Sad day for the whole RL family, Hopefully thou this is the start of a new world.

Onwards and upwards you have the backing of all decent Rugby League fans.

In pre-packs where the buyer is the same in all but name to those who put the company in to administration i would agree with you. However when a company is sold to new owners after administration, it is simply a more pragmatic approach.

The options are the company gets liquidated and creditors get a pittance, the business is closed everyone involved loses their jobs or the company goes into administration, the creditors get a pittance but the business stays open and people keep their jobs and hopefully the business grows. I know which I would prefer,

Just because a business goes into administration doesnt mean there isnt a call for the product or the underlying fundementals dont have the potential to grow a successful business.

In this example, good luck to Wakefield. IMO it is a frustration that an area that so obviously has the potential to be a RL asset has for so long been an also ran, with internal division and infighting restricting the realistion of that potential, hopefully a clean slate will see this Wakefield move forward from strength to strength.

I also think people are being a little presupmtious that this will be the nadir for Wakefield in a similar way it has been for Widnes, there is nothing set in stone here, and it is probably 50-50 at the moment whether this is the beginning of a new dawn or the beginning of the end. Lets hope for the former.

One note of caution, When Leeds Utd went in to administration, the largest creditor ended up being a mysterious off-shore company which insisted the former owners regained control, and paid rent to a mysterious trust who owned the stadium, lets hope there is no similarities here.

I think employment law would rule, as you state, so unless they have some sort of termination clause in their contracts, which I doubt (why would you?), then TUPE would be used to bring the new employees over to the new company.

New Poster and Cas fan here.

Genuinely gutted to see this happen and hope everything works out for you guys.

Best of luck and let us hope that this marks the start of the new Wakefield Trinity.

On a side note, if a club goes into admin, don't they have to agree to pay a certain amount in the pound to creditors and you can't come out of admin until 75 percent of creditors have agreed.

If HMRC are your major creditor, does this mean they can keep Wakey in admin until they recover as much of their money as possible?

sadly you will find no such comments form me on any Crusader board as i have only recently taken an interest (regular poster) in the site as it is my only means of keeping tabs on the world of RL whilst i am living in Dubai.

secondly, non i have not wrote to any local MP as what is the point in the scheme of things.

thirdly, you have clearly never been caught up, taken for, or affected by a company entering administration before. the affects can be far reaching. i can give you a numbe rof exmaples form the construction industry where small sub-contractors have lost their homes, wordly possessions and will to live on the back of being taken for a few quid by some rather large construction firms. the feelings are world ending and leave many unable to sleep at night, but your right thats just business!! rediculous!! i bet you went to private school and fed with a silver spoon with an attitude like that?! maybe you are the one who needs to grow up?

i do agree re credit insurance and to be fair most companies i know do have it although with the ever increasing number sof companies bailing out the cost of premiums are soaring and they are reaching unaffordable levels for many, hence why they are not mandatory!!

and as for being a troll, i think not! bitter, maybe?

You are wrong on all counts, I have indeed been caught up and affected by companies entering administration (I did say this mate!) on BOTH sides of the fence. I have lost my job by a company entering administration and worked for companies who are owed money by companies going down. I know first hand how volatile the construction industry can be, but it is all about Risk and Reward, and as someone who often has the final decision on whether we do or do not enter a sub-contract then you always have this at the back of your mind. I said no to a sub-contract a few weeks ago for this reason... it was just not worth the risk IMO... but other people have different opinions and one of our competitors did as he signed! I am wrong or is he wrong? You tell me? He was prepared to take the risk (we could not get sufficient credit insurance) , I wasn't... that is business!

As for credit insurance making is compulsory is a waste of time and would just feed the insurance industry... when you are a new/smaller business you make the call, but you choose to be in business and make that call and benefit from the rewards... which have risks!

No, I didn't go to public school... although it is an Academy now!

Finally, having done some business in the UAE I do find it odd that anyone who chooses to live and work in Dubai would be pontificating about UK company law and moral trading... don't you!

If we're talking about franchises in purely business terms I think both clubs should be excluded from the next bidding round and it would be outrageous if just the Crusaders were 're-elected'. However if we remain sighted on RL as a sport it seems right that finances should not in themselves be knock-out factors but then again neither should be stadia conditions yet you can bet there'll be no leniency for Wakey/Cas in that respect.

There is no way in a milion years though that you would ever get any credit insurance whatsoever on pretty well any RL club. Maybe on Leeds if you were lucky, and perhaps on the stadium owning companies at Wire and Hudds, but usually forget it. Even most banks will not lend to most RL clubs. They are seen as terrible credit risks, and the succession of RL clubs becoming insolvent over the years justifies that stance.

And I say that having had precisely this discussion (albeit informally!) with Euler Hermes, Atradius and several of the big banks.

Sad news for RL but hopefully clears the way for a future for you.

Hopefully you are treated the same as Crusaders when it comes to points and franchise applications. Hopefully now the people of Wakefield can get behind the club

Thanks ted for all the bad memories and broken promises now is the time for you to keep one of your promises and get out of the club and leave us honest supporters with a little hope for a bright future.Heres hoping we now have something to look forward to

This is true... I think you would get lower amounts on some of the bigger clubs but you are right about Wakefield. But like I said, that is the risk and reward of business and is one of the obstacles to growing a business.... but you take the risk to get the reward!

Good luck folks. Hope you can emerge from this with an owner and a future.

Sad that it came to this but lets just hope now there is a smooth transition to new ownership and that we have a bright future. Everything will cross, is crossed!