Given that there is, and never will be, any real serious alternative to a Bradford club playing at Odsal and that if they refuse it leaves the RFL with nothing coming in, so I guess they'll come to some sort of arrangement. In any case, if we're talking about insolvency and a newco, the old lease has gone up in smoke anyway.

Actually, I think Cibaman's crowd guesstimates are probably a bit on the low side, particularly if the 'new' club does well, and a club with the crowd, and therefore income potential of Bradford is likely to be one of the front runners. For the same reason, crowd potential, I think the club would be looked at favourably for a return to SL when the time is right.

Whoa, dreadful comparison with Rangers.

I hope for your sakes there are no parallels with the Rangers situation, Secret double contracts, EBT loans in lieu of salary dating back a decade, criminal investigation into the 2011 takeover. Furthermore they would get nowhere near 40,000 in the 3rd division, prior to the "Souness revolution" in the mid 80s they regularly got crowds of 15-20,000.

Don't believe the spin, they were caught cheating on a grand scale and no longer exist. CVA failed and ito Liquidation, the Newco takeover is a tawdry property deal by vultures. I hope that Bradford Bulls never come anywhere close to that.

Like all fans of other clubs I want to beat your lot every time we play you, but outwith that Rugby League has a bond between rival fans that other sports cannot match, which makes the failure to beat you every time more bearable.

I would point out that the money being sought to meet Bradford's debts is not a huge amount if viewed as a club purchase price, however it is clear that your operating costs need trimmed urgently, admin will allow that.

I expect to see Bradford in Super League next year, yes you will probably be at the bottom end for a couple of years and I am not sure you will be at Odsal, though the RFL ownership and franchises make a move less likely.

Bradford Bulls are no Rangers, you have far more integrity than that. I wish you well

London is not a RL city so don't be daft... I'm sure Bradford is bigger than Hull too but may be wrong - it's occasionally been known to happen...

I bet there's not much between Hull and Bradford in terms of population.

Hull = 263,900
Bradford = 293717

I'd suggest ' playing ball ' would involve the Bulls paying a rental reflecting the crowds , not the competition you would be playing in , and no despensations regarding the salary cap in the Championships , we have a good strong competitive league on the pitch , to have a ' failed ' club come in and mess that all up isn't ' playing ball '

Not sure what you're on about there as that's quite a sentence you've attempted to construct.

I'd say for us to join NL1 or 2 and operate out of Odsal would need the RFL to pay for the stadium's running costs or give us some sort of dispensation. Otherwise it wouldn't be worth bothering as we couldn't make it work on the kind of gates and sponsorship available at that level. That's what I mean by "playing ball".

If the RFL aren't up for that then I guess it's bye bye to professional RL in Bradford.

Bradford are not going down.

No one mentions 'Community / Fans / Trust Ownership' as in Hunslet Hawks , Works very well for them.......No fat cat board of inept directors who , to be honest , are probably the cause of your problems. Get rid of them and start over again is the best way possible.
Is a ground share with Bradford PA not an option (not knowing anything about thier ground)

Not sure of Hunslet's arrangement at South Leeds Stadium but I'd be hopeful we could get a similar deal at Odsal.

Horsfall is where PA currently play I think, it'd take a fair few quid to make it acceptable for professional RL. It's owned by the Council. Not sure any kind of development would go down well with local residents.