Would this be a case of force majeure? clubs being demoted with players on two or three year contracts even tho at the time of with the club contracting the player(s), demotion was not on the cards?

No, I shouldn't think so, it's a simple contract, you agree to play rugby for me for X years, I agree to pay you £Y. It would not be beyond the wit of man to have "what if" clauses. Force majeure isn't "oh, we never thought of that".

(I'm just plopping this in here as something to say, I've no idea if it adds anything to anyones discussion!)

18 months ago at a forum I asked Cummins about the contract situation of some bloke called Whitehead - no I don't remember him either... - and Francis said something along the lines of that there was a contract to play rugby and also a contract to work for Bradford. edit: this must have been at a point pre-season 2013 when there was some kind of delay in his contract.

Perhaps the "rugby" contract is the SL contract?

we out muscled a poor northern team with a serious lack of props..yes its nice to beat northern and have a laugh at how easy it was after all the years we were played off the park by a great team in the early days of super league , but its nothing to brag about

Indeed mate, you have a very good team and I'm the last to decry your 'days in the sun' since, as [iwe[/i know only too well, they don't last forever.

You can laugh and say how easy it was just as much as you want, and I can't deny any of it 'cos it was. I definitely wouldn't want to spoil your fun, I just wish a few of your other fans would would maybe keep their gloating for the Giants forum and not show themselves up on here by being very poor winners. You however, can call again

Well said.