EFL confirm promotion and relegation plan using PPG system if season cut short "The board has always acknowledged that a single solution to satisfy all clubs would always be hard to find, but we are at the point now where strong, definitive action is needed for the good of the league and its members. The National League informs clubs that their 2020-21 season is scheduled to start on 3 October. The English Football League says promotion and relegation will remain across its three leagues if clubs vote to end the season early due to coronavirus.Publishing its draft framework on in the event of the season being curtailed, it added that final positions would be determined on an unweighted points per game measurement.It also confirmed that play-offs would be a maximum of four teams and not extended to eight, as had been suggested for League One.It said relegation is integral to the integrity of the footballing "pyramid", after League Two clubs called for it to be abandoned in the 2019-20 season.The board's position appears to deal a blow to League Two's plans to curtail the 2019-20 season without a team being relegated to the National League, although the framework the board has laid out is still to be voted on by all clubs.A club should be relegated to the National League, the EFL board states, "provided we have assurances that the National League will start season 2020-21 (i.e. Vanarama National League North the relegated club in League Two has somewhere to play)".As well as setting out the principle on relegation, the EFL board says the play-offs should be played in the event of curtailment but should not be extended beyond the regular four teams.It also says that the decision to curtail in each division should require a 51 per cent majority among the clubs concerned, with League One sides in open disagreement about whether to stop or play on.EFL chairman Rick Parry said: "In the event that a divisional decision is made to curtail the 2019-20 season, the EFL board is recommending that the league adopts the original framework with the amendments as identified, as there is a strong desire to remain as faithful as possible to the regulations and ensure there is consistency in the approach adopted across the EFL in all divisions. Vanarama National League North Find out more
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