ONE of the four bids the Rugby Football League are considering to take on a new club in Bradford has based its application on replicating the supporters’ trust model central to German football.

After a dozen initial requests for further information, the governing body announced they received a quartet of submitted bids by yesterday’s noon deadline.
Their executive will now assess them all before making their recommendation to the RFL independent board as to who they believe should start a new professional rugby league club in the city following last week’s liquidation of Bradford Bulls.
Lucid Sporting Management incorporating a proposed chief executive of Damian Irvine – the former Cronulla Sharks chairman and Wycombe Wanderers’ head of commercial activities – plus joint-chairmen Richard Lamb and Andy Agar, are hoping to earn that chance.
Lamb, who is also Rotherham Titans’ chief executive, told The Yorkshire Post: “Ours is slightly different to the traditional model.

“Effectively, we’re saying the three of us – myself, Damian Irvine and Andy Agar – would run the company, but we’d set it up essentially as a fans’ trust like the Bundesliga model of ‘50 + 1’.
“The key element is we’ll run it as a commercial entity with 52 per cent as the fans’ trust and 48 per cent as LSM.
“We wouldn’t rely on the supporters, but with the help of them we feel it is something that, together, will secure the long term of the club.”

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ONE of the four bids the Rugby Football League are considering to take on a new club in Bradford has based its application on replicating the supporters’ trust model central to German football.

After a dozen initial requests for further information, the governing body announced they received a quartet of submitted bids by yesterday’s noon deadline.
Their executive will now assess them all before making their recommendation to the RFL independent board as to who they believe should start a new professional rugby league club in the city following last week’s liquidation of Bradford Bulls.
Lucid Sporting Management incorporating a proposed chief executive of Damian Irvine – the former Cronulla Sharks chairman and Wycombe Wanderers’ head of commercial activities – plus joint-chairmen Richard Lamb and Andy Agar, are hoping to earn that chance.
Lamb, who is also Rotherham Titans’ chief executive, told The Yorkshire Post: “Ours is slightly different to the traditional model.

“Effectively, we’re saying the three of us – myself, Damian Irvine and Andy Agar – would run the company, but we’d set it up essentially as a fans’ trust like the Bundesliga model of ‘50 + 1’.
“The key element is we’ll run it as a commercial entity with 52 per cent as the fans’ trust and 48 per cent as LSM.
“We wouldn’t rely on the supporters, but with the help of them we feel it is something that, together, will secure the long term of the club.”

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