Snowflake RoyalYorkshireRoyal99Snowflake Royal Is the bleeding obvious point.
Yes but you made it out as if nobody would be interested in buying the club if we were being hit with points deductions. Well no, the current interested parties may lose interest if we dropped to L2, but new parties might come to the fold.
Most people here are capable of working out that the consequences of abandoned games and subsequent points deductions for a team in the relegation zone is relegation.
We also become much less attractive to buy in L2 because our infrastructure is unsustainable at that level even relatively short term.
Why buy L2 Reading with its expensive stadium and training ground, which you won't start breaking even on without two promotions, when you can buy a different L2 club for a couple of million and grow it. Dai is resisting selling for a L1 price, he's not going to sell for a L2 one, he'll liquidate the club (like he has twice before) or be barred from ownership and have us kicked out the league before we'd get anywhere with unlikely L2 buyers.
It depends on the situation though I guess. I'm not disagreeing that it's a harder sell in L2, particularly if Dai continues to hold out for ridiculous prices, but there might be someone who see's it as an opportunity to take the club on, Mike Ashley for instance could pick it up for a penny and turn us into something again.
Other clubs with large running costs have dropped down to L2 level and have had someone fund them, Bolton and Coventry for example. Not direct comparisons as they weren't actively selling the club at the time, but still the same principle of big grounds for that level and large running costs but worked their way back up.
Your scenario could happen, although it's not against the realms of possibility that we can find new ownership in L2, if Dai plays ball that is.
