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So these 6 squads are complete, in contract, and reasonably match fit we have to assume. 6 pitches playable, and not undergoing drastic maintenance . Where’s the money coming from to stage this nonsense? Only one team will ultimately get anything from it, the rest will be skint. And expected to restart training within a few weeks.
Integrity of the league, my arse.

They’ll get another month off after having the last 3 off, so yeah poor them having to restart training.
 

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Chorley are now kicking up a stink about being the only team to get relegated

''Chorley FC would be relegated - but their chief executive Terry Robinson has told Sky Sports News he refuses to accept this fate until it is voted on next week.

"We are disappointed with the news today," he said. "We feel this decision is unjust, bearing in mind the decision to have no relegation in all leagues further down the pyramid.

"This means we will be the only team in the whole [non-League] pyramid who would be relegated. However, until it is voted through, we refuse to accept that we will be relegated."


https://www.skysports.com/football/...eague-votes-in-favour-of-resolution-next-week
 

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They’ll get another month off after having the last 3 off, so yeah poor them having to restart training.
That‘s almost irrelevant. Assuming that the squad is still complete and contracted ,when they go back to “work” the clubs will have to restart paying their wages. There will be almost no income and a lot of expense.
 

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I've taken a look at the government guidance.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...sport-return-to-training-guidance-step-one--2

Here's what it says:

"For the purposes of this guidance the definition of an ‘elite athlete’ means a person who is:

  • an individual who derives a living from competing in a sport"

There's no definition given for "derives a living", but for most step 2 players their football wages will be at least a big chunk of their income.

Has any attempt been made to clarify this with lawmakers?
 

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I've taken a look at the government guidance.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...sport-return-to-training-guidance-step-one--2

Here's what it says:

"For the purposes of this guidance the definition of an ‘elite athlete’ means a person who is:

  • an individual who derives a living from competing in a sport"

There's no definition given for "derives a living", but for most step 2 players their football wages will be at least a big chunk of their income.

Has any attempt been made to clarify this with lawmakers?
I think the NL asked the government for clarification, which is why they've made the decision on PPG and no relegations for NLN and NLS.
 

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Chorley are now kicking up a stink about being the only team to get relegated

''Chorley FC would be relegated - but their chief executive Terry Robinson has told Sky Sports News he refuses to accept this fate until it is voted on next week.

"We are disappointed with the news today," he said. "We feel this decision is unjust, bearing in mind the decision to have no relegation in all leagues further down the pyramid.

"This means we will be the only team in the whole [non-League] pyramid who would be relegated. However, until it is voted through, we refuse to accept that we will be relegated."

https://www.skysports.com/football/...eague-votes-in-favour-of-resolution-next-week

How can he "refuse to accept" it, another week playing and they'd have been confirmed relegated anyway.

They are really, really shit and by far the worst team in the league so I don't think they can whinge too much if only they went down as they clearly deserve to be relegated by whatever method. But you can't be changing the rules like that because it affects the teams coming up, it's a joke.
 

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That‘s almost irrelevant. Assuming that the squad is still complete and contracted ,when they go back to “work” the clubs will have to restart paying their wages. There will be almost no income and a lot of expense.

As I said no the back the whole thing should have just been called off, teams can ask not to be in the play offs, if they don’t time to cough up.
 

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Deciding a season based on 75% of the games is not ‘fair’ on anyone. No one deserves promotion or relegation unless it had already been confirmed based on games played.

There is no perfect system to finalise this season given all remaining matches cannot be played.

What has been proposed protects the 2 up / 2 down with the EFL which should be the priority in my opinion, and is probably just about feasible given costs and logistics of staging play off matches at NL level, where many of the clubs involved have full time professional players.

Some clubs will miss out, others will gain. I’m afraid that is just the way it needs to be.
 

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Deciding a season based on 75% of the games is not ‘fair’ on anyone. No one deserves promotion or relegation unless it had already been confirmed based on games played.

There is no perfect system to finalise this season given all remaining matches cannot be played.

What has been proposed protects the 2 up / 2 down with the EFL which should be the priority in my opinion, and is probably just about feasible given costs and logistics of staging play off matches at NL level, where many of the clubs involved have full time professional players.

Some clubs will miss out, others will gain. I’m afraid that is just the way it needs to be.
correct - preserving 2 up 2 down - and maybe one day increasing it to 3 up 3 down is vital for the survival and growth of the NL brand.
 

