The British newspaper "The Sun" confirmed yesterday that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is convinced that the government plan, which began preparing for a few days ago with free TV broadcasting of all sports activities in the coming period, will play an important role in raising the morale of the British people, and breaking the boredom and monotony that They live by the outbreak of the Coruna virus, and news of deaths that exceeded 20 thousand as of yesterday, along with tens of thousands of infections.
The newspaper said that the free broadcast will include popular and important games, especially the Premier League, as well as tennis, cricket, horse racing and others.
She noted that there are plans to resume these sports competitions through certain conditions and as soon as possible. She said that government officials and athletes are aware of the need to resume the current football season and not to cancel it, especially as huge financial contracts are linked to it, and cannot be easily abandoned, which will harm many companies and clubs and the British economy in general. Government officials have been engaged in ongoing discussions with the owners of exclusive sports broadcast rights in Britain «Sky» and «PT Sport», in order to develop a clear plan for competitions and how this will be implemented, as it is expected that free broadcasts will be on all platforms, and not only On TV channels. "The Sun" said that sport will be one of the first activities that will be resumed in the near future, but with important conditions, foremost of which is the absence of the public, and continuous testing for everyone involved in competitions, as well as maintaining the required spacing, and constantly sterilizing facilities and other necessary measures to avoid The spread of the virus. It is noteworthy that the broadcast will cover British lands only, and will not be at the space level, in order to preserve the rights of the transport channels, and not to lose significant sums of money. In addition, the latter wants to compensate for part of its recent loss after activities stopped since last March until now, as broadcasts are usually linked to sponsorship contracts and advertisements. It is noteworthy that the league losses may reach about 1.5 billion euros in the event of cancellation, including 800 million euros for the channels only, according to the estimates of «KPMG». The cancellation is not an option, although a precedent in Europe took place the day before yesterday, with the Dutch government agreeing with the local federation to cancel the season, in which Ajax was at the forefront. Liverpool fears that his fate will be similar to Ajax, especially as he needs only six points out of 10 games. What is in favor of Liverpool is that everyone in Britain, including the government, does not want to cancel the League. The Times newspaper reported that the Premier League is close to announcing the eighth of next June as the date for the resumption of matches, with the start of the next season in late August.
The cancellation of the Premier League threatens a total loss of about 1.5 billion euros.
An imminent agreement between the association and the government to resume the football season on June 8.