SL isn't some gimp soccer comp...

If SL loses teams from key markets then the tv contract with Sky will decrease. That would affect every level of the pro game in the UK.

Soccerball can survive without its top clubs. Rugby league can't.

However, Scottish soccerball is considerably different. Losing the 2nd most high-profile club in its ranks to the 3rd division will only speed up the process of decline in the domestic game up there.

Yeah, but most people don't accept the fact that SL and by extension RL is a minority sport that doesn't have the finances that football has and that the loss of a big club like Bradford would hurt the game. I'm not saying that as a Bradford fan and making claims that we have some divine right to be in SL, but Sky, who are the major reason we have a professional game in this country, have just thrown a billion pounds at football for the rights to show it. So you're going to have a lot of bean counters in that company asking why so much money is being thrown at this regional sport.

And I'm not sure that Rangers being dropped will have that much of a detrimental effect on Scottish football. Rangers fans are a pretty loyal bunch and if the club is able to hold on to most of it's playing staff (which seems to have been the case) then it's likely they'll only be out of the top flight for 3 years, 3 years of lower division crowds getting bumper crowds from the visit of Rangers as well as the Champions League and UEFA cup money getting