They do? Or is it just that they can't use it for another purpose in order to protect an existing team which is about to cease to exist. If there's no replacement the RFL lose their investment and the council are free to sell.

There'll be no RFL owned and run team. There's more pie in that sky than there is with the NRL club set to swoop in.

Or multi millionaire comes in and buys Cooper cronk and the Burgess boys by 1.00pm

I agree. As much as there are bigger things going on, it's still a shame if Luke Robinson missed out on his testimonial game. Just because bigger issues are in play, doesn't mean we have to not be ar$ed about smaller ones.

Technically yes.

IIRC, there was a deadline set of 2019 in which the club had to play 80%[?] of home games at Odsal or they were liable to repay the money given in the Odsal settlement [C£5m], or a, at least a proportion of that money. The money was granted in 2000 and was for 19 years as we're on [nearly] 17 now the proportion to repay must be pretty small now.

That was purely for the 'settlement' money and I'm far from sure there is any limit on the number of games in terms of the general lease. I guess the RFL could set up an amateur team to play at Odsal if they wanted, after all the original business granted the money is long gone.

Bradford Bulls Ex-Players vs Bradford Bulls Future Players

Dang. There is literally nothing about that deal that did anybody any good.

One of the best deals the council ever made, imo.

Of course it took two parties to agree to it, and if our then board hadn't been quite so gung ho about how they were going to get such an unbelievable team, that would attract, oooh, who knows, 50k for home games per week? then maybe they might have gone through the small print little more closely.

Re: saying yes to Braveheart being Mark Moore;

Now, now. Outing a poster as someone on the inside all while hiding behind a username yourself is a bit don't you think?

Particularly when it seems to me unlikely that a player's dad would know that. Makes you wonder who it actually is.

Luke Robinson was on Pulse radio last Wed on RHP show (when Leon did his speech) and he was hoping it would be ok but were working towards Batley as a back up testimonial fixture.

I'm playing catch up so someone may have already mentioned this.

Yeah, the local taxpayer did well. I was thinking in terms of the RFL's behind closed doors decision to take it on, making us the subject of a morality tale that must play out.

Well indeed, that again was a brilliant deal for the other party. Particularly when they didn't pay the full whack for the lease, in order to get back a loan they had given us [again, behind closed doors, iirc?]. An even better deal for the RFL when, surprise surprise, we went belly up a short while afterwards and if they hadn't taken the loan they'd have got pennies in the pound from admin.