Broncos exist almost as a result of being funded by David Hughes. Without his input the club would have gone bankrupt years ago. He has committed until the end of 2014. If we are lucky that will remain the case. However how do you plan for the longevity of the club if and when that input ceases. There are probably three different routes:
i) Do you spend as if the same funding continues into 2015?
This has two different outcomes one is where a mystery investor sorts out all our problems or it just ends very messily.
ii) Cut your loses and stop spending so it declines to a stop at the end of 2014?
This is a gradual winding down so the club meets its commitments but nothing else. September 2014 and that is the end of it.
iii) Do you plan a gradual change to a more sustainable model?
The club is being restructured to ensure it can continue beyond 2014. Academy structures in place for future development, a semblance of life during 2014 but a team ready for the new league structure in 2015 whatever that might be but for us probably at the level below SL.
I doubt merger would ever happen as they are separate entities. Nor do I think sharing the same ground would work in London as one of the two would lose its support to the other. Not so much merger just the death of one.
