Covid-19 update: FA Cup withdrawal

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But that still wouldn’t cover players who are not on full time contracts. The PFA looks after professional footballers, not semi professional. So IMO pointing the finger in that direction isn’t the way.

What should happen is that those clubs who are now clearly receiving more from this grant than they would in attendances should use that money to test the players, like Maidenhead and Alty.

Weekly testing has got to be made mandatory as well at this level in my opinion. It's the first league on the football pyramid where semi-professional meets professional so does have it's challenges. As you say if semi-pro clubs like Maidenhead have been given more money than they lose from gate receipts then they should be forced to use this surplus money for testing.

The professional football field is a place of work and employers have a duty to protect their employees in all walks of life. You can't have social distancing measures in place, or wear a mask on the field of play. Likewise you don't need a track and trace system. So the only other safety net is to test.

If mandatory testing is not put in place then it's going to go round the national league causing disruption to the season, to the club's indivdually but more importantly it's putting players health at risk. That can't be right.

As someone mentioned the PFA should help the semi pro clubs at this level or other footballing bodies. It's not like there is not enough money in football. It needs sorting out.