Well put Danny Boy.
Teams have entered administration and we will never know the truth about the individual clubs circumstances. The only thing for sure is that in 'every case' of administration someone loses out. It is the creditors who lose vast ammounts of money, many of them will be fans of those clubs also so it is not fair for anyone to say 'our club' has been treat differantly. Administration should mean the same for everybody, start again in the lower division. If the RFL don't impose proper penalties then what is the point of any rules in the game (ie salary cap). RL will get like football with some clubs chasing the dream which in reality they cannot afford.

I wouldn't have complained too much about that at the time to be honest, although I believe Melbourne were punished for spending money they [idid[/i have - too much of it.

I don't buy that our situation is identical to the Bulls though - it's about degrees and severity; WTW newco militated some of the impact on the creditors of oldco by paying over and above the historical debt that they were obliged to - I believe they also paid their liabilities to HMRC in full, thanks to Sir Rodney Walker, so no direct hit on the taxpayer, which I agree is reprehensible; not only in the obvious way, but also in the fact that it reduces the likelihood of other RL clubs being able to enter into managed payment plans for tax liabilities.

I maintain that we played the hand that we were dealt and with as straight a bat as was possible or realistic; our achievements on the field this season have been with a squad put together at short notice, paying about 300 grand under the salary cap and coached by a man who no other SL club would touch with a barge pole. As I said, I don't expect a ticker-tape parade, but credit where it's due - no pun intended.

Have to agree with Ben2K that the Bulls situation cannot be compared to that of Wakey or Widnes for that matter.

At the game on Sunday my mate commented that he couldn't believe Bradford were going to survive without having had to sell any of their players yet. If you compare that with Wakey, as soon as they went into admin the administrator raised funds by selling 3 of their best players at a cut price. There has been lots of bluster from the Bulls about them having no money to survive from one month to the next but there's no sign of them selling any of their promising youngsters or best senior players.

The argument about the SL 'needing' the Bulls seems based on the recent history of the club which encompassed a considerable degree of success from the late 1990s until the early/mid 2000s, as well as their level of support. But that's half the problem - they have over 10,000 season ticket holders by virtually giving 'em away. Had they charged the standard price they'd undoubtedly have less support but may have raised more money!

Wakey were a top side in the '70s and Widnes were the supremo's of the 1980's but no-one seemed inclined to suggest that SL 'needs' them.

Like many other contributors, I'll be voting with my feet and not visiting Odsal again anytime soon...

Don't think they should be allowed to stay in......
Glad they have new owners though.....

maybe your fans are walking away because of how you are performing on the field, just a thought darling

Absolutely right. But then again, we're stuck with an affordable team.

... ducky.