Premier League players are becoming Superstar Spreaders of Covid-19. So why should football clubs be treated so differently from the thousands of shops, pubs, restaurants, gyms, hairdressers – to name but a few businesses – which are going bankrupt in the national interest? Virtual silence, also, from the Premier League and the FA as they hid behind legal technicalities while refraining from condemnation or sanctioning for outrageous breaches of pandemic protocol by their rich and famous. West Brom's Sam Allardyce, 66, is the only Premier League boss calling for a circuit-breakerI am one of millions steeped in this great game. But we want to see football played the way it always has been, for the thrills, the courage, the glory, the endeavour.

Source: The Nation January 07, 2021 17:03 UTC