The RFL statement suggests no detailed business plan has been submitted at all.

then it would indicate to me that the bidder is not a true RL fan, just a businessman looking to make a fast buck - I wouldn't touch that sort of bidder, not if I had the interests of my club at heart

what happens if the consortium is given the nod and run the business to end of the franchise period, get the new franchise refused by the RFL and drop down a division or two ?
that means by inference they would pull out of the club leaving it high and dry...

sounds all very tenous to me - too many 'ifs' and 'buts'

Bang on, it’s pointless.

However, if you had your original bid rejected & it was pointed out why, would you leave in the same stipulations at the second attempt?

I agree. We don't want people to run clubs as a business we want more moneyed 'fans' pumping money in and underwriting huge losses.

For the sustainability of the sport and that.

Depends what sort of game I was playing to be honest.

We don't know the nature or content of discussions behind the scenes.

It isn’t co-incidental, it is fundmental.

Wakefield were applying for a licence like everybody else in SL, they knew the timeframe, format, process, and competition. Them being bought put them in exactly the same position as everybody else in RL if you want to be in SL you put in a winning bid. That applied as much to Paul Caddick as it did to Andrew Glover.

In this situation no-one knows the process, no-one knows if there will be a ‘bid’ process, no-one knows if Bradford will be included or discounted from it, no-one knows how long that licence is for, no-one knows when this process will be or when the decision is made.

No guarantee of which league we'll be in + no way we can buy back the lease = No Bradford Bulls!!! Given the VERY clear statement from Mr. Solly no wiggle room for change without th RFL looking very stupid.

So RFL - why would you advance us more cash from Sky money to pay August wages unless it's to really save face for this year!!! Should the Widnes game even happen now?

precisely FA. Its not a sugar daddy bid, its a bunch of businessmen that can see that the only way a business plan will work for the Bulls is to have an SL crowd in a redeveloped stadium. The RFL's stance means that only sugar daddies with money to burn need apply. That is not a practicable model for expanding the game. So until a sugar daddy turns up or the RFL change their stance, hello Gloucester University.

Every turn,a stone wall,every step forward,one back...are we really sure,Ganson and his mates are not part of the decision makers at Red Hall...things couldn't get any worse could they?

Word is that Bradford will be relegated at season end with no one coming up to replace them.