great, but relying on the kindness of strangers isnt a business plan is it

the important point is, that restructuring needed doing, those losses would be made, and a company a few months after going to the wall saying they were going to incur big losses during the necessary restructuring and that for the time being both their status as a going concern aswell as the funding for this necessary restructuring was only going to come in the form of gifts is hardly a company showing its position as a viable entity

maybe it has something to do with one of the biggest areas of junior development in the country






also they are nicer people too

But it was the only real reason put forward as rejection.

Not the business plan.

i refer you to

Widnes put forward a business plan for the following 3 years with a £500,000 guarantee to support this plan. This is pretty much of a cast iron guarantee as any club could've put forward.

The kindness of strangers eh?

Of course , the RFL were not aware of the situation at Widnes until the application was submitted , it was

" Oh , they went into administration last year , how did we miss that one "

This is what I understand has been offered. And yes, if the RFL want to continue with expansion, they'd be crazy not to go along with such an offer.

How much would he have to put up as a ' bond ' for them to take him seriously ?

You'd have to be looking at 10 million to stand any chance IMO

had they had the issues widnes had had, they would be in the same position

but as they dont, they arent

£3m.

But they'd be a new company with no history of support.

Which were all solved by the kindness of a stranger don't forget.