J-League Murai Chairman "Reopening is judged flexibly" New Corona April 1 19:04
The official J-League chairman Mitsuru Murai said, "We will make maximum preparations and make agile judgments in light of the current trends in the world," according to the official coral virus aiming for a gradual resumption from late this month. He showed his policy to determine whether the infection could be carried out while monitoring the infection status.
The J-League has decided to hold official games that have been suspended since late February due to the spread of the new coronavirus, based on the scale of the event, J3 from 25th this month, J2 from 2nd next month, and J1 from 9th next month. Aiming for a gradual resumption.
Murai Chairman held a press conference on the 1st after the executive committee, which was held in the form of a web conference with representatives from each club participating.
In response, Murai Chairman said that in response to the situation that several J-League clubs had infected people, the official game was reopened. Even if the infection spreads in a certain club, it is not always a stop, but we are looking at the area and the club to see if we can deal with it in detail, and are considering a response procedure. " He showed his policy to determine whether or not it could be implemented while watching the situation.
Furthermore, in consideration of the impact on the management of each club, the J-League has revised its strategy of “competition”, which has been launched this season, including reviewing the treatment of distributions given to the top teams in J1. This means that they have taken measures to emphasize coexistence.
In addition, if the J-League has signed a huge broadcasting rights agreement and distributes video of the league game "DAZN" due to the effect of the new coronavirus, the intention of not paying the broadcasting rights fee if the game is canceled or interrupted Murai chairman generally stated that if the game could not be completed, the broadcasting rights fee could be reduced if the news agency overseas reported that "The J-League match has been postponed, not canceled, and we are not at risk now."