Survey on how LOI football should return

It's going to be a disaster and not worth the risk. More money lost

Don't get me wrong, I am missing football more than anyone but with it being only 4/5 games in, if the season cant go ahead with fans it should be voided in my opinion.

Of course there is the mention of a paid streaming service but in reality I don't feel this will attract the part-time occasional fans which you get on any given week and that teams would be relying on their small hardcore who already have season tickets or memberships and may be due some discount on any streaming of matches which only further cuts the stream of revenue.

As well as that you lose out on programmes, merchandise sales, bar takes, food sales/burger van fees, etc.

I just don't see how it would be feasible to pay players and any other match day expenses when there is very little coming in and feel that it would start to undo most of the good work of the last few years.

Maybe Im wrong and would be interested to hear any counter argument on the matter.

When a disaster like this strikes you might even get some kind of radical solution. A European Super League, conglomeration of smaller leagues or, in our case, the fabled All-Ireland league.

Something will have to emerge from the ruins.

For an Atlantic League type thing, the problem is not the pandemic but our lack of infrastructure. Dundalk would need a brand new stadium.

Or if you really wanted to take advantage of bigger clubs coming into the country, you'd need to use Lansdowne.

So Dundalk and Shamrock Rovers doing a ground share in Lansdowne?

Until the clubs get their own modern grounds it doesn't look a runner. And they can't afford that, so it means the government building multi-use municipal stadiums.

We just need to elect a sports-mad, socialist Taoiseach.