See we have dropped case what a waste of time

Indeed it was, but are we really surprised?

No!

We have lost that famous name (COUGAR) All we are now are PUSSIES ... why did we drop the case ?????

Where has this come from ... I can't see anything on the club web site or the T&A,

Why have we dropped the case?

The case was a no win IMO.

Boycotting RL events is the way forward. Stop giving the decison makers funds to make more poor decisions.

Batley and Doncaster are very very lucky and they know it.

What has happened? Clearly, some are in the know and some are not. Are we talking about the legal action? Or the EGM? Is that now not going to take place? Surely that would be a bit strange after going to all the other clubs and securing the support of several...?

I don't buy RL papers, but I haven't seen any news on t'ininternet.

As I see it the RFL were never going to give way and they said as much in the press. They have delayed every decision and generally made life as hard as possible for us. They have not come out of this looking either supportive or fair in most RL fans eyes.

The only thing we can do is force their hand either by legal action (costly), or by pressure from other clubs at an EGM.

If someone has made the decision that we can't afford legal action, then fair enough, who wants to see the club crippled? That makes us sensible not "pussies".

I'm not sure what's going on beyond rumour, can someone from the club please explain?

It's all in the League Express 15 Dec . (Gary Fawcett interview with Gareth Walker)
Legal action dropped - too expensive
Calling an extraordinary meeting of clubs. Dropped. Only half the clubs turned up for the AGM last week and GF expects hardly any would turn up for an EGM and other clubs are just self interested and would not vote for Cougars to get compensation.

Back to square one. All stick together and get promotion. That'll show em. (Especially if Batley get relegated next season)

I don't blame Keighley for dropping the case, we can't afford a legal battle and as the article says there unfortunately is not enough support from other clubs. But given this stance not just from the RFL but the majority of the other clubs I will never go to a none Keighley game again. Dishonesty and unfair actions will only negatively impact the game and it is a negativity that will not clear quickly. There's not a chance I will argue positively for Rugby League to my colleagues in the Midlands or my partners family from Rugby Leagues expansion areas. The other rugby is having it's world cup soon and my friends and colleagues will not hear a peep of a Rugby League sales pitch during their competitions.

I look forward to supporting Keighley next season, we must hit Ch1 at our best and then keep getting better to clearly show our intentions of quick promotion back to Championship and then make progress to being a strong contender in the Championship.

It all leaves a very bad taste in the mouth. I'm very disappointed that other clubs are uninterested in our plight; it could be any of them next. My feelings toward the RFL are not such that I can share them on a 'family website'.
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Since we have now dropped everything, I wonder whether Gary will be in a position to share with us some time the extra information he managed to get out of the RFL when the legal action was initially instigated. He said he'd obtained something which only served to strengthen our position. I'm still wondering what that was. I would love to know who was on those panels which first decided to deduct points from Batley & Doncaster, then decided to give them back. Gary said the panels were as independent as Tibet is from China - a very good analogy. So who was responsible for those decisions? Will we ever know?
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I hope no teams field ineligible players next season - the RFL will probably see to it that we get relegated again!

All this shows now is the rfl have allowed cheating to go unpunhist.
It also shows other clubs dont care.

Fans might as well stay at home.

I concur

So what happens to the money fans kindly contributed to the legal fund? If there is no legal action then surely the club need to come clean about how much they obtained vs spent and come to an arrangement about what happens to this. I'm sure many of the fans would be happy that any leftover cash is used for the season ahead, but out of courtesy and respect the club should come clean.

I am sure I saw a statement from Gary in the KN recently that the legal costs to date had been £5000 and fund had brought in about £1000.