German football wants to restart on 9th May

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What is really interesting, is:

According to an internal DFL report from late March, at least 13 of the 36 Bundesliga and second-division sides face insolvency by May or June, if the season does not restart soon. Twelve of these 13 clubs have already guaranteed the fourth and last instalment of this season's television rights money to creditors.

Wonder how many in England are in that position.
 
Cheers NY Boro

Germany seems to have managed the virus very well so far and have managed a lot more testing than in the UK which has kept their fatality rate extremely low, so playing soon does not worry me a lot if that sort of segregation. All staff could be tested before entry into the stadium and their medical services are not under a lot of pressure.
 
Corcaigh_the_Cat said:
Why the need for so many staff. It takes about half a dozen to run a non League game, that's with a crowd.
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From the article I linked :
players, coaching staff, medics, referees, ball boys and ball girls, ground staff, technicians, safety officers, and production staff for television and VAR being present inside the stadiums. League officials estimate that up to 300 people are needed per match
 
What surprises me is that certain sports that could be played easily whilst maintaining social distancing are not being brought back first, golf, tennis, cricket, snooker etc all non contact with much lower risk of spreading the virus than football, and with minor changes could be made even safer, remote referees and umpires, 2 balls instead of 3 balls or even solo play in golf, you could extend the tournaments to 5 days if necessary, no ball boys and reliance on Hawkeye instead of line judges in tennis. Phase those sports back and see how it goes before reintroducing football would seem a more sensible approach.
 
American_Mary said:
What surprises me is that certain sports that could be played easily whilst maintaining social distancing are not being brought back first, golf, tennis, cricket, snooker etc all non contact with much lower risk of spreading the virus than football, and with minor changes could be made even safer, remote referees and umpires, 2 balls instead of 3 balls or even solo play in golf, you could extend the tournaments to 5 days if necessary, no ball boys and reliance on Hawkeye instead of line judges in tennis. Phase those sports back and see how it goes before reintroducing football would seem a more sensible approach.
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I think golf have already planned in some behind closed doors events, but like football the money involved is crazy so they need to get it back, although as you say its probably one of the sports that can be played relatively safely.
Money will dictate when football comes back in this country, and that's why it will be sooner than it should be.
 
American_Mary said:
What surprises me is that certain sports that could be played easily whilst maintaining social distancing are not being brought back first, golf, tennis, cricket, snooker etc all non contact with much lower risk of spreading the virus than football, and with minor changes could be made even safer, remote referees and umpires, 2 balls instead of 3 balls or even solo play in golf, you could extend the tournaments to 5 days if necessary, no ball boys and reliance on Hawkeye instead of line judges in tennis. Phase those sports back and see how it goes before reintroducing football would seem a more sensible approach.
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Golf, tennis and a few other similar non contact sports are likely to be phased in before contact and team sports.
 
American_Mary said:
What surprises me is that certain sports that could be played easily whilst maintaining social distancing are not being brought back first, golf, tennis, cricket, snooker etc all non contact with much lower risk of spreading the virus than football, and with minor changes could be made even safer, remote referees and umpires, 2 balls instead of 3 balls or even solo play in golf, you could extend the tournaments to 5 days if necessary, no ball boys and reliance on Hawkeye instead of line judges in tennis. Phase those sports back and see how it goes before reintroducing football would seem a more sensible approach.
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There was an interview in The Times (I think) this week with Andy Murray about this re tennis - on the ATP and WTA tours, you've got players, coaching staff, umpires etc flying around the world to play in tournaments, and that's not going to happen for the foreseeable. His view is for a tournament to have any crediblity, every player who wants to should be entitled to try and qualify / enter / play - if they can't, the tournament shouldn't be played. You've also got the difficulty of setting up the tournament venues - the number of people required to prepare and set up a tournament infrastructure is massive. His view was also that tennis will be one of the last sports to restart because if this.

I guess this will also be relevant to golf, but as a large majority f players are based in the US, maybe something could be set up there
 
It turns out one of the German governments stipulations is that the players must wear masks and if they come off the game is stopped until its back on . Is it seriously worth it just for a game of football .
 
uncle_rico said:
I think golf have already planned in some behind closed doors events, but like football the money involved is crazy so they need to get it back, although as you say its probably one of the sports that can be played relatively safely.
Money will dictate when football comes back in this country, and that's why it will be sooner than it should be.
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Unfortunately I think you're right
If I was asked when football will return, I would hazard a guess at the current climate & say at the earliest, November, but as money talks with the powers to be clinging on, then as soon as they get the smallest hint of certain restriction lifted then clubs will asked to start training, money, money, money
 
Not sure how cricket would work. Would you have umpires or just go by video technology for the big games? It’s the changing rooms also that are small. If anybody has been to Lords on a tour would know how small these places are.
 
I coukdnt see how you could play golf behind closed doors, surely the ball would keep hitting the ceiling....................sorry, I'll get my coat

On a serious note I could understand the non contact sports starting long before football
 
Malaguena said:
There was an interview in The Times (I think) this week with Andy Murray about this re tennis - on the ATP and WTA tours, you've got players, coaching staff, umpires etc flying around the world to play in tournaments, and that's not going to happen for the foreseeable. His view is for a tournament to have any crediblity, every player who wants to should be entitled to try and qualify / enter / play - if they can't, the tournament shouldn't be played. You've also got the difficulty of setting up the tournament venues - the number of people required to prepare and set up a tournament infrastructure is massive. His view was also that tennis will be one of the last sports to restart because if this.

I guess this will also be relevant to golf, but as a large majority f players are based in the US, maybe something could be set up there
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Whilst I understand the restrictive nature to play full tournaments, I’m sure something could be set up as toe in the water to get the ball rolling, from my time living in Monaco there were plenty of tennis players who had set up home there, so something like the ATP finals but with locally based players could be played as an example.
 
Zoophonic said:
Not sure how cricket would work. Would you have umpires or just go by video technology for the big games? It’s the changing rooms also that are small. If anybody has been to Lords on a tour would know how small these places are.
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Initially video umpires and with no crowds you could extend the changing facilities into other areas if need be, just something to get a toe in the water and ease our way back, there has to be a transitional period before full competition can start, but a T20 FA Cup style knockout tournament might be an option.
 
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