bring back the cowshed!
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I think most of us agree with Mark Palios and hope that this season will be finished as safely and as soon as possible. Voiding the season is for me the worst option. It may guarantee us another year in League One, but would also rob us of our victory over Watford. Anyway, I'd rather we avoided relegation by our own efforts.
But what if continuing the season proves impractical? As time goes on, the chances recede. Contracts will run out. Although they could be extended, it depends how long for. If clubs restart the season with a lot of changes of staff, I would say it will not be the same season.
So what if eventually they decide we have to finish the season now? What options are available? I've heard "positions as now", "average points earned" and "predict by computer", amongst other methods of deciding promotion and relegation. All seem rather unfair and open to challenge.
I have an idea that is not perfect, but I think would be worth considering. It would mean no teams relegated but several teams promoted. There would be no play-offs. How it would work is for the EPL to be increased by two teams to 22 next season on a temporary basis with no teams relegated. Two teams would be promoted from the Championship. Two would go up from League One and three from League Two. Finally, just one NL club would be admitted to the EFL to make up the usual 72 clubs, but there would be only 22 clubs in League Two next season. Over the next two seasons, one extra club will be relegated from the top three leagues so that by 2022/23, we would be back to normal.
How the promoted teams would be decided would be up to the EFL, but I would prefer to use a computer or a pools panel arrangement. It would not be entirely fair, but a lot better than voiding the season or using "points per game". No team would be worse off than any other solution I can think of Many teams would be better off, so I think it would have more chance of acceptance than what has already been suggested.
What do you think?
But what if continuing the season proves impractical? As time goes on, the chances recede. Contracts will run out. Although they could be extended, it depends how long for. If clubs restart the season with a lot of changes of staff, I would say it will not be the same season.
So what if eventually they decide we have to finish the season now? What options are available? I've heard "positions as now", "average points earned" and "predict by computer", amongst other methods of deciding promotion and relegation. All seem rather unfair and open to challenge.
I have an idea that is not perfect, but I think would be worth considering. It would mean no teams relegated but several teams promoted. There would be no play-offs. How it would work is for the EPL to be increased by two teams to 22 next season on a temporary basis with no teams relegated. Two teams would be promoted from the Championship. Two would go up from League One and three from League Two. Finally, just one NL club would be admitted to the EFL to make up the usual 72 clubs, but there would be only 22 clubs in League Two next season. Over the next two seasons, one extra club will be relegated from the top three leagues so that by 2022/23, we would be back to normal.
How the promoted teams would be decided would be up to the EFL, but I would prefer to use a computer or a pools panel arrangement. It would not be entirely fair, but a lot better than voiding the season or using "points per game". No team would be worse off than any other solution I can think of Many teams would be better off, so I think it would have more chance of acceptance than what has already been suggested.
What do you think?