have i been wrong before?

well actually my wife would say im wrong quite a lot

Gledhill just tweeted that the RFL were at Odsal today hahaha

Rog does have a good track record so I'm sure he ain't winding, and thinks this is true. Equally, I know the Council, and if they have sold Odsal to the ROFL, not to mention having kept that quiet as in 100% quiet, then I will bare my arrse on the town hall steps.

So, maybe something for you all to look forward to, then?



PS There will turn out to be something giving rise to this rumour though, if not a sale, Rog deserves any of his info to be taken seriously

Gledhill keeping quiet on here though! come on mick spill....

Yes Mick - it could be Ferocious Avark soon

just anounced on rfl site. purely defensive, no rfl national stadium development plans

Date and time?

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So this actually changes.......nothing, as far as I can tell. In the short term, at least.

The ultimate plan is to stuff it in the museum under the George Hotel.

Sort of seems a bit like something governing bodies shouldn't be getting involved in. But the article suggests that they've done it before. Given sensitivities in the Wakefield area at the moment, it might be politically unwise, and it's hard to see how it would make financial sense for the RFL, hence the sport as a whole. Who knows.

Out of curiosity, does the RFL select World Cup venues, and does owning some/one of the grounds represent a bit of a conflict of interests?

So who else is in the RFL's property portfolio?

Fantastic news for us as a club. Safeguards our future. Certainly a good time as fans for it to be launched, it will be the number one topic on peoples lips tomorrow night at the season launch.

So it was sold at "market value" - which must be sod all with a sitting tenant paying a peppercorn rent over a very very long lease?

And we are supposed to now be paying a "market rent" - not a peppercorn one. One hopes there is not much effective difference, since the last thing we need is additional costs. Unless the RFL are assuming running costs?

That bit implying the RFL does this sort of thing all the time...yeah, right.

This raises all sorts of questions, and maybe helps answer a few (and addresses a few rumours) that have been circulating for a while now. I suspect there is rather more to all this than meets the eye - and I can make a few guesses - but that will hardly be rocket science, will it?

I wonder what else has been transacted, beyond the acquisition of the stadium...?

Guess I'd better start writing my questions for the forthcoming forum!

Can someone post the main bit of the news on here as the Bulls site doesn't work from my place of slavery

Just check the RFL press release out FA. The Bulls have just copied that.

I think they own the lease on Cougar Park, but not the property as such.