Quote Bulliac="Bulliac"It's correct to say that bisa no longer exists but, though there was no direct connection, Bullbuilder is the son of bisa and those running it have already said they don't have the time, money or expertise required.'"
As someone who was directly involved with setting up Bullbuilder in the first place, I can say confidently it had no link to BISA at all (I was on the BISA board too briefly FWIW).
When BullBuilder was set up, it was purely and solely to do with doing something positive for the club when it was down in the dumps and investing in the youth. Discussions were of course held about having a controlling interest in the club, but it was totally and unanimously thrown out by all involved. As someone has mentioned on here before, for BullBuilder to even think about getting involved in the running of a club, it's constitution would need changing and the members would need to vote on that happening.
Noises I've seen from the current BullBuilder board seem to echo the sentiments of the original group. The desire is not there to run the club, not to mention the time, expertise and the money isn't there either. They seem very much still all about investing in the academy and nothing more.
Where that leaves them if a new club decides to scrap the academy, we don't know. I have confidence in the Chair Paul though who I know from my time there, and I'm sure the other board members are of a similar ilk to make the correct calls.
Obviously in situations like this, there's always going to be a call for any existing Trusts to get involved. But I think it's wide of the mark when it's suggested BullBuilder are the ones to do that. I personally think if fan involvement is going to happen (and I consider it quite unlikely), I think it'll be via a new group. Hopefully not one affiliated with any other existing groups like Bulls Banter or the BBSG (whatever they're called) who don't seem to me to have the correct skillset to offer anything of real value.