I think we should concentrate on keeping hold of what's left of our own young talent first.

2points.
When we were in admin last year, the Rfl (or was it SLE?) did put in a bid to run Bradford directly. So it is something that has been considered before.

Second, am I the only one who is irritated by the general perception that the RFL gave us special treatment & pots of cash? When in reality they prolonged the pain, allowed bigger debts to build up (so that a bigger share of sky money would be deducted) and took our only asset as compensation (making them a preferred creditor effectively).

So London, beware of the Rfl bearing gifts....

I think it was pretty well acknowledged [though clearly that doesn't make it automatically true] that the RFL/SL were only trying to 'flush out' some genuine investors [as distinct from the ones we all assumed to be floating around in the background and orchestrating events] and never had any real intention of running the club.

To be honest, it isn't really possible for the governing body to run a club - too much 'stuff' to get in the way, but the tactic - if they feel there are other people in the wings - may be worthwhile. That said, London don't have the intricate backstabbing shenanigans going on in the background as we did, so conditions aren't really the same.

SLE only interest was making sure we fulfilled our remaining fixtures as it would have been a right pain in the backside for them if we hadn't. Once the end of season came we would have been dropped like a stone.

Oh yes, I'm quite sure that was in their minds, though you can't "just drop something you've bought and paid for, which would have been the situation if they'd gone ahead with their plan. In any case getting the early release of TV monies pretty much guaranteed we'd last out the season.

Warrington have taken on Phil Jones the Broncos head of youth for 15 years. Very clever move.