I heard that the new sponsor is in fact an energy company.....

What are the energy company offering, team flags on Wind Turbines in the North Sea with no capital transfer!

Was Go Daddy a World Cup sponsor? I'm sure I saw quite a lot of boards at several games

Yeah they were. IIRC they sponsored the post pads too.

On Monday 2nd December 2013 on Radio 5 Live, Big Nige said... rl[i"Well there's some discussions going on as we speak now and I think erm.. and hopefully there'll be an announcement to make in... in the very near future the clubs are meeting today on that matter... so err... I think there's err... I think there's every possibility of err.. of some good news emanating in the next couple of days"[/irl

Sooner he goes the better.

Who, Nigel or William?

Nigel FFS......at least we know what Billy's on about

Wood, I've never known a head of a sport to be so gutless (ironic really). From the quote he's hiding behind the club's deliberation over the sponsorship as a reason for the delay. He's the head, he's more than well rewarded, make an assessment on what is the best offer for the sport and tell the clubs this is the new sponsor.

Yet if he does that, he will be accused by just as many people of being an idiot, not listening to the clubs, rushing without thinking, etc.

Can't win.

He's paid to make these decisions, not delegate it. Does Scudimore consult the Premier League clubs on which company sponsors it? Genunie question. If he's not prepared to make the decision and put his head on the block so to speak he should give back some of the ridiculously overinflated salary he is on or step aside for someone who is prepared to do so.

He comes across as scared to death in most of the interviews I've heard from him.

Seems the big guy is also driven by political correctness/people pleasing. Very sad.

Utterly clueless. Get rid.

I think RL has a structural leadership problem that anybody would struggle to manage. The thing is, the PL made a clean-ish break from the FL (to the FA). Not that it is always a model of good governance.
SL broke away, then came back sort of half-heartedly. Partly in search of an arbiter, I suspect. The RFL are seemingly obliged to consult the SL clubs, who have an effective veto [iand[/i disparate agendas.
I've seen the RFL mocked for a lack of leadership and criticised just as much as for trying to railroad things through (notably the new league structure). Just as there are complaints about the big clubs calling all the shots and moaning about the tail wagging the dog. Nobody has enough political capital to take a lead, so we get a fair bit of half-baked compromise and general drift.

I'm not surprised Wood sounds scared - he's trying to manage some big (mostly northern male) egos, from a very, very limited power base. Fair enough he gets well paid for it, but if he pleases one constituency, it es another one off most often.