Premier League Threatened to Be Held Without Spectators

DBasia.news – All clubs participating in the 2021-2022 Premier League have agreed to continue the competition in the midst of the outbreak of the Omicron variant of the corona virus. The risk of that decision is to hold the match without spectators.

The UK is one of the countries experiencing a spike in cases of the Omicron variant of the corona virus. Around 10,000 people have been infected in recent days and 12 of them have died.

The Premier League is also affected by this problem. A number of matches have been postponed due to the large number of players from participating clubs who tested positive and had to self-isolate.

The decision to continue the competition that has been agreed upon invites questions. Even though there is an option to postpone it for two weeks.

Financial factors are believed to be the main reason the club insisted on continuing the competition. They don’t want to lose a lot of income again like when the corona virus pandemic was set in March last year.

But Premier League clubs must now be prepared to hold matches behind closed doors. This is the impact of the British government’s decision to reduce the spread of the Omicron variant of the corona virus.

According to a report by the Daily Mail, the UK government plans to restrict people’s movement from 28 December. This policy is likely to be carried out until the end of January next year.

“We must prepare a plan and take further action to protect the public,” said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

If this policy is implemented, then the Premier League and other domestic competitions will be forced to hold matches without spectators. This was beyond the predictions of club officials when they decided to continue the competition.

Like it or not, this government policy will cause losses for the club. They must at least return the proceeds from the sale of match tickets within the period this rule will be implemented.