Total bollox , and you know it , a £ 500 K cash bond was more than enough to even up any financial worries

So you're saying that Widnes' administration wasn't a major issue which could've barred them from obtaining a licence?

a £500k bond shouldnt have been needed, the fact the business plan showed it was needed as well as the losses Widnes have incurred since (as a going concern) show that to be a good decision

All those "losses" are part of the club restructuring that happened after SOC took over. Every penny was paid for by Syeve O'Connor in the form of a gift. Widnes vikings currently have no debts.

So any club with losses should not get a franchise by that logic

I'm sure you'll be happy , playing with yourself

it was an issue, and it did mean the started behind the 8 ball, it was a negative for their bid,

but it didnt preclude them from either bidding or obtaining a licence, it just made it more difficult

That's daft - paying suppliers in cash? I'd at least take advantage of the 30 day terms most suppliers offer

yes, because thats exactly what i said, that and i think I insulted your dad aswell somewhere in there

Immediately after the licence announcements Lewis praised the Vikings bid, and stated that the Widnes Vikings have a bright future under the new regime. The business plan put forward was not criticized in the report. It was the administration which was put forward soley as the reason for rejection.

Shut it, you!

great, but relying on the kindness of strangers isnt a business plan is it

the important point is, that restructuring needed doing, those losses would be made, and a company a few months after going to the wall saying they were going to incur big losses during the necessary restructuring and that for the time being both their status as a going concern aswell as the funding for this necessary restructuring was only going to come in the form of gifts is hardly a company showing its position as a viable entity

maybe it has something to do with one of the biggest areas of junior development in the country






also they are nicer people too

But it was the only real reason put forward as rejection.

Not the business plan.

i refer you to

Widnes put forward a business plan for the following 3 years with a £500,000 guarantee to support this plan. This is pretty much of a cast iron guarantee as any club could've put forward.

The kindness of strangers eh?

Of course , the RFL were not aware of the situation at Widnes until the application was submitted , it was

" Oh , they went into administration last year , how did we miss that one "

I wonder what would happen if Laporte offered to decline Sky funds for three years for a licence for Paris? Dya reckon the RFL and the other SL clubs would bite his hand off? Probably.

This is what I understand has been offered. And yes, if the RFL want to continue with expansion, they'd be crazy not to go along with such an offer.

How much would he have to put up as a ' bond ' for them to take him seriously ?

You'd have to be looking at 10 million to stand any chance IMO

had they had the issues widnes had had, they would be in the same position

but as they dont, they arent

£3m.

But they'd be a new company with no history of support.

Which were all solved by the kindness of a stranger don't forget.

not as a bond., but i would hope they would be budgetting for that as guaranteed spending over the three years