Davie Provan has told the ‘Null and Void’ lobby to forget about wiping out seven months of football results.
A number of pundits have been pushing the notion of forgetting 30 rounds of fixtures while one un-named SPFL Premiership club gave their support last week.
Finishing the season, however long it takes for football to resume, is the preferred option but that could see a number of players go out of contract while the transfer window is scheduled to reopen in June.
Every option is packed with problem but Provan dismissed one out of hand in his column in The Sun:
I’m guessing privately Lawwell would have happily accepted the title now allowing him to get on with flogging season books for the ten-in-a-row extravaganza. But if he found himself boxed in over the issue, he was right in saying this season can’t be declared null and void. That would leave broadcasters and season-ticket holders demanding money back.
Under no circumstances should seven months of league results be wiped out. On the face of it at least, we now have the Old Firm clubs on the same page after Rangers managing director Stewart Robertson made Gers’ case clear.
Asked about the possibility of the Premiership being decided on current standings, Robertson, with crass insensitivity, said: “We will work to ensure no one runs roughshod over people’s lives.” People’s lives? Has he noticed what’s happening in the real world?
Either way, both Robertson and Lawwell are right to insist the season is completed. Those demanding an immediate end to the Premiership and distribution of prize money do it out of financial desperation.
UEFA has stated their hope that domestic leagues are completed by 30 June with the European Championships pushed back 12 months in a bid to create space in the calendar.
The Joint Response Group of Scottish football has confirmed that there will be no football during April but that date seems certain to be pushed further back with deaths from Coronavirus across Europe growing by the day.