Quote: bren2k "It's arguable certainly, but I'd suggest that neither Widnes or Wakefield have done so without a significant amount of pain; I don't know the ins and outs of Widnes' journey back into the top flight, but I certainly know Wakefield's - we watched our most promising players stripped away for peanuts, were widely earmarked as the club that would lose its licence to make way for Widnes, prepared for champ rugby to the extent that Mr Glover presented two business plans as part of his due diligence exercise with the RFL; then were rescued at the 11th hour, leaving us with a few short months to change our plans back towards being a SL club. All of this was done without any assistance from the RFL or the 'RL family' and to boot, Mr G chose to pay enough of the oldco's debt such that the penalty for our insolvency event was reduced to a 4 point deduction.
I don't expect a medal or even a balloon, but the wailing and gnashing of teeth coming out of Odsal in recent months, you'll understand, leaves a sour taste in my mouth.'"
It's criminal that the Bulls won't have to pay what they owe (as it was with Wakey, Widnes and London), OK Wakey lost a couple of their better players, but started this season with a clean slate having left creditors owing over £1million, but now have a healthy bank balance, so how is any of that fair? It seems totally unfair when clubs such as Castleford (and Salford) are doing things the right way, we are losing some of our better players because we play by the rules and live within our means, but clubs who have "cheated" will finish above us in the league and in Bradfords case, with their team intact, how is that right?
The penalties for going into administration haven't been tough enough, clubs should lose all of their points, as happened with Melbourne in Australia, as any points they have amassed have been as a result of a playing side they clearly could not afford.
