Easily solved

All the RFL needs to do is to attach a condition on selling the lease that Rugby League continues to be played at Odsal for a (lengthy) fixed term. The consortium have publicly said that they intend the Bulls to continue to play at Odsal in the future so presumably they'd be happy with that condition.

Problem solved

Actually development of the stadium and surounding areas would be a fantastic idea, land adjacent to the stadium (the site of the former hospital) has been for sale for years with no takers so why should property developers not be involved.

Indeed it would.

Can't believe how no-one has thought of it before or put forward proposals to do just that.

That was effectively a condition of the original head lease with the Bulls. One that was presumably assigned with the head lease to the RFL? Or at least one they will have been made a party to. The council took out a charhge on the Bulls' assets when the lease was assigned, presumably to ensure they would be more likley to receive compo if the Bulls went bust or broke that covenant? The council will anyway be the determinant in all this, not the RFL, since the RFL will only be able to re-assign the head lease with the council's consent. So I'd suggest quit looking at the RFL and start thinking about what the council's position might be?

...such consent not to be unreasonably withheld

In a nutshell
Could anyone buy the club on the cheap, knock the stadium down and turn it into either homes or factories and make a tidy profit?

Er, what's to knock down?

I'm hearing strong rumours from Red Hall , via media friend , who gives me the fixture list 3 days early so I can book my France trip ( before I moved to melbourne ) , that it's 50/50 and NOTHING decided yet. That was Weds evening your time < Thurs lunch now for me.

Wow! What a scoop!

I suppose my point is that there is 48 hours , it seems , unless BG wants a pay rise , LEFT

You can't build houses on the Odsal site without first spending millions on land decontamination.

On our planet, Wednesday evening tends to be the early morning in the Earth-based version of Melbourne. Thurs. lunch - as in say 12 noon - would be 3 am. On what planet do you live? (Or is there a remote possibility that you're just bullting poorly again?)