How very refreshing to see such an open and honest assesment of a clubs situation, though depressing to see the same issues bringing another club to the edge.

It would seem the whole future of the game seems to rely on a small group of wealthy individuals being able to support the lifestyle of players agents? I would suggest introducing the death penalty for persons found guilty of acting as players agents - might tidy up a few lose ends in the Odsal saga as well!

I like the new tough stance.

It is worrying with us, salford, cas? Hull kr at least, all struggling, wakey widnes and crusaders plus others in the lower leagues been through it recently, and other clubs relying heavily on individuals. Its nothing new I guess but it does feel like its gathering pace a bit, and I've no idea what the solution is.

The difference between us and HKR, Salford and (probably) Cas - the other clubs that seem to be heading towards an uncertain financial future - is that THEY all have wealthy owners (Cas less sure) who have been prepared to bankroll their losses.

People - including so many santimonious smug schadenfreude merchants from certain other clubs with wealthy backers (anyone noticed how few from Leeds, though? Remember that...) - have been so quick to point to Bulls as a "badly-managed" club that "overspent" - but hang on...the reason we fell over (leaving aside all the self-inflicted intra-shareholder politics) was because we did NOT have a wealthy owner to cushion the financial disaster that 2011 clearly was.

When history comes to be written, I suspect what happened to us will be seen in its proper perspective.

And, maybe, the RFL's very very robust stance with us will be seen by future generations as a desperate attempt [ipour encourager les autres.[/i Before the financial armageddon hit the SL game.

The game IS built on foundations of sand. And the sands, they are a'shifting.

Cas have traditionally had turkey dippers and ice pops from Jack Fultons to plug the gap, not sure how much he's putting into the coffers these days. I reckon they're the next club to go belly up.

For will it last forever?
Will it last forever - forever...

There's nothing you can do when you're the next in line
You've got to go domino.

If the game goes fully semi pro then all our best players will go to union and we can forget about ever competing internationally ever again.

I don't think we can turn the clock back. I just hope there's some sort of financial recovery in the next few years.

Too many clubs at professional level and too little money coming from The RFL to support them in a market where they are competing directly against Rugby Union and the NRL to attract and retain the best British talent there is. Also in the modern era kids coming through have far more options at other sports than rugby league.

As a side thought what does running the game at Red Hall cost..??

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