Nothing to with that we got 4 points because Cru did this set the precedent although it could be lbased on the level of debt Wakefields was 300K if I remember. AG has paid a lot of local ceditors and that his to his credit as a genuine bloke, He is now reaping the rewards with City backing. He did have to wait for the take over though to be declared fit and proper by the RFL a move I suspect cost us a number of players to be sold by the Administrator, Iwonder if the same will happen to the Bulls who for all there plight have sacked all or just about all the back office but kept all the players. This is bang opposite to what happened at Wakefield, I have no idea why.

Through all this I'm amazed we haven't gone cap in hand to Fax or Keighley and asked to merge with them. After all, if it's good enough for the moral crusaders over at the KC Stadium..........

As a general RL fan. i hope by the close of play today that Bradford are still in business! its a crying shame how things have got to where they have. I look forward to forefilling our fixture at your place in a few weeks time (vs hkr) and gaining a bit of revenge hopefully on you for your win at CP.

If the worst happens, it will be easily the darkest day for RL, the RFL would take some massive heat and we would be in unchartered waters, a situation i dont hope arises.

Playing the martyr, have the rfl not bailed out several clubs outside the m62 corridor before? seems some questions need to be asked for mine should liquidation happen today.

Did'nt they get over a million for the lease?

and no doubt they are not paying any rent at the moment to use Odsal, the RFL can only do so much before other teams in the heartlands begin to ask can we have the same handouts the bulls are getting especially if the Bulls keep a strong team on the field.

If we come back in Championship 1 or 2 then we'd need the RFL to charge us a rent that is sensible given the much lower income at those levels of the game. Without that there's no point in bothering.

At SL level I'd expect the RFL are giving us some leeway at the moment but as I understand it the deal with the ground left them with the asset, not us, so it's hardly a handout.

For Championship 1 games we could play at Horsfall Stadium, it is more than adequate for that level.

How do we know this isn't happening already? We had a loan from the RFL that wasn't publicly known about until this sorry mess became apparent and was the reason behind the Odsal sale, in order for us to repay this loan.

I, for one, wouldn't be surprised if the RFL have had to loan money to at least a couple of other clubs that we are unaware of.

thought the asset belonged to the council, the RFL only hold a lease which allows the venue to be used as a sports stadium. The real value is if the lease is later sold on to developers and you can bet that the council will get any profit from that. So the RFL need a club their paying the market rate as that is what they paid for the lease.

just thought i would start a thread where we can all put down in words our favourite bulls moments, as a wakey fan i will never forget the time we beat your lot ahead of the million pound cas game.

The first time i walked into odsal and thought bloody hell why is the pitch so far away!

anyway i will miss bradford as i am sure most of super league will..

bring back promotion and relegation and see you in a few years time.

Bloody hell sun bed kid you get in early.

There not dead yet!

We are not dead but one of my favourite occuring moments is always beating Wakey. Even if we have a truly poor season we will always beat you at least once a year

I think that would be disappointing for Bradford.
There is no reason why you can't get half decent crowds. That is in the hands of the fans.

Cas showed how this should be done.
Wakefield beat them in front of a big crowd in the "million dollar game" and they were relegated. That would imply we were in a much better state than them.
Yet on many an occassion the season after, they got bigger crowds than we did because their supporters backed them. That mean they could keep some of their young players and build again.

Bulls could do the same.