Quote tb="tb"We know the mitigating circumstances which saw Crusaders' deduction reduced - taking foward and committing to repaying some of the pre- administration debt.
Wakefield haven't formally come out of admimistration yet, and we don't know what mitigating circumstanced might apply.
Or maybe you do, as you seem so sure that the penalty should be reduced ... care to share your knowledge?'"
Give me a break!
Crusaders went into admin owing in excess of 2.2Million and the only debt carried forward was to the RFL(hello.....conflict of interest....hello)!
The owners who applied for administration did so to clear the debt so they themselves could buy the club back debt free (apart from the deal to pay the RFL). Not only did they make zero attempts to stay out of administration they actively sought it without any other avenues being explored.
Wakefield on the other hand staved off two winding up orders earlier in the year and did their best to avoid the third by agreeing a payment term with HMRC which was withdrawn because of the RFLs compliance in seeing Crusaders avoid their tax bill via administration. Doomed it may have been but at least the club tried to raise the money by hook or by crook after the RFL had refused to loan them the £350K that would have helped them avoid all the bad publicity the sport has suffered through Wakefields situation, by the way, more double standards from the RFL!
Finaly we have the old BoD applying for administration as a last resort to save the club and not as a mechanism to wipe off debts so they can buy it back for a song and be debt free.
Another BIG consideration that Wakefields debt is less than one third of the Crusaders debt.
Will any of this make a difference to the decision on how many points Trinity are deducted?
No!
