Premier League Promotion: Why is it difficult to land on one decision to determine the fate of season amidst Coronavirus outbreak

2. Decide the league on current standings

In the Premier League, the top-4 teams might not see it as a problem, as Liverpool is miles ahead in the league race and needs only 2 wins out of the remaining 9 games.

However, this will be highly unfair to the teams in the relegation zone, whereas the teams just above the relegation will see it as a miracle. As of now, only 8 points separate teams between 15th and 20th position with 9 games remaining (10 for Aston Villa)

Therefore, a huge uproar will be there by the teams facing relegation, as it will be highly unfair to relegate a team with 9 games remaining, as a relegation will be a huge financial hit to the team for the following year.

In this who can forget the teams who are fighting for a top-4 finish, including the big guns Manchester United, as their hopes for top-4 finish have escalated since January.

On the other hand, the same goes for the teams who are contenders to get a promotion. There have been arguments that West Brom and Leeds should be promoted as they are first two in the Championship.

Moreover, it is been said that avoid relegation and just add these two teams for the next season and relegate 5 teams instead of 3 in the following season.

But it will surely upset the following six teams in the standings, and scrapping a play-off match will also be a huge setback. Moreover, not to forget the strain it will bring in the league schedule.

Therefore, a lot of parties will not be happy with this decision except for the genuine beneficiaries and the association can face a huge backlash with this decision.

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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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