I've heard it's GoDaddy, but now apparently there are three lined up. Couldnt't the RFL accept all three?

One as main title sponsor

One as pitch branding sponsor

One as associate sponsor

Certainly something to offer to the unsuccessful bidders if not already.

not that i would say no to go daddy just because it would be nice to have sponsor for the first time in 3 years but the founder of the company is a complete penis.

I heard that the new sponsor is in fact an energy company.....

What are the energy company offering, team flags on Wind Turbines in the North Sea with no capital transfer!

Was Go Daddy a World Cup sponsor? I'm sure I saw quite a lot of boards at several games

Yeah they were. IIRC they sponsored the post pads too.

On Monday 2nd December 2013 on Radio 5 Live, Big Nige said... [url=https://audioboo.fm/boos/1769855-nigel-wood-on-5-live-breakfast#t=3m4s[i"Well there's some discussions going on as we speak now and I think erm.. and hopefully there'll be an announcement to make in... in the very near future the clubs are meeting today on that matter... so err... I think there's err... I think there's every possibility of err.. of some good news emanating in the next couple of days"[/i[/url

Sooner he goes the better.

Who, Nigel or William?

Nigel FFS......at least we know what Billy's on about

Wood, I've never known a head of a sport to be so gutless (ironic really). From the quote he's hiding behind the club's deliberation over the sponsorship as a reason for the delay. He's the head, he's more than well rewarded, make an assessment on what is the best offer for the sport and tell the clubs this is the new sponsor.

Yet if he does that, he will be accused by just as many people of being an idiot, not listening to the clubs, rushing without thinking, etc.

Can't win.

He's paid to make these decisions, not delegate it. Does Scudimore consult the Premier League clubs on which company sponsors it? Genunie question. If he's not prepared to make the decision and put his head on the block so to speak he should give back some of the ridiculously overinflated salary he is on or step aside for someone who is prepared to do so.

He comes across as scared to death in most of the interviews I've heard from him.

Seems the big guy is also driven by political correctness/people pleasing. Very sad.

Utterly clueless. Get rid.

I think RL has a structural leadership problem that anybody would struggle to manage. The thing is, the PL made a clean-ish break from the FL (to the FA). Not that it is always a model of good governance.
SL broke away, then came back sort of half-heartedly. Partly in search of an arbiter, I suspect. The RFL are seemingly obliged to consult the SL clubs, who have an effective veto [iand[/i disparate agendas.
I've seen the RFL mocked for a lack of leadership and criticised just as much as for trying to railroad things through (notably the new league structure). Just as there are complaints about the big clubs calling all the shots and moaning about the tail wagging the dog. Nobody has enough political capital to take a lead, so we get a fair bit of half-baked compromise and general drift.

I'm not surprised Wood sounds scared - he's trying to manage some big (mostly northern male) egos, from a very, very limited power base. Fair enough he gets well paid for it, but if he pleases one constituency, it es another one off most often.

Might be unfair to blame Wood in this instance. Didn't the clubs vote for the Stobart deal last time around? There seems to be a lot of other stuff decided this way too. I'm not sure whether Wood can even take decisions of this magnitude off his own bat.

Whilst Wood is not someone who fills me with confidence. It's the structure of SL that causes these problems.

How stupid would anyone look to say this is the deal, only to have to back track when the clubs vote it down.

Your saying he should make the decision but he can't. It's like saying the British Government should make a decision over EU migrants. Well they can't as the decision and power does not lye with them it lies with the EU.

Wood may have a prefered bidder, but if 8 clubs prefer someone else, or just want to vote it down then they can. In effect the RFL just has a casting vote in the event of a tie.

As has been mentioned above the only reason this is the case is because the SL came back to the RFL as the clubs needed a final decision maker for when they could not agree.

Just look back 2 months to the walk out. The clubs can't agree, the RFL don't have the power to decide. It's a mare.

Agree with you on that.

If there is either 1 offer or even a choice of 3, then surely the clubs shouldn't be slow in committing to something, especially when there has been naff all for the last 2 years.
Let's just hope that the potential sponsors are patient.

If he can't look at bids and decided whats best for super league he doesn't deserve to be the in position. league structure fair enough get the clubs opinion monetary value of commercial deals he should decided.

That is what has annoyed me lately. Lenegan came out with all this nonsense following the Grand Final and people have inferred that he was criticising, amongst other things the Stobart deal. Yet last year at the Wigan end of season dinner he chose to make a little video saying how great their sponsorship was and that we should all stop talking the sport down!

Really surprised this wasnt tidied up sooner whilst we basked in a world cup afterglow.

The RFL are putting more pressure on themselves the longer this goes one.