Northampton were told to whistle for their money.

If what I understand is correct I totally agree.

Regardless of what we think is right or wrong, Judgement has been issued, therefore will have to be paid, this is not negotiable. The timeframe for contesting this has passed.

That idea is a good idea regardless of whether we have CCJs to be honest.

Nothing new in what Clarke is saying but, it's interesting when he says that we should be listening to Chairmen of 3 of the big 4 clubs in the sport and whilst the opinion of these guys is important, theirs, is not the only opinion and surely there has to be improvement at the opposite end of the spectrum is equally, if not more, important.
After all, if we only listen to the big boys, they will just end up with a larger slice of the SL cake and to hell with the rest.
Certainly the likes of Fev, Leigh, Halifax etc will think that they have been hard done to by not having a reasonable opportunity of "progression".

Regardless of what else is going on, that's a bloody good suggestion.

Portsmouth is about to become the largest club in the ownership of a ST. It's not what we seek at this moment, but a place on the BoD and and a shareholding are written in as goals in our constitution.

All I will say is that these ccj s make us look very poor and clearly in need of some more investment.

More like better financial management, even poor (financially) businesses can easily avoid CCJ'S

Even a speculative business plan written on the back of a fag packet would pass the RFL scrutiny though, it did last time, just ask Bradford. RFL believed theirs even though they were already loaning them money. They'd be hard pushed to exclude anyone on the basis of putting in an unsound or speculative business plan.

That was Bradford. We don't have the same iconic status as Bradford. It's a totally different set of circumstances.

Erm what was the reason the Crusaders were advised to withdraw their application?

So what is the detail of this, where can it be viewed?

The RFL have been embarrassed by the bad publicity regarding clubs financial state in recent times, they are set to take a much harder line next time around. We have to get it right.

Exact details cannot be viewed by the public, only by the parties concerned. The point I was making is that once Judgement has been entered it's a done deal, You have an opportunity to contest or counter claim prior to judgement. Judgement can be issued on two basis, 1) By default ie. the Defendant fails to contest or respond. or 2) The Judge finds in favour of the Claimant.

So we have either not responded or have no case of defence, doesn't matter on anyones elses point of view Judgement has been made. In some cases Judgement can be repealed and a correction put on file, but this does not happen very often and very good cause has to be shown.

hth