The English Premier League is one of the most-awaited comebacks in the world of sports and in the world of football, in particular. After a long period of being out of the game due to the restrictions placed by the government in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the league is now set to come back this month of June, and fans and enthusiasts are all excited to get back to the game.
As you get ready to go to betting sites such as Silentbet.com to place your best on games as early as now, here are some other things you need to know about the Premier League coming back to the field after three months.
When will the Premier League go back?
The Premier League is set to resume games on its current season on June 17, 2020. The first two games for the reopening day would be games that were left unplayed for the match day 28 of the current season.
To kick off the game reopening, fans would finally be able to see Manchester City face-off with Arsenal, as well as Aston Avilla go against Sheffield United. Following that, games that were supposed to be played from match days 30-38 would be played according to schedule.
Where can you watch the Premier League?
Since it is not clear whether there would be changes and adjustments when it comes to living audiences for Premier League games, or whether if a live audience would be allowed at all, most people go to TV and online broadcasting of the game to watch and support their favorite teams. However, where would you be able to watch Premier League games?
There are three ways for you to watch games: first is through Sky Sports, second is through Amazon Prime, and the third is through BBC. UK residents who have their own television sets would be able to watch some games live on the BBC channel, as it is available to everyone for free. ON the other hand, you would need to have a working Sky Sports digital TV box in order to watch Premier League games for free through Sky. Finally, Amazon Prime has already confirmed that they would stream Premier League games for free with no Prime membership required.
What are the challenges for Premier League
As anyone might have expected already, coming back is not very easy and simple for the Premier League. With so many games that needs to be done in a very short period of time, one of the biggest challenges that the league would face is player exhaustion.
With some many games to play but with so little gap, league teams are calling for special considerations. One of the adjustments proposed by some teams include increasing the allowed substitution in a game to up to five times, as well as increasing the number of allowed players on the bench to up to nine players. This will help players conserve energy and not be too exhausted per game as there will be more switching and more players to switch with another.
However, all of these proposals are still pending. They will be voted on before becoming official. This, on the other hand, raises concern for fairness over some teams, as worries of teams with bigger reserve roster might have unfair advantage if substitutions and bench limit will get increased.
Another challenge that the Premier League will face upon its return is other factors that might affect the ability of the league to finish the current seasons in such a short period of time. What if something that is out of the hands of the organizers happened in the middle of the reopened season? The league can no longer afford further delays, as they are under the obligation to finish the season by July 25 or 26. If ever some games cannot be played, the question of rating and ranking technicalities are yet to be decided upon.
