Darragh MacAnthony
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That seems to be changing every day.
But look, you're absolutely right.
It's about 120 to 140 grand for the testing.
And then we don't know the full cost then of playing the actual games behind closed doors.
You're saying they're another 150 grand.
Here's the figure we don't know, Gary, and this is the real worry.
We don't know the price of not doing it.
Right now, we have contracts.
We have TV contracts.
We have contracts with our season ticket holders.
You know, I did an estimation a few weeks ago, and I tried to let other clubs know and I let the media know that
We could be faced with a refund bill, with season ticket holders, with sponsorship contracts that we're going to null and void by not finishing out the season, with TV refunds.
It could be anywhere from 700 to 800 grand going.
So you might say it's 300 grand to finish the nine games, take people off furlough.
But what if it actually costs 700, 800 grand for each club not to do it?
And we've been asking that price all along.
And it's a really fair point.
We've been asking the EFL, look, is Sky going to come back after the money?
What about the solidarity payments?
What about our five home games for our season ticket holders?