duffer
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@oldskyblue58 & @duffer
My gut feeling was always that SISU want to close the academy to reduce overheads/cashflow/risk and they they are moving to bringing in scouted players from various sources. e.g.non-league, ex-premier academy and other local academies like SFF etc. As OSB implies out the open letters are really only PR to show 'effort', but you notice they all have conditions or blame towards other parties attached. If any real resolution was sought I think this would be happening in private.
Entirely possible, but I think it's also undeniable that neither the Council nor Wasps are exactly acting in a way that supports the ongoing provision of the academy.
The questions placed by Fisher seem legitimate enough to me, we can only speculate on the motives. But it's a bit hard blaming the club for ditching the academy if Wasps are buying the site and the Council are seemingly avoiding legitimate planning considerations to enable them to develop it to their ends.