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You are looking at court action if out of contract players can't move on to another club, as employment law would be being breached in most countries.

Which window in the world is that ? As another thought, Chelsea have key players out of contract on June 30th. Is the season integrity still intact if West Ham, Watford and Norwich play them after this date ? Of course it wouldn't be.

What about out of contract players ? Normal employment laws apply.

Depends if they think short term or think of the juicy multi-year contract elsewhere. Maybe a contract they have already pre-agreed.

June 30th is the key date, when player contracts expire and the Bosman ruling prevents the contract being unilaterally extended if the player wants to leave. If players leave then the league integrity is gone. So the decision needs to be made before then to ensure that if the season can't be...

Seems sensible. I don't see the rush for 5 down in 1 season - perhaps 4 down, 2 up or 4 down for 2 seasons - but it is what it is.

76 points needed to avoid relegation.

It isn't. I'm not going any further with this debate on semantics.

Re-run it means void it and restart again in 2020/21. It is far from absurd.

As per the quote from The Athletic article. "But privately, some clubs have developed strong reservations about resuming football during the coronavirus crisis and are leaning towards the season being re-run regardless of the consequences."

The mood seems to be shifting in the PL. https://twitter.com/AndyNaylorBHAFC/status/1243433971586867200?s=19 "But privately, some clubs have developed strong reservations about resuming football during the coronavirus crisis and are leaning towards the season being re-run regardless of the...