Is the end of the season in sight? - sport opinion

My own personal fear that the attempts to complete the football season would come to naught now appears much closer. The inability of the football authorities to make a decision (any decision) appears to have persuaded a majority of EFL clubs that restarting is not worth the effort.
Macclesfield Town have been given seven-point deductionMacclesfield Town have been given seven-point deduction
Macclesfield Town have been given seven-point deduction

Positivity has been entirely lacking which is not surprising considering the role of our panic led Government which has contrived to threaten the future of the nation.

Football occupies only a small portion of the lives of most of us but it remains bread and butter to those whose abilities have allowed it to become their chosen career.

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As such it is important and should not only be retained but cherished.

SEE ALSO The Chichester City title winner who went on to play alongside Ruud Gullit | Third Brighton player tests positive for coronavirus | England Golf issues message to clubs and players after Boris Johnson's Covid-19 updateThe cancellation of both Leagues One and Two has been touted but its only benefit is that member clubs would have a better opportunity to prepare for the next campaign.

Its greatest drawback is that the tendentious issues of promotion and relegation would still have to be decided.

As a supporter of Crawley Town, who would be unaffected in mid-table, I have no axe to grind but any method chosen to settle such outstanding matters should be simple.

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The views of any prospective winners and losers will ensure that it will not be. That simply confirms that the remaining games ought to be played and on a home and away basis.

The use of neutral venues (which I understand is a Government requirement) is a negative move as would be the likelihood of playing behind closed doors. It will be impossible to play out the season on the same basis as it started. It’s time for the “level playing field” cliché.

For what it’s worth I think that points per game, rounded up or down, should be applied to a club’s games in hand. That would limit any controversial impact to a smaller number of clubs.

At least there is no similar problem in the Championship as each club has played 37 matches.

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Promotion and relegation is the be all and end all of a divisional set up which is why any failure to settle those matters would be the worst of all worlds. Relegation throughout the league pyramid may count for little, however, when the fallout from the financial struggles becomes apparent.

There will be football clubs (indeed sports clubs of all kinds) everywhere forced to call it a day.

A case in point could be Macclesfield Town who have received another points deduction for financial irregularities. The earlier demise of Bury had already led to a decision to relegate only one club to the National League.

At present that club is Stevenage.

As a result the Macc might still survive and remain in the EFL although I don’t know why that should be deemed acceptable as it would be at the expense of an upwardly mobile club from the tier below.