Quote: His Bobness "If Bradford remains unsold the other 13 will have the Bulls TV money for 2013 instead - which I wouldn't mind betting is the exact amount they bid.'"
Yes I agree, that is very likely to be the case, but it would still be money lost to the game and money that they didn't (legally) need to spend.
If no-one comes in I'm sure the club would be revived in some form, but the company, which is what they are bidding for, would be dead and worthless, given that SLE clearly don't want to run it. This is why I think they knew that something was in the offing, otherwise they would have let the business be wound up and let the creditors take the hit. Otherwise it's either altruism of a high order or just that they wanted to preserve the good name of rugby league - though I suspect the good name in that sense died some time ago as a number of clubs have gone down the CVA/admin/winding up route over the years.