Stevo985 Posted March 17, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted March 17, 2020 14 minutes ago, Junxs said: Are you sure about that? All major tournaments are in the summer months. And for a "winter sport" an awful lot of games get called off when the winter months arrive! It's a sport that takes place during the winter months. Like Rugby. As opposed to Cricket, that takes place in the summer months, which is a summer sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted March 17, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted March 17, 2020 The Norwegian FA have said that the Euro's have been agreed to be postponed to summer of 2021. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxs Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 51 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: It's a sport that takes place during the winter months. Like Rugby. As opposed to Cricket, that takes place in the summer months, which is a summer sport I agree cricket is a summer sport, but football can (and is) played all year round. I don't know anything about rugby though so can't comment on that When you say "winter sport", to me that says you need winter conditions to play it eg Skiing or bobsleigh - Football is definitely not a winter sport 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 17, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted March 17, 2020 49 minutes ago, Junxs said: I agree cricket is a summer sport, but football can (and is) played all year round. I don't know anything about rugby though so can't comment on that When you say "winter sport", to me that says you need winter conditions to play it eg Skiing or bobsleigh - Football is definitely not a winter sport No you don't need winter conditions. It's a sport that is traditionally played in the winter months. I guess it's an old fashioned concept, but I'm sure with TV dictating a lot of the schedules, they won't be keen on moving their most lucrative sport away from the winter months to overlap and take viewers away from summer sports, like cricket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 the reluctance to have one and then the staggering of the winter break seems to agree with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxs Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Its something that would be done Europe wide to tie in with the European competitions, seeing as they don't play Cricket anywhere else in Europe I doubt that would be a consideration. Some countries like Russia have their off season in the winter already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 17, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted March 17, 2020 1 minute ago, Junxs said: Its something that would be done Europe wide to tie in with the European competitions, seeing as they don't play Cricket anywhere else in Europe I doubt that would be a consideration. Some countries like Russia have their off season in the winter already Yeah but they have other summer sports. And Russia have their off season in the winter because the winter months in parts of russia make football impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxs Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 1 minute ago, Stevo985 said: Yeah but they have other summer sports. And Russia have their off season in the winter because the winter months in parts of russia make football impossible. Which is exactly why I was saying its not a "winter sport" at the start of the debate Also loads of games get called off throughout Europe due to winter conditions that then have to be rescheduled. Think it would just make sense, rather than waiting over half a year to start a new season (in the scenario where lockdown lasts until after summer and this season still needs finishing), plus with a winter world cup coming up just makes sense to me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Russia play a regular European schedule now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 I still don't think this will happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 22 hours ago, Xela said: How about penalty shoot outs to decide the remaining games? Could sort it out in a few days then Imagine the pressure and how tense that would be! No point practicing of course as you can't recreate that pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 4 hours ago, Stevo985 said: It's a sport that takes place during the winter months. Like Rugby. As opposed to Cricket, that takes place in the summer months, which is a summer sport Er what about Rugby League that moved to the summer on the whim of a rich Australian? I would be open to unique summer season at B6 as it is bloody freezing most of the time I watch Villa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 17, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted March 17, 2020 1 minute ago, The Fun Factory said: Er what about Rugby League that moved to the summer on the whim of a rich Australian? I would be open to unique summer season at B6 as it is bloody freezing most of the time I watch Villa! Rugby League isn't football. Like I said, it's the most lucrative sport. I don't think the TV companies will be wanting it to be moved to the summer. Plus Summer competitions like the world cup and the euros would have to switch to the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 I am coming around that if they void the league, i would happily give Liverpool the title if Leeds arent allowed come up. Arrogant pricks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Cricket can be played up until early October and clubs like Worcester who have their ground flooded several times this year are struggle to survive if little or no cricket is played. The French open in tennis will have to be cancelled. Can they delay Wimbledon? I assume the atp tour season will have to make way for the slam events. Don't know why they are announcing most sports cancelled until early april as theres zero chance of them continuing for at least 3 months. I felt all along they will want to finish this football season and cancelling the euros gives them an extra window there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 34 minutes ago, Zatman said: I am coming around that if they void the league, i would happily give Liverpool the title if Leeds arent allowed come up. Arrogant pricks They deserve it. They'd have to lose every game and City would have to win every game for them to lose the title. Even Villa wouldn't go on an 9 game losing streak. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 If you over Xmas, then its a winter sport Rugby League went from a winter sport to summer sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted March 18, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted March 18, 2020 Every sport that has a summer calendar apart from cricket which has always been summer for obvious reasons, has done so to compete for bored footy fans. Moving the footy season would kill other sports. Covid-19 will kill alot of football clubs too if it gets too bad you could see a massive restructuring of the leagues. It's ok them saying we have to finish the leagues but you cannot do that without clubs and players. Could be survival of the fittest with the professional leagues shrinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Liverpool will surely be awarded the title but there will always be an * next to it in the history books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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