Footballers can get away with breaking covid rules because none of the game's authorities are prepared to sanction them or their clubs - and their behaviour could lead to matches being suspended, former FA chairman, David Bernstein, has warned.
Sportsmail understands that the Premier League, English Football League and the Football Association do not see it as their job to intervene. In fact, in the case of the EFL and FA, they each think the other should take the lead.
The authorities' lack of action has been highlighted by Bernstein, who told Sportsmail that 'with some reluctance I think it would be better to suspend football at the moment'.