But if the appeal is successful, or the relegation is commuted due to others being in the same boat, there is now nothing left to remain in the Premiership. The club is in administration with no players, no support staff etc. etc. Not sure that is any different a starting point to the Championship, other than the ownership of the P-Share and its associated TV money.
And that's at least something. Especially if we're one of 3 or 4 in the same boat.
I struggle to see a future for Wasps in the Championship and continuing to play at the CBS. Locals with an interest in Championship rugby are already catered for. Those who have continued to travel from the SE will be less inclined for Championship rugby rather than Premiership, and that leaves a handful of die hards rattling around in one stand of a 32K arena with zero atmosphere and surely operating at a loss on matchdays. So if not the CBS then where? The EPIC would be crucial if we are to have any hope of getting even a few the old squad back which makes a return to the SE unlikely (with or without a viable, available ground). Without at least a small core of that squad to take us forward then it won't really feel like the same club at all.
So do you turn your back on the EPIC and up sticks from the Midlands entirely? if so, where to?
Keep plugging away at the CBS and hope to retain (or more accurately re-recruit) as many of the old squad as possible?
Could we find a more suitable venue for the Championship that would still allow Henley to serve as a training base while not directly competing with Cov RFC for support?
And all of this would likely play out with no P Share, renting whatever ground we end up at with no other revenue streams coming in.
Maybe the Legends group has a solution to all of this, but there's a huge amount of work to be done.