Quote: DaveO "How many clubs in the premiership and championship are run on a sustainable basis? I think Latics would be in the lower divisions and maybe even the lower leagues pretty quick.'"
I think Latics "true" league position would probably be in the 1st division, possibly the 2nd. If they went bust I think there's a risk they could fall down through the leagues into part-time territory.
Quote: DaveO "I don't think you could assume equal priority. It is always us who change fixture dates at the moment and while Latics not being a premiership club [icould[/i change that I don't think it is certain. IL would still want Latics to be as successful as the budget allowed which would surely mean if they had a Saturday game we do not play Friday to cut the pitch up just as it does now.'"
Hull City and Hull FC seem to manage things. Not sure whether the football club gets priority, but they don't seem to have problems in the way that we do.
Quote: DaveO "I still do not think ownership is going to be any better than leasing especially given the terms we have that are supposed to be dirt cheap. I'd expect us to still lease it from a holding company and IL may well want the RL club to pay more when the money would in fact be being paid to one of his companies as opposed to a company owned by Dave Whelan.'"
I'm far from convinced that we get a good deal. Wigan RL's revenue looks very low to me for a club with 16k average attendances, I'm not sure we have been given the full picture.
