As you know my view is that the Trust model is the way forward, so on that we will have to agree to differ.Dai Nelmes wrote:Stan A. Einstein wrote:So here's the question. We currently rent from the Welsh Rugby Football Union Rodney Parade and as such have a stadium which if not the best will suffice for a League 2 football team. In five years time that license runs out. Now it may be possible to renew that license. However there is a realistic possibility it will not be possible to renew.In that eventuality what should we do?
I believe it's more than a realistic possibility. It's probable. I believe the WRU will offer us a deal we can't meet so we have to walk. They do not need us like NRFC did. I believe there's no way the WRU will accept us having primacy of fixtures when they own RP outright. They'll offer us a deal alright not to look the bad guys, dress it up and tell everyone how great it is.
As you may recall i've always thought private ownership is the way forward, I accept this can go tits up too. But a board of volunteers raffling a 1.0L Ford Ka every Xmas for your granny to drive to Asda once a month to do the shopping isn't going to cut the mustard.
There is a place for the trust as a very small percentage owner of shares but they need to draft as many money men as they can.
All the financial doom and gloom after a great 2017-18 season!
There's only one way we're going in our current format.
However if your analysis is correct with respect to the WRU and my view is that you may very well be right on that, whether it's private investment being brought in or the Trust managing the situation, what, if anything do you think we can do?
I should add that the question is one I can't think of an answer to. Whatever happened in the past has happened and frankly my pointing out what we should of done 15 years ago is not going to assist now. I am genuinely pessimistic and have not the first clue about how we should go about getting out of this mess. Like you I don't think burying our head in the sand is going to help but beyond that I don't have the first clue.