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Re: Broncos survive : Sat Dec 14, 2013 3:35 pm  

Northernrelic wrote:

Not easy to see how they will avoid relegation with no team in place so close to the start of the season. Maybe this could prompt more changes to the proposals for reorganisation as it never seemed likely you could square London's relegation with the aspiration to expand?

That's very true and worse for London is that it's more difficult to give any leeway on relegation as an 'expansion area' club when they've been going for around 30 years or so if you include the complete history from their formation as Fulham back in the neolithic period.....

To be honest, despite the odd one coming on here to make trouble, I feel a lot of sympathy for our friends in the capital and it can't have been easy running a rugby league team down there and I hope things turn round for them.

Re: Broncos survive : Sat Dec 14, 2013 4:26 pm  

Bulliac wrote:

That's very true and worse for London is that it's more difficult to give any leeway on relegation as an 'expansion area' club when they've been going for around 30 years or so if you include the complete history from their formation as Fulham back in the neolithic period.....
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That would be almost like folding Gateshead and giving their money to Hull as a development area. Oh wait a minute............

[Bulliac]

Re: Broncos survive : Sat Dec 14, 2013 5:25 pm  

rugbyreddog wrote:

That would be almost like folding Gateshead and giving their money to Hull as a development area. Oh wait a minute............

Ha ha, yeah, must admit I've totally disregarded the precedent

Re: Broncos survive : Sat Dec 14, 2013 5:42 pm  

That would almost be like sheffield folding and giving there money to huddersfield as a delelopment area ... Oh hang on a minute ....

Re: Broncos survive : Sat Dec 14, 2013 5:43 pm  

That would almost be like sheffield folding and giving there money to huddersfield as a development area ... Oh hang on a minute ....

Re: Broncos survive : Sat Dec 14, 2013 7:31 pm  

Great news.

Re: Broncos survive : Sun Dec 15, 2013 7:14 am  

vbfg wrote:

Great news.

I am pleased at the news of survival, and it will be interesting to see the RFLs response.

Will there be penalties? Because if there is, how can they expect a new venture to have any chance to survive in this increasingly hostile austerity and cutback's situation we find ourselves faced with?

PS: If London went into a CVA like Salford, it appears that this doesn't count as administration, so therefore no problem with points deduction, or withholding of SKY compensation, or the Super League License?
Personally I do feel that we should give them as much help as possible, for the sake of the game.

Re: Broncos survive : Sun Dec 15, 2013 8:52 am  

Fingers crossed it works out. No true RL fan would want them penalised further, it's hard enough down there as it is. More good work by the RFL by the sounds of it.

Re: Broncos survive : Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:26 am  

Rarebreed wrote:

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PS: If London went into a CVA like Salford, it appears that this doesn't count as administration, so therefore no problem with points deduction, or withholding of SKY compensation, or the Super League License?
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Don't know about that, but if a major creditor is HMRC, I can guarantee they would vote against, and then it would be academic.

Re: Broncos survive : Mon Dec 16, 2013 6:52 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

Don't know about that, but if a major creditor is HMRC, I can guarantee they would vote against, and then it would be academic.

Their own accounts to 30/11/2012 shows them owing "Taxation & Social Security" of £367k so it could be larger now