Always a Wasp

Why not just rename to Wasps Warriors and be done with it. Where next? Carlisle?

Last time I travelled from London to Worcester by train it was a chore I have avoided since.

To be honest, I'd rather Wasps commit to the Coventry area, or relocate back to London and play in National League 2 than do this.

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slightly worried that wasps seem to be signing up to the onerous RFU controls that Worcester won't.

But surely this is the exact due diligence fans have been asking the RFU & PRL for? You can't complain when they try & make sure only fit & proper owners take charge going forward?

Of course. I'm not complaining. Maybe I wouldn't worry if I knew what they were, but the Twitter thread earlier implies things that seem beyond a governing body role.

Hey I've stuck 50k miles on my 2013 Tiger and it's never missed a beat!

Of course, it will now ...

Does anything happen over the weekend on these sorts of things?

I assume administrators and potential purchasers would be happy to push on to get it over the line, but banks won't, and do courts need to give the final nod to whatever % in the pound will be paid back?

And would the RFU progress the owners tests over the weekend? We've seen how the Worcester bid has been delayed by those tests alone, never mind the due diligence process the administrators would have to carry out.

We have to assume it is in progress but at 5pm today, there is only one business day left.

These new owner tests are probably because of the DCMS committee hearing a few weeks ago, better late than never.

My worry is that we have heard nothing from Wasps' administrators or any consortium, and the deadline is on Monday.

Definitely more scope for making the game more exciting, and easier to understand.

I also think that the money is not there to support two professional leagues, but I'd add a 'yet' to that statement.

If you assume there will be a Wasps and Worcester in the Championship next year, plus say a relegated London Irish to get to the 10 team prem, then that instantly makes the Championship more competitive and attractive. Especially if you also consider there are other competitive teams, Ealing, Jersey, etc.

To support and nurture this, the championship needs more visibility, better profile, maybe free to air live games even if just online. But overall more publicity and profile - I'm not a media expert.

Also, further limit premiership salary caps (don't increase them), remove barriers to promotion, make it a sporting meritocracy and not based on whether you could hypothetically get 10,000 fans, etc, and go for a two up two down promotion/relegation system, and over time, say 5-10 years, the money and players trickle down, interest in the championship grows, and the gap closes.

This is speculation, but if you don't try you will never know. And at the moment, the game is shrinking.

If the money clubs insist on chasing bigger budgets and more glamour and share of the prize then the above will never happen. It's in this that we need a strong RFU, to actually lower budgets and make the competition more equitable, for the longer term health of the game.

As much as I feel for those whose livelihoods gave disappeared and for myself and fellow Waspies whose rugby needs will no longer be met, I can't help but feel anger at those who have had control of the club going back 25 years or more.

It's been one calamity after another.

A book could be written, if there is to be one let's hope it is done by a supporter rather than let one of the people who 'ran' the club profit.

Very sad day indeed. I tried to follow to Coventry, couldn't for logistical reasons, decided to turn my back on Wasps in about 2015 ish - but have learnt that you just can't switch it off.

Very sad day. Fingers crossed the whole shebang is bought from administration and resurrected by someone who knows what they are doing, with the money to do it.