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Hope he can get some answers from government about this,plus he supports York and will want answers.
Can’t get my head on how they can change rules,4 should be relegated from conference.
Can anyone remember why Aldershot never got relegated last season.
Gateshead got relegated instead due to financial things
 

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How are Barnet in play offs when they cancelled home due to not maintaining the pitch and 4 hard games in hand.Very unfair on Stockport.
 

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How are Barnet in play offs when they cancelled home due to not maintaining the pitch and 4 hard games in hand.Very unfair on Stockport.

That's Nationaleaguewang

A mess but then no one would tolerate null and void, so we are left with a myriad of unfairness, along with the sporting consistency and merit shot to pieces when matches are played
 

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How are Barnet in play offs when they cancelled home due to not maintaining the pitch and 4 hard games in hand.Very unfair on Stockport.

Barnet ‘finished’ 4 points behind Stockport with 4 games in hand. We had lost once in 15(?) league games.

We could have lost all 4 games in hand, or we could have won all 4 games in hand. There was no ‘right’ way to sort this out.
 

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The National League are working on a September start date, if that happens there would be: -Limited attendances -Changes made to travelling to games -Extra protocols for changing rooms, toilets & showering
 

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Barnet ‘finished’ 4 points behind Stockport with 4 games in hand. We had lost once in 15(?) league games.

We could have lost all 4 games in hand, or we could have won all 4 games in hand. There was no ‘right’ way to sort this out.
The issue is you struggled to get games on when others around you could and are ultimately being rewarded for that now and were at the time as you would have been fresher then your opponents.

You would have been pretty much playing two games a week for the rest of the season so your results would have almost certainly suffered.

All of the above aside I still think there is no better way then ppg but when a Barnet fan on here admits your chairman could have sorted the pitch issues but decided not to and I think hinted you didn’t have a proper groundsman, it’s pretty annoying especially as we get games on when our league neighbours often don’t.
 

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Our pitch was a shambles. I’m not sure what the ultimate cause was - could have been of our doing, could have been the weather and factors outside of our control.

And we don’t deserve to be in the play offs. We probably would have made it as we had MacCallum for the rest of the season and were in really good form. But this system is the only way other than null and void.

It’s a shame some missed out, and we would be fortunate to be in any play offs. Such is life.
 

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The National League are working on a September start date, if that happens there would be: -Limited attendances -Changes made to travelling to games -Extra protocols for changing rooms, toilets & showering
One major issue with the NL season is the fixture list being top-heavy, they prefer to put as many games as possible in the first month or two.

Would they still do that if that's when crowds are at their most restricted (and least profitable)? Or make it back heavy instead? If the latter then I'd hope they also extend the season by a month, even then you're still risking Spennymoor-esque backlogs with 3 games a week
 

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Our pitch was a shambles. I’m not sure what the ultimate cause was - could have been of our doing, could have been the weather and factors outside of our control.

And we don’t deserve to be in the play offs. We probably would have made it as we had MacCallum for the rest of the season and were in really good form. But this system is the only way other than null and void.

It’s a shame some missed out, and we would be fortunate to be in any play offs. Such is life.
I don’t believe we would have a chance of winning anyway so I’m not too bothered but when top of the NLN table York can’t get promoted and 11th-placed in the NL table Barnet do have a chance then something is not right.
 

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We had four home games in hand on Stockport. Lost 1 of our last 17. We'd have at least finished 7th. Our pitch has put us at more of a disadvantage than anything.
 

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Decent advantage I think for those who get through the first games, will have a bit of match practice in the tank. Especially with home advantage being fucked.

Also, not sure but from memory we’re pretty shite against both Barnet and Yeovil.
 

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Our record in the play offs is possibly the worst in the country - 4 out of 4 we have failed to even reach the final :sur:
 

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Very glad the playoffs are on, disappointed they're not happening in the Conf North and South.
Positive news, many didn't think it would happen, now they are and being televised so it's about as good as we could have hoped for.
I always thought it was important to complete the season as best as possible so fair play to the administrators and club owners for being prepared to absorb the costs.
 

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Very glad the playoffs are on, disappointed they're not happening in the Conf North and South.
Positive news, many didn't think it would happen, now they are and being televised so it's about as good as we could have hoped for.
I always thought it was important to complete the season as best as possible so fair play to the administrators and club owners for being prepared to absorb the costs.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, there are big costs involved here. The squads have to be brought out of furlough, quite soon to get some match-fitness and will have to be paid. There will be no gate money. Who’s to say administrators and club owners are going to stump up the cash? I shouldn’t think BT payment will anywhere near cover the outlay.There is only one winner— the rest will be skint.
 

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