The money is just an advance on the bulls sky money. When that's run out?

It seems the RFL are desperate to just get them throguh this seasons fixtures.

If that's the deal the RFL will be praying Bradford don't sneak their way into the play-offs.

6 point deduction should (hopefully) see to that.

I have to laugh at some of the bradford fans kicking off because the RFL rejected the ABC bid. They've had more than enough help. The rfl have a responsbility to act in the best interests of the game, and for the bulls to be guaranteed super league status would damage the integrity of the entire competition.

The attitude that ''the game needs the bulls'' also is starting to grate. It's so small time. If the bulls cease to exist the game won't implode. It will just continue. Teams come and go. 10 years warrington nearly got relegated and were a team on the face of it going nowhere. Now they are one of the powerhouses of the game.

If the Scottish football can cope without the Rangers them the Rugby League can do without the Bradford.

The whole sorry saga seems to be a microcosm of the Euro crisis.
As each "critical" point is reached, just enough funds are pumped in to avert total collapse.
The EU's objective vis a vis Greece looks like being keeping things afloat long enough to engineer a Greek exit which is "managed" with less impact on Spain and Italy.
The RFL's objective is to see Bradford to the end of the season.
Personally, I would probably deny them the right to a play offf place if that merely ended up using more RFL funds as it would seem like undue preference with a real negative impact on the 9th placed club.
After that, the offering for 2013 needs to stack up, and be seen by the rest of the Rugby League community to stack up, for whoever may be a prospective licensee.

I heard this morning that Warrington are donating the profits from away (Bradford) ticket sales for this week's game to Bull Builder... Not the Bulls themselves as they obviously don't trust them but to their supporters trust who manage their 'Hardship' fund.

Wasn`t that announced last week?

They'll probably slag off Warrington for their generousity like they did with us!!!

Are you sure about that ?

Agree. Greece (the euro) and The bulls are doomed. The agony is just being prolonged for fear of the short term consequences: the collapse of both is certain with the perpetuated pretence just delaying the inevitable. The decimation is going to hurt all the more when it comes.

its time the rfl made a decision and told the bulls they are playing in the championship next season and sell some players to pay some bills

So you think the RFL should undermine the whole takeover process and force a member club into liquidation at a critical moment? To help pay the wages they are advancing them Sky funds relating to the current season early - which is not unusual for several clubs in the league. The demand of seemingly outraged fans from outside Bradford for the RFL to take some sort of premature "decisive" action is puzzling to me when the very nature of this situation involves offer, counter-offer, negotiation and patience.

Whatever the outcome there is NO WAY their future place in SL is assured to seal any kind of takeover and as for the £££££ IF they run out then they should sell they were quick to pick off Cas when they went down ,wanted the Broncos kicked out of SL altogether and have handed contracts to players they have no way of honouring lets be straight here the RFL have to be very carefull because they were happy to see other clubs fall and this should be no different.

I'm sure that one of the franchise criteria for SL clubs was to do with financial stability.

Aye, easy to beat at Monopoly too i bet.

I feel for the genuine fans of Bradfud i really do, but rules is rules. Kudos for the consortiums chancing thier arms on strings attached bids, never hurts to try. Its not as if it thier business thats drowning is it?