Take a step back 1 second and look at where the RFL find themselves. If they had given the lease up to Marc Green where would everyone be now? You think it's hard to get out of the hands of the RFL who I believe will hand it over when they have a successful takeover in place and confidence that takeover will last more than 2 years without admin how hard would it be to get out of Marc Green's hands?

No one since the sale of the lease has proven they have the finance or the management to move forward at this stage, so it is only right the RFL keep tabs on the lease until confidence can be shown.

Well according to reports they must be willing to discuss it as it is alleged a meeting is happening. The supposed buyer will be trying to get the lease for next to nothing (initially) at a guess. Why is it so important to the buyer that he also has the lease? Is that imperative to the saving of the club, personally I think not. Maybe he/she doesn't care as much as you thought about the club. Why would they want to shell out 1.25M when just paying the rent would be far far cheaper.....and the club is saved. A simplistic view maybe, but an opinion that is all. I am not aware of what can or cannot be done in and around the ground. Certainly nothing has been done that has increased its net worth to the Bulls in the last 20/30 years.

Dane and Omari, just been Tweeting. Guessing they haven't heard anything from there tweets.

That is the problem. Will we ever get a rich enough buyer for the club who loves the club so much that they will pump millions into it because they are supporters. I doubt that very much. The ground and profits from it may be the only reason someone would spend big. As long as the Bulls use that to their advantage then fair enough. Other clubs have moved from their historic homes to new stadia and seen shopping centres and houses built on the old ground.

I have been going to Odsal for 40 years and would love to see the back of it and share a new small stadium with someone else. If we can get that and stay at Odsal along with other developments then that would suit others also. Its just a hole in the ground fit for development if the Bulls fold. So I hope they are treating it as such in that meeting and come to a good compromise where everyone is reasonably happy.

Because Odsal sits on a huge footprint of land, on which you could build other profit-making things, such as hotels, and still have enough space for a rugby ground. If Frank is right, the profitability of the other things is part of the Bulls revival.

Considering the players and staff heard about the administration as and when it was announced on the Bulls website and social media, they'll likely find out at the same time as the rest of us.

I find this statement from the government very telling in why the RFL are being so cautious

"there will be a requirement for all bodies in receipt of public funding, including the RFL, to agree to a new code for sports governance. The new ​sports governance code will come into force from the next funding cycle in April 2017. Organisations will be required to have strong leadership in place, with the right checks and balances to minimise the likelihood of financial and integrity issues arising."

A strong show of force by the RFL in the case of the Bulls will send a clear message to those that hold the government purse strings that they are a governing body to be trusted with tax payers money.

You maybe right, but i would of guess that the administrator would call them in for a meeting, as the RFL would be there too as they have the welfare of the players to think about.

I'm usually wrong though. So who knows.

guess you haven't noticed the hospitality stand at one end of ground, built in 2002 iirc that certainly provides plenty of net income to bulls.

Latest Tweet from Omari Caro https://twitter.com/Omaricaro/status/811203995524091904

Latest Tweet from Omari Caro https://twitter.com/Omaricaro/status/811203995524091904

You have to ask yourself why holding the lease is of such importance to this bidder. If he/she really gave a stuff about the club they would be willing to take the club over now regardless- pay the rent for a couple of years and when theyve shown clear intent to RL then approach the RFL to buy the lease.
Face it whoever it is doesn't give two stuffs about RL in Bradford they just want to get their hands on the assets-when they have those and they've been squeezed..... then what happens to the Bulls????