Quote: Durham Giant "28 pages and Bradford is still sponsored by a dodgy financial company. FACT . End of argument apart from Bradford fans baaing and Leeds fans joining in.'"
A long-established large FTSE-250 company is in no way "dodgy", whether or not it engages in an activity you disapprove of. If Provident is "Dodgy" then many would deem the means by which your bankrolled-club's owner came by his wealth to be likewise. But, as all the world has seen, you are careful not to blast HIM in the same way. And I would blast neoither, since they are both putting money into a game starved of income.
What you have opined is NOT a "FACT". It is your opinion.
You are right about it being "End of Argument" though; you lost the argument ages ago. If you want to pursue your marxist crusade against capitalism, that's your right; but do it on your own time, eh? Most folk on these forums (apart from those of the Wakey crew who seem to have gained an unhealthy and unpleasant obsession with Bradford, seemingly because of perceived unfairness in how THEY feel they were treated) seem prepared to accept that money coming into the game from a new source, and one of the largest businesses in the land to boot, can on balance only be a good thing.
Now, back to important matters. It would have been embarrassing had the penalty been given and Bradford gone on to win. Perverse referreing notwithstanding, we should never have got into that position in the first place. And had our lot been so certain it WAS a voluntary tackle, no-one would have laid hands on him so it would have been obvious to even the official that it was indeed voluntary. I must admit though, like the 'Vark I do have some recollection that this topic had been debated previously? Maybe in some obscure, little-visited and short-lived thread?