While Halifax and particularly Widnes Vikings gear up for a tilt at obtaining Super League with all kinds of strange announcements (4700 crowds and £1M profits in a recession), the scramble to avoid being named as the team to lose their licence is gathering pace in the top division.
Salford have just about got the build on their new stadium started and have lined up a big array of talented players to come to the Willows next season, Castleford are well on course to announce a series of captures led of course by Danny Orr, returning in a player-coaching capacity after spells with Wigan and Harlequins, and recent Challenge Cup Winner (and serial "Tweeter") Richie Mathers.
Across the Calder, things have been a little bit quieter at Wakefield although an interesting story emerged today - this taken from Sporting Life:
http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rleague/10/09/03/RUGBYL_Wakefield.html
"Wakefield chairman Ted Richardson has offered to hand over control of the Super League club in a bid to attract new investment.
The Wildcats directors issued a statement revealing they are prepared to step down en bloc as the club seek to consolidate their place in the top flight.
Wakefield are among the clubs thought to be in danger of losing their Super League licence in 2011 and are pinning their hopes on moving in as anchor tenants into a new stadium at Newmarket, just off the M62.
In the statement, the club said: "The current board of directors feel the timing is right to look to restructure the board.
"To facilitate this, the existing directors are happy to either work with new investors or step aside in order to take the club to the next level and further enhance its licence application."
The club say they are already in discussions with interested parties.
Richardson, Wakefield's majority shareholder and long-serving chairman, is currently awaiting the outcome of a Rugby Football League tribunal called to rule on his position at the Super League club after he entered into an Individual Voluntary Arrangement to prevent his own company being wound up."
I wonder where this will lead? Basically are Wakefield admitting they are skint? Does the board want out?
It must be a frustrating time if you are Wildcats boss John Kear, currently preparing his team for a game at Salford on Sunday.
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