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Simon Jordan Calls For Premier League Season To Be SCRAPPED As He Issues Warning by wozasports: 1:17pm On Apr 29, 2020
Simon Jordan calls for Premier League season to be SCRAPPED as he issues ‘corporate manslaughter’ warning
Simon Jordan believes the Premier League season must be voided or football authorities in England run the risk of leaving themselves open to a ‘corporate manslaughter charge’.

The former Crystal Palace owner says it’s inconceivable for games to be played behind closed doors in the current climate, with the worldwide death toll from coronavirus currently standing at over 218,000.
Plans are in place for the Premier League to resume in June, but Jordan insists it is far too early to be even thinking about bringing football back.

“I think we are in a situation where the best case scenario in my view is that we lose the season,” Jordan told talkSPORT.

“Liverpool aren’t champions, Leeds aren’t promoted, Aston Villa aren’t relegated, Norwich aren’t relegated. We are really into that territory now.

“As much as I don’t want to be a doomsday merchant, we have got a disease we don’t have a vaccine for, while this isn’t a problem in everyone’s workplace, everyone isn’t spitting and kicking each other as footballers do.

“You cannot have a situation where a global sport of this magnitude has a player who becomes infected, which is an absolute inevitability because they are going to get infected until we find a vaccine.

“And what happens then, corporate manslaughter?”...
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Re: Simon Jordan Calls For Premier League Season To Be SCRAPPED As He Issues Warning by budaatum: 1:34pm On Apr 29, 2020
This is going to hurt Liverpool real bad!

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Re: Simon Jordan Calls For Premier League Season To Be SCRAPPED As He Issues Warning by Golan007: 1:48pm On Apr 29, 2020
Needs to be scrapped.

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Re: Simon Jordan Calls For Premier League Season To Be SCRAPPED As He Issues Warning by wozasports: 2:24pm On Apr 29, 2020
budaatum:
This is going to hurt Liverpool real bad!
So True... grin grin grin
Re: Simon Jordan Calls For Premier League Season To Be SCRAPPED As He Issues Warning by MorataFC: 4:11pm On Apr 29, 2020
Golan007:
Needs to be scrapped.

hmmm

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Re: Simon Jordan Calls For Premier League Season To Be SCRAPPED As He Issues Warning by 21cents: 8:16pm On Apr 29, 2020
budaatum:
This is going to hurt Liverpool real bad!
lol. Opinion of one man. Dem no go cancel am.

It's easier said than done. Not when bundesliga are already training for resumption.

And EPL is bigger than bundesliga. Quote me anywhere.

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Re: Simon Jordan Calls For Premier League Season To Be SCRAPPED As He Issues Warning by Zigzih99: 10:40pm On Apr 29, 2020
Bad belle bcoz u sale yr club u no want make we bet our game abi

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