought it was worthy of a much better platform for it to highlight just how much this current pandemic could change the game we all love.
The comment was submitted by Al and it reads as thus:
Obviously, no one knows how footballs future will be shaped and indeed when it could be possible for it to resume.
But I do wonder with all the talk of a new normal that this could also apply to this great sport.
Let’s face it without wanting to sound like a doom and gloom merchant, if this virus hangs around for a long time and distancing measures are not relaxed until at least a vaccine is found, then I think football as we know it could take years to get back to resembling anything like the format we were so used to seeing before COVID-19.
If the economy goes into a deep and long recession a lot of people won’t be able to afford to go to matches so could it be possible things may revert back to the old days where players become semi-professional part-timers at least for the foreseeable future?
Also, I think it is hugely disappointing that rich Premier League clubs and players are not offering to help out clubs like ours in lower leagues.
But if what I was saying about teams becoming part-time does transpire, then I think it’s highly possible a lot of the top tier teams could suffer the same fate anyway unless they have a rich sheikh to keep them afloat possibly?
Finally, I’m certain initially games would be played behind closed doors albeit with government permission and presumably generate income from perhaps pay to view?
What do you reckon Mad Hatter and others?
Please feel free to air your views on what is a very thought-provoking post.
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