Couldn't they have just watched a box set or something? No, instead, to pass the time while in lockdown, the Premier League's biggest clubs, plus some who think they should be, and a sprinkling of opportunistic hangers-on, have composed a missive that seeks to shape the coronavirus crisis to their own self-serving ends.
It seeks to sweep away due process and place unnecessary pressure on the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Obviously, they think there's a few quid in it.
The top 10 — bar Sheffield United, and good for them — seek to ban Manchester City from Europe next season, regardless of the state of their appeal against a UEFA-imposed sanction.