Wasps/Worcester

But as we all know regulations only apply to certain clubs.

1) This deadline is a real one?

2) That both, either or neither Wasps and Worcester will meet it?

Worcester appear to have met the criteria but are refusing to follow the additional requirements of the regulations around the RFU having observer status at board meetings and the like.  They don't appear to have any leverage to me, the RFU sanction all rugby in England, so unless they are planning on a switch to League they will have to agree to their conditions.

Wasps it's all gone quite. Nothing announced, no reaction to the deadline, no rumours since December.  Just a confirmation from the RFU that they are yet to meet the obligations needed to return and have at time of writing 10 days to do it.

I don’t see either Wasps or Worcester being able to meet that deadline from what they have said publicly but I suspect a lot is going on behind the scenes that we don’t know about. My money is on Wasps meeting the deadline provided they have somewhere to play and Worcester not meeting it.

The threat's claim is not even true, if you're giving evidence in a Parliamentary select committee hearing, anything you say is protected by Parliamentary Privilege so you can say what you want with no legal repercussions. Ian Hislop does it often. 

https://guidetoprocedure.parliament.uk/articles/Mk9xrfWe/privilege-confidentiality-and-foi-for-select-committees

Exactly, it's still (prima facie) blackmail regardless.

That’s what I meant. Sixways won’t be very full on match days I’d wager. 

Poor show all round. 

W***s?

Who knows?