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davmariner
January 22, 2021, 3:11pm
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Where have you read that. It''s far from my understanding.


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https://twitter.com/thomasfeaheny/status/1352607342899113984?s=21


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https://twitter.com/thomasfeaheny/status/1352598869587222528?s=21

https://twitter.com/thomasfeaheny/status/1352607342899113984?s=21



I don't think that's necessarily 100% accurate. I think most clubs are awaiting developments and actively lobbying their local MPs, but resigned to stopping unless the government u-turns and gives them grants rather than loans.

That's because North & South teams (43 in total) will never vote for the league taking the loan & distributing to clubs as grants. They overwhelmingly want to stop for safety reasons & to protect future income. Even if all 23 National League teams wanted that option they will not get the required majority of the 66 member clubs to make it happen.

That leaves 2 options for the 23 National League teams. Take the government loan themselves (non-starter) or suspend the season. Faced with that choice the majority will vote to suspend the season.

In reality there are 2 options: Government u-turn or National League suspended (abandoned).
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I don't think that's necessarily 100% accurate. I think most clubs are awaiting developments and actively lobbying their local MPs, but resigned to stopping unless the government u-turns and gives them grants rather than loans.

That's because North & South teams (43 in total) will never vote for the league taking the loan & distributing to clubs as grants. They overwhelmingly want to stop for safety reasons & to protect future income. Even if all 23 National League teams wanted that option they will not get the required majority of the 66 member clubs to make it happen.

That leaves 2 options for the 23 National League teams. Take the government loan themselves (non-starter) or suspend the season. Faced with that choice the majority will vote to suspend the season.

In reality there are 2 options: Government u-turn or National League suspended (abandoned).


Or I guess the option of the National League taking the loans and distributing grants to clubs. Not ideal but it seems NL clubs are more open to this than NLS and NLN clubs.


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Or I guess the option of the National League taking the loans and distributing grants to clubs. Not ideal but it seems NL clubs are more open to this than NLS and NLN clubs.


Can't see that happening, a lot of National League teams are run very close to the wire financially and taking on debt on behalf of other clubs would not be sensible. If I was a director of a National League club I wouldn't even consider it.


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Or I guess the option of the National League taking the loans and distributing grants to clubs. Not ideal but it seems NL clubs are more open to this than NLS and NLN clubs.


But like I said, that won't happen because the North & South clubs will out vote the National League clubs. The league taking a loan is a decision for the entire league (66 clubs), not just the 23 in the top division. The other 43 aren't going to vote for reduced income for 10 years when they overwhelmingly want to stop.
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What an absolute mess our beautiful game is in.

"Start the season. If any financial hardship arises from extended or unexpected lockdowns, we'll give you the cash to see the season through."

"Sounds great but, erm, that cash... will it be a grant or a loan?"

Seems outrageous that something so fundamental wasn't cleared up before everyone started playing football. Perhaps we were all naive in thinking there wouldn't be another lockdown of this magnitude.


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The NL prem teams are a different animal to most of the NLS and NLN teams which are overwhelmingly part-time. So I wouldn't be surprised if they went different ways.


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Latest news is that the loan offer seems to be off the table, league suspension looking more and more likely.
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