The payback was definitely for a proportion related to remaining period not the full amount. Your right about it not being professional rugby but just us playing majority of games there, which could be fulfilled by us playing part time in championship one next year in front of dwindling crowds then RFL saying there's obviously no interest, winding us up,and doing a deal with council to redevelop land with no sitting tenants.

Surely the council will get a better price by dealing with the developers direct. Although I'm sure that the RFL are naive enough to think the council will just give them it on the cheap.

point is after requirement for us to play majority of games expires in a couple of years, rfl are then sitting on a long lease with no requirements as to what site is used for, for which their only outgoing is the peppercorn rent. Council wont be able to do anything with site without coming to terms with rfl to surrender the lease. Could be very lucrative for RFL.

Correct, but the RFL are their tenants and have rights under the law. They can't just be ignored and will have to be compensated.

But the RFL are not payimg a peppercorn rent.

yes they are. they pay the peppercorn rent we used to pay when we held the head lease and charge us a commercial rent ( approx. 70k pa last figure mentioned).

Except that we're on a rent holiday and the RFL are paying the ground maintenance

Out of guilt I presume

Not exactly a rent holiday though. They didn't pay the full monies due to the old bulls for finishing top of the lower 8s pile. I think I saw that the new Bulls were paid over £100K less than was due. Presumably they didn't share it out to the other clubs again.

Champ 1? Don't see how the club could survive in that division. Unless redeveready's conspiracy theory comes true relegation = curtains.

Can't see much point in carrying on this topic. Think we got our answer today.

NOPE

Maybe its all a cunning ploy and Cha-Lo's plan will now kick in and we'll win all our next games and stay up!.

No feckin chance!

A ground that cannot generate income to cover maintenance and an assembled squad not fit for purpose..doesn't add up to survival, let alone recovery.Indeed it brings into question the validity of the present Board and it's apparent complete incompetence. Some business plan this Nige!