Team leaders and administration representatives are now discussing the issue of continuing to play league games, in light of new developments and guidelines from the Health Ministry regarding the spread of the corona virus. • The manager believes that in stadiums like Sammy Ofer, Teddy, and Bloomfield, separation will not be detrimental to subscribers
Leagues Administration meeting
The Board of Directors of the Football Leagues Administration meets at this time in the Administration's office to discuss the issue of the existence of Premier League games, in light of recent developments regarding the Corona virus.
The chairman of the board, Erez Klapon, was in continuous contact with the Health Ministry's CEO, Moshe Bar Siman Tov, yesterday and will present to the board members all options available under the new Ministry of Health restrictions, starting with the upcoming cycle and continuing with the league.
At the opening of the hearing, Clephone said: "There are many implications for the Ministry of Health's decision to limit the number of viewers. We are before the top playoffs and it has many implications for bringing crowds to the football games. We convened to minimize damage and continue to manage the league best." Police representatives also gave a review to board members.
Thereafter, Itamar Grotto, Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Health, who is staying in solitary confinement, brought up a full snapshot of the Corona virus and the new Health Ministry restrictions. The delegation itself is attended by all representatives and heads of the Premier League Alona Barak, Yaakov Shahar Eli Ohana, Barak Abramov, Ze'ev Greenberg, Asher Alon, Sharon Tamam, Niv Goldstein, Yitzhak Kashm, Ronen Zigerman, Gili Cohen, Oren Sterling, and the Amir Navon Football Association and Avi Levy, police representatives also gave a review to members of the board.
After many consultations the tendency at this point is to postpone only the top playoff games of the current cycle. The manager believes that in stadiums like Sammy Ofer, Teddy, and Bloomfield, they can segregate crowds - that is, splitting 5000 fans in different places, so the teams can bring in at least ten thousand viewers and not hurt most of their subscribers. The proposal was presented to the Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Health and the Director believes it is rejected. The rejection of the cycle is mainly to give the large groups time to organize with the subscribers. As Elon said: "Games without this crowd beats a budget for the large groups, must find a solution so as not to hurt them ".
"It is better to postpone the cycle until everything is relaxed," he said on a senior topic in Israeli football. Principal Erez Clefon said in closed talks: "We will have to make tough and painful decisions. We must not endanger the fans."
With regard to national league games or lower league playoff games, where Health Ministry guidelines are much easier to enforce, since most games do not reach more than 5,000 fans, dramatic decisions do not appear to be made and games will be conducted in accordance with the Ministry of Health guidelines.
This week, the lower playoff teams are in limbo and will return to play only next week. The three upcoming games in the top playoffs are - Maccabi Haifa vs. Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Hapoel Haifa, and Beitar Jerusalem vs. Hapoel Beer Sheva.
