Odd wording, but then they can't say -12 for entering administration or being liquidated as that was the previous Bulls.

The only possible rationale I can come up with is that the RFL see it as a compensatory deduction to make it up to those teams that finished behind us last year when the club was being run irresponsibly and benefitting from having a better side than could be afforded.

It doesn’t stand scrutiny either really given that our spendthrift ways of signing heaps of players and binning them off at a moment’s notice didn’t exactly mean we did very well out of it.

So all clubs have -12 as condition of membership?

It's weird that is has only been deducted from ours.

Yeah, I keep refreshing the webpages but it seems Torontos -12 isn't showing either.

I thought the RFL decide on the points any new team start with by checking the BBC weather for Helsinki. If only we'd restarted in June.

What should the penalty be for serially screwing the tax man & local suppliers? Apart from a 3 year rent holiday obvs.

Prosecute the chairman who evaded the debt?

Because punishing another club for ones misdemeanours has worked so well in the past.

Obviously the penalty is to punish some people that had no say whatsoever in those actions.

A four year term as President.

Prosecute those who have poured hundreds of thousands into the club? That will attract more money men.

Don't be quoting alternative facts.

The opinions of this so called referee, who takes points away from you the fans, brings danger to the club and will be overturned!

Honestly? If those are the sort of people we should be 'attracting' then we deserve go t!ts up every 2 years.

I'm not saying its an ideal solution, but chasing the people who created the debt is sure better than pursuing those who have nothing to do with it.

Yes let's let the wealthy off behaving responsibly. That always works well.

Has someone at Goldman Sachs hacked your account