Quote ="VoiceOfReason"Would it not be sensible that if ur the 'Grudge' and having gone wailing to your supporters that the financial losses are un-acceptible, ticket sales are suspended and big bad agents unsettle players and your going to stop being a feeder club to Hull FC
that:
1. =#0000FFTrying to merge would be a viable option for you
2. Try to sell the club
and IF that fails
3. go into administration
What you don't do is clearly advertise your going into ADMINISTRATION.
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Merging is not a viable option for enough parties, though. Long term, the fan base would possibly be roughly the combined following of the 2 clubs now, but in order to get there they'd first have to survive roughly a generation of low gates with die hard fans walking away. There's not enough money in RL for anyone to pull that off. It is too big a gamble for both clubs to simultaneously take, no matter how many times people bring it up.