From what I gather it's more a case of former image rights payments. The HMRC closed the loophole so all sports clubs started working around the new rules but the HMRC wants back payment on previous instances.

RFL jumping in to help who ?

So which clubs in the Championship will have paid players image right payments ?

There's a difference between the state of the game and the state of an individual club. Wakey's problems are despite having more support from the RFL than ever. If they fail, their SL place will go to the best of the three championship club applications. Chances are a Wakefield professional club would survive in some form (how many times have we gone bust... twice? at least?).

Most of the member clubs plead for money most of the time, because for the most part they are run for the short term.

But its not just one club is it.

Crusaders
Wakefield
Blackpool
Whitehaven
Keighley
Oldham
Batley

We also know that HKR have debts somewhere between 2 an 3mill

All those have either gone or had serious issues with HMRC amongst others....and they are only the ones we know about.

dont forget quins who are 100% dependent on one mans generosity.

Think you could say the same about a club nearer to your heart.

The thing is though Joe , that 2 years ago we increased the number of clubs in the top tier , since then we have had one club fold ( twice in reality ) and another announce severe financial difficulties , we also know of several others that are all struggling , all this with an extra 6 million pounds per season in SL since

Add to this several lower tier clubs folding and all but one or two struggling

Hardly " Everything is rosy " wouldn't you say

iv'e no doubts at all frank that AT has invested an awful lot of money into the infrastructure of the club but do you think he's bankrolling us the same as hughes is at quins ?.

if hughes pulls out of quins they'll cease to exist,do you think that would happen to us?.

I dont.

Well I just know it is a lot and to answer your question without AT I would rather not think about it quite honestly.

we both agree on the importance of AT to leigh rl.
this clubs built on more than one mans money frank.

There's plenty of us in that boat j.c.