Adrian Harms, BBC Radio Sussex
Ought to any Sussex supporters have been in any doubt as to the seriousness of the membership’s monetary plight, they have been made abundantly clear at a query and reply session following the membership’s AGM final night time.
The 12-point County Championship deduction for this season has up to now been the primary headline however the penalties of the membership working out of money run far deeper.
Chief government Mark West clearly laid out the circumstances underneath which the membership should now function to adjust to ECB bailout, maybe most notably that the membership will want the governing physique’s permission to signal any new gamers.
Nonetheless, the primary wrath of the assembly was directed to members of the board -some of whom have now resigned – as to how the membership had recorded a buying and selling lack of £1.3m for 2025, with an additional lack of £1m anticipated this yr.
In reply to a query from the ground, West concluded that regardless of exploring all choices the membership had run out of money, and had no possibility than to simply accept the circumstances imposed by the ECB.
