At a time when the world is fighting just to stay alive, the reputation of football ought to have slipped pretty far down the list of priorities by now.But the drowning man syndrome approach adopted by the likes of UEFA and the cartel of Europe’s super rich leagues is proving too abhorrent and too unedifying to ignore.In their panic and distress over the catastrophic financial consequences of this global pandemic, they appear to be prepared to drag everyone else under with them, as was perfectly illustrated by the brutal nature of the threats dished out to the Belgian game over the weekend.In an attempt to save their own clubs from going to the wall and provide them with prize money and a sense of clarity, a decision was taken by the