Royals in turmoil

This all sums this board up.

Yeah, they're not known for being fans of basketball kits on here.

Do you believe that any bbl fan give a sh it they've (Sorry, you've) gone? They stole the bbl trophy by pretending they'd pay players. They stole home court in the play offs. They stole a place in the playoff final. Shire screwed over a load of kids because he was too busy with his joke of a club.
I'm not the one with no class.

I think you're confusing people caring abou4 people losing their jobs - which everyone is sorry about- with anyone who is remotely savvy about basketball giving a crap about a short-lived joke of a basketball "club" folding.
After all, no one other than you, on here appears to give a damn

Yeah all those fans Hersey all 9 of them that showed up to games

I'm sure the Leopards would love to have an extra 9 season ticket holders. This isn't rocket science. There is a British basketball family. Rivalries or whatever are irrelevant. Genuine basketball fans have lost their club today, keep them involved. Invite them to your club.

So on another note, how many teams have players at home at the Palace and “ moved on” ?

Exactly, that is the priority now. The fans enjoyed a good year, we can keep that. Many of the fans weren't basketball fans before however, so keeping them interested and involved, no matter how few there are, is important.

Why are you being so confrontational? It's a bad day for Royals fans, leave it at that. Support the game, encourage the fans to continue supporting British basketball. That's it.

I haven't talked crap at all. I've agreed with someone's thoughts on events, and had this discussion with you. That's it. I understand why you're negative about the Royals and what they did, I just think you should wind it in a bit. That's all.

It doesn't matter who I am, though don't go throwing around the '16 years, what have you done?' I'm more involved than you realise, and could share a lot which would clarify a lot.

Ooo - this kicked off whilst I was watching Scorchers revolutionary "no defense" system against the Rocks. Maybe I should have watched this forum instead.  I might be less depressed.

Wow, if nothing else, Royals have certainly proved to be the most talked about club in the league for the time they've been around!!

On a purely selfish note, I'm disappointed they've gone. As a sports fan, it's great to have a proper rivalry & although it was just over a year, it was becoming a decent rivalry.
The crowd were larger & noisier when we played each other. The players were just that bit more passionate & aggressive when we played each other, both teams had many London players who knew each other well & none of them wanted to lose to players they'd trained with for years!
I've enjoyed our wins over Royals more than any other team since we've moved to London & I've hated the losses more than any others.
It could (& should with proper management) been a rivalry to carry on for many years & eventually we might have got to the same level of hostility & passion as Towers & Leopards had many years ago.

But it's all gone now, due to some woeful mis-management & whilst Nhamo has to take some blame, how can anyone splash the cash (whether it was his, his wife's or someone else's) without actually taking a detailed look at the league, the wages paid, the spectator numbers, the sponsorship currently being achieved etc. etc.
I am sure that Royals management were given advice from the BBL & other BBL teams. I'm sure people like Paul Blake & Russell Levenston who are both heavily involved with the 2 most successful BBL clubs of the last decade would have been more than happy to offer advice, it suits them to have a strong BBL league after all. Sawyer either talked to them & didn't listen or didn't bother talking to them at all, either way I'm afraid it was crass stupidity.
I have no idea what Nhamo told Sawyer, what promises he made, what figures he gave him but it wouldn't have taken much to check what he was saying( if indeed what he said was inaccurate). Perhaps Sawyer just thought he knew it all & wanted to splash someone else's cash to make himself feel successful & threw money at Nhamo & the team to make it happen.
For me there's only one person that can possibly take the blame for the demise & that's Sawyer himself as he held the purse strings.

I feel very sorry for the players who've lost their jobs, I feel sorry for the people who haven't been paid & now have no chance of being paid(although if some were being paid 2-3 times the amount they are worth in the current market then I'm not quite so sorry for them). I feel sorry for the season ticket holders who have paid for tickets to games they'll never see ( I would hope the BBL will do the same as they did for Giants fans when they folded mid-season).
I feel sympathy for their fans, although it's only been 18 months, its not like they've lost their club of 10+years & during that short time they've enjoyed many highs that wouldn't have happened if they hadn't massively overspent. Would some of them even been fans if Royals hadn't been splashing the cash so readily? I really hope they find another club to support, be it in the BBL or EBL & continue to enjoy this wonderful sport.