Unfortunately, the only effect of the extension I can see is that Guilfoyle will be getting paid for three more weeks.

Let's not forget the crowd (revenue) they bring to Headingley every time we play them.It could be a great loss all round if the bulls were to be lost from SL.

Indeed. The are the Rangers to our Celtic.

What extreme concern could be worse than having no club at all?

If I was of a cynical disposition, it might just cross my mind as to why such a concerned group of property developers could see the likeliehood of turning a profit in Bradford Bulls Rugby League Club.

And if I had a cheeky pound, I think it would be on The Bulls lasting 12/18 months under this lot before folding, due to......(insert suitable financial/political/sporting explanations) whilst these guys got on with their core business of property development......possibly on the back of a 999 year lease at Odsal.

I wonder what odds Willie Hill would give me?

I thought the consortium consisted of Mumtaz as well as Akbars?
I actually prefer Akbars on Leeds Road to Mumtaz .

You may not be far off here , the fact that this consortium will only go ahead if the lease is sold back and the bulls are gauranteed a place in super league is very telling . I can see a move to VP in the not too distant future .

The Guilfoyle is the only one certain to be paid in all of this and everything must go!

As ever I think you're way off.

The owners in the long run of the stadium are Bradford council and they will be unlikely to overturn any existing sporting use covenants if it left the Bradford Bulls homeless. If alternative, viable, scenarios are presented that would be different - but the idea of this being some sort of asset stripping exercise is ludicrous.

a - They would only buy back the lease, the land would still be owned by Bradford Council so they would have to buy before they could develop on it.

b - I think I am right in saying (?) that Odsal is contaminated land due to it's past life as a tip so they wouldn't be allowed to build housing on it anyway.

sorted

You don't need to own the freehold in order to develop leasehold land.

property development doesnt just mean housing though , warehousing / distribution centres just off major motorway links could be very attractive indeed

OTOH you don't get planning permission from the owners to do what you like with the site.

Ah, the Orifice has spoken.

Try it in Swahili next time, and it might be clearer what you mean

Words like "unlikely" and phrases like "If alternate, viable scenarios are presented that would be different" are hardly a definitve and clinical financial assessment of the Bull's situation, now are they sweetcheeks?

Nor are wild assumptions of "asset stripping". It may have escaped your notice that assets in a Bradford Bulls stylee are a bit thin on the ground. How much is the scrap value of the Coral Stand these days? Not enough to get a group of property developers interested I suspect!

I was simply speculating aloud, and it would appear that Redhall shares my cynical attitude, whilst you seem to be a tad more naive in the wicked ways of the World, and bit behind the curve.

Do keep up.