Regardless of what has happened on the pitch in the past 8 years (a couple of finals, one European semi, but no silverware), the outcome is undeniably disastrous.
8 major trophies in a 6 year period during our time in Wycombe is a considerably better return, and yes we were just as deep in the mire financially by the end of that time, with no money, no home of our own and no other revenue streams, and only the Cov move saved us then, but ultimately all that achieved was a stay of execution and further debt accrual.
I admire the Cov based fans who have really embraced Wasps, and I know there are many on here and I mean them no disrespect. However, I have a work colleague who lives in Warwickshire and started going with his family to watch Wasps when they moved to the Ricoh (as was), having previously not followed the domestic game. When he heard the news of Wasps demise, his reaction was "We'll have to go to Tigers or Saints now", and I can't help but feel that this is probably true for many more Midlands-based Wasps fans (present company excepted of course!). Exactly the reaction PRL want, namely that enough fans will simply move along to somewhere else to make Wasps and Worcester's fate commercially irrelevant..