Quote: RAB90 "Agree with the vast majority on here that a one year sit out and start at the bottom would be the most sustainable way forward for (semi) pro RL in Bradford. But at the moment the people making the decisions are the RFL and as I see it they have two main objectives;
1) fulfill fixtures
2) get out of their odsall lease as it's now a liability with no sub tenant
With the councils buy in for development the best way for RFL to fulfil the above objectives would be to sell odsal to a developer at market value less the cost of fielding a semi pro league team for a year.
The thing that terrifies me about the above is that a developer couldn't give a t0ss about 'Bradford Phoenix' and will happily run it on a shoestring, see them get walloped week in week out, relegated and then sell the club for a quid at the end of the season.
Whilst this gets us to the exact same place as starting 2018 in C1 it will see a further season of fans leaving the club as no one wants to watch their team get mullered week in week out.
FWIW an alternative for the RFL to the above could be to form a barbarians team full of loans and lads playing for contracts - only have to play every other week, don't need home games, and points don't count to the league just exhibition games. Blue sky thinking I know, just trying to think of a scenario other than not winning a game all year.'"
I for one was absolutely gutted when you went into Liquidation as my previous posts will prove, but reading this latest thread, you Bradford supporters want your cake and eat it, you are very very lucky the RFL haven't said to you, Bradford Bulls no longer exists, if you wish to apply for membership you will start in the National Conference Division Three and work your way back, why should you go in Championship 1 you as a club don't exist, to whinge about being in the Championship with minus 12 points is a joke,the RFL have bent over backwards to help you even in 1962 when you again went into liquidation, as i have said before there is a lot of goodwill towards the Bulls within the Rugby community, this whinging and moaning means it won't last very long.
but don't tell M E as he might be tempted to do an exorcism 
