Currently we're behind Toulouse, London and York in IMG scores. London have their own financial issues so can probably be discounted as contenders. I'm not sure SL clubs will want another French team in SL if they can do anything about it. York would appear to be in a good position with us making progress too.

I always thought that the only quick way in would be to replace another SL that went into Administration or worse.

Wasn't sure which thread to go in. How much central funding do we get for 3rd place in championship? Something like £150k? Slightly more?
The Salford discussion is rumbling on and naturally Bradford has been mentioned...both for historical issues and current ones.

It's just I'm trying to get a handle on the finances at the moment.

So most recent accounts (we were a subtenant) have us at Championship level sponsorship + ticketing + corporate + merchandise + central funding of about £150k = A part-time first team spend of £5-600k? + an academy + other costs and we make a tiny profit.

So, we don't know the impact of taking on the lease on the equation above. But overall negative, unless other income streams are available!

If we were offered a Super league place in the future - the main changes would be central funding of £150k would become £1.5m? Is that what SL clubs get? We could probably boost the first team spent to £1.5m with that, with some left over for additional costs.

Have we actually succeeded in cutting our cloth and becoming lean, with no excessive expenditure?

We have 800k of liabilities but provided that's not all owed to anyone that wants paying immediately it's no cause for alarm.

Central funding is now dished out on IMG gradings.

So Barrow who avoided relegation by the skin of their teeth will get a more than Widnes who slugged it out on the play-offs.

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Not really any levelling of the playing field for non SL clubs...

If anything it increases the advantageous position of current SL clubs, but no surprise there. Really we need expansion to be in with a chance of getting into the top flight again.

The only way in is if a SL club goes belly up IMO. Otherwise the odds are stacked against us.

Well judging by Salfords current plight and having emergency auditors go in, I don't think it's too far fetched an idea of this happening. When you look at the numbers, the idea this stadium deal is going to be the silver bullet is just dreaming. Fact is though they don't lose any IMG points still and actually aren't far off a grade A which just makes the whole IMG process a sham.

Everyone seen the new screen? So I make it we've picked up (off-field) IMG points for the screen, the press gantry and primacy of tenure in the last 4months. Just playing performance points to pick up this year hopefully.

The club have definitely been proactive in trying to boost our IMG score (the big screen looks good), so credit is due there. We're still going to struggle to get near superleague teams as they simply have more money to boost their own IMG scores.... Do we pick up any points for tv coverage? (i.e. the Cas match)

Bradford’s current IMG score stands at 13.37 in the current 2024-2025 period.