as a wire fan and a love for the greatest game of all i think it would be tragic for bradford to be thrown out of the league
for 1 whoever gets there spot will be whipping boys like crusaders was never should of happened
for 2 i remember going to odsal and i hated it as i knew we had no chance of beating them but i think its 1 of the best grounds in the league even more so when the suns out its not the newest all seater multimillion pound ground but its got something about it
for 3 they have potential to be the best again with a new backer if he loves the club they will do well look at us wen we was at wilderspool another great ground absolute dive but had something about it we was on the verge of relegation and had no funds as we made some shocking signings and bad decisions we was lucky to have mr moran lets hope mr khan will do the same for you
so in my opinion YES bradford should be in the super league where they deserve to be a great club with history of being the best and should this be took away from other fans of the sport like myself NO
in the words of the thousands and thousands of bulls supporters ive heard since super league started
COME ON U BULLLS

Actually it might be that there isn't.



It isn't simple though. Simple as that!



Do you not see the contradiction there?



I am a talented athlete from Leeds. Should I aspire to play football for United at Elland Road, yawnion for Carnegie at Headingley, possibly athletics? No, I'm going to put on my clogs & flat cap & play wugerby for t'Parkside at 3s6d a game on t'rec. Your plan is faultless.

But if you took my wages away and the welfare state, I would be in trouble big time!

Wealth backers have always been in sport, even when it was semi pro. The only difference is the size of the wallet of the backers. The Sky money, why would it stop? They have a schedule to fill, unless football is going 24/7 52 weeks a year they need something else to sell their advertising space on.

Should the Bulls stay up, well it depends on what value you measure on. Financially yes,
Morally well maybe not.
Fair play Yes - as they did not finish bottom of the pile.
etc etc

As for P&R should it come back, well either we are a sport or we are not. For me sport is about the onfield. If that holds no weight anymore about the progress of a club, then are we a sport anymore????

bewareshadows "As for P&R should it come back, well either we are a sport or we are not. For me sport is about the onfield. If that holds no weight anymore about the progress of a club, then are we a sport anymore????"---bewareshadows

Are American Football, Baseball, Ice Hockey, Basketball or more relevantly NRL ,sports/sporting leagues or merely businesses?
Personally I would like to see some form of promotion/relegation but have yet to be convinced that any model proposed in our sport would have more advantages than disadvantages. And some of the models proposed would , in my opinion be disastrous to the sport and to the affected clubs whether the promoted side or the relegated team. Essentially the problem is the change between semi professional and full time professional.
In the long term (certainly not in the current economic climate) I'd like to see some analysis of whether a "Conference" style top league (similar to NFL, and the main American sports ) is a possible solution. That would allow expansion as well as giving our traditionally based clubs a way to top league.

Just having a conference system wouldnt address the principle problem, a lack of money both in the lower end of SL and the tiers below it

For licencing to work requires the clubs outside SL to be closing the gap between them and the bottom of SL, that would then put pressure on the lower SL clubs to retain their licence , basically to find the type of rich investors that other sports attracts, those that dont lose out

don't be a pillock !