Mr Glover please tell us what is going on.

Quote: RichieWarlord "When a company goes into administration, they are still operating. The administrator has to look to see where the money is coming from, what assets there are, and what they can do to raise money. The RFL gives clubs money from the Sky deal, it is very likely that the administrators fee will be coming out of this amount and the RFL aren't losing out themselves.

The administrator will look to see if the club is in too much mess, if there are no buyers who are willing to take it on at a reasonable amount (in view of how much creditors are owed). If that is the case, they will liquidate the company, selling off 100% of the assets and pay off the debt.

I 'assume' that with Mr Glover possibly being a suitable buyer, that could seriously help the situation. If administration wasn't involved, and if TR was just selling up and moving out and selling to AG, then AG could have had all the background checks on him from the RFL prior to the sale date. That process has been vastly sped up with administration being involved, and it is a big rush to get everything done.

I do not presume that Mr Glover would have made no cuts if he had come in by now. It is right for companies/clubs to identify waste, expensive assets, and those not giving value for money. So players may still have gone, it would be up to him how he wished to run the club.

I do not think the RFL are the devils in this, I think they may have handled things differently. You have to admit that Quins/Broncos had a different scenario to ours, you have to admit that Crusaders had a different scenario to ours too. I think what people are getting a bit cheesed off is that there doesn't seem to be any perceived assistance from them.

The RFL and the rugby league community like to pride themselves on the family feeling, the looking after each other, and whilst situations like this, and licensing competition - that leads to frustration and annoys fans. When fans are under pressure due to uncertainty there is the tendency to lash out at all things and all parties.'"

All valid points but I will pick you up on one point if I may.
You 'assume' that the monies from the RFL are from the normal payments from them.
In much the same way that I 'assume' that they are not.