@MissLC
To be fair, surely its Chelsea making it an issue for the fans? Isn't it just that they can't SELL tickets? They could take it in the chin, do a ballot for free tickets and get money from concession sales?
That's not how it works - they cannot sell tickets so they can't get revenue from the tickets to provide the match day services for people to attend. They also can't use any money they receive as the accouts are frozen - they might get a few quid from selling food on match days but that money then can't be accessed and they won't be able to sell enough pies to cover the wage bill ...
Giving away tickets would still require money to be paid on administration costs, stewarding and match day security etc and with a cap put on what they can spend on match days they cannot afford to do this.
Basically Chrlsea are allowed to continue playing and paying staff but only until their existing money runs out ... at which point the team may effectively go into administration, which will cause massive issues with them completing their CL/FA Cup/PL fixtures and putting all competitions in chaos
It is nowhere near as important as the war in the Ukraine and the impact on all the people affected by the Russian invasion but it is going to have a huge impact and have wide reaching effects on a lot of people, who are rightly concerned about their club and in some cases their jobs.
One of my friends works at CFC and while she has been reassured that she will not lose her job, there's no guarantee she will continue being paid or that her job will continue being tenable beyond the immediate future, but with the ever increasing bills needing to be paid and children to keep fed, clothed and housed she has started looking for another job. It's not just the megastars the club has to consider, it's the low paid back room, admin, merchandise and match day staff that are now thrown into limbo