Fears West Ham could derail Britain’s bid to host World Athletics Championships

[wils]

Premier League club would need to vacate their home for the first three weeks of the 2029-30 season to accommodate the athletics

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2 ... ships-bid/

Fears are growing that Britain’s bid to host the World Athletics Championships in 2029 could be scuppered by West Ham United’s reluctance to give up their home for three weeks.

West Ham secured tenancy of the London Stadium after they were given what was considered to be a generous deal but have not agreed to vacate the stadium at the beginning of the 2029-30 season for three weeks while organisers of the athletics event reconfigure the stadium for the nine-day event.

World Athletics has other major cities interested in hosting the event, including Rome, Munich and Nairobi, and prefers a September timescale so that it remains the finale to the athletics season.

[GBHammer63]

Who says that what World Athletics wants trumps our agreement?
let them fuck off to Rome or Nairobi and good riddance to the skinny cunts.

[RootsRadical]

If we're in the championship then the season starts  a week earlier.
Would that mean the first 4 games away?

[Mike Oxsaw]

I'm sure whomever will bung the PL organisers a little something to make sure their computer randomly has us playing away three weeks in a row at the start of the season. Carabao cup draw could be an issue though. They can't force us to be drawn away.

I believe the algorithm on the PL BBC Micro fixtures computer prohibits more than 2 consecutive home or 2 consecutive away games.

They are allowed to put certain 'tweaks' into it to accommodate things, from what I understand. 

That's probably very true.

Quite discourteous of them not clearing it with us first though, even if it was a purely academic exercise.

I don't recall the terms of our lease having provisions for things like this - only that when we don't need/haven't paid to use the stadium, it can be reconfigured for any other use provided that it was returned to us fit for purpose for our next scheduled game.

[El Scorchio]

I'm sure whomever will bung the PL organisers a little something to make sure their computer randomly has us playing away three weeks in a row at the start of the season. Carabao cup draw could be an issue though. They can't force us to be drawn away.

I believe the algorithm on the PL BBC Micro fixtures computer prohibits more than 2 consecutive home or 2 consecutive away games.

They are allowed to put certain 'tweaks' into it to accommodate things, from what I understand. 

[Mike Oxsaw]

I'm sure whomever will bung the PL organisers a little something to make sure their computer randomly has us playing away three weeks in a row at the start of the season. Carabao cup draw could be an issue though. They can't force us to be drawn away.

I believe the algorithm on the PL BBC Micro fixtures computer prohibits more than 2 consecutive home or 2 consecutive away games.

[El Scorchio]

I'm sure whomever will bung the PL organisers a little something to make sure their computer randomly has us playing away three weeks in a row at the start of the season. Carabao cup draw could be an issue though. They can't force us to be drawn away.

[XKhammer]

In the eyes of the state, the eyes of the government, the eyes of the establishment and the eyes of the civil service, it's only football - a game with it's roots in the working class slums of the nation, so it should shut the fuck up, learn it's place in "society" and do what it's damn well told to do, when it's told to do it.

Zźzzźzzźźzzz 

[Mike Oxsaw]

In the eyes of the state, the eyes of the government, the eyes of the establishment and the eyes of the civil service, it's only football - a game with it's roots in the working class slums of the nation, so it should shut the fuck up, learn it's place in "society" and do what it's damn well told to do, when it's told to do it.

[Fauxstralian]

Libtards? Ha ha 
Good grief

If we have possession from a certain date then as said we would require compensation to consider it

3 weeks would mean moving one home game to an away game 
Not sure opening with 3 away games is ideal though

[Monsieur merde de cheval]

GOOD, FUCK OFF

[Monsieur merde de cheval]

ANYTHING that gets the  Libtards riled up is fine by me...
desperate stuff ..but I'm a bitter old cսnt
 

[Gank]

We’ll be a Championship team and thus will be prevailed upon to comply.

With more matches, it will be much more difficult to comply.

[Vexed]

GOOD, FUCK OFF

[SurfaceAgentX2Zero]

I presume the bid committee will be told, 'If it's not in the contract, come back with a large cash offer and we'll think about it'.

With regards to the stadium, pretty much everyone hates us now anyway, so there really isn't anything to gain by being nice.

[,]

We’ll be a Championship team and thus will be prevailed upon to comply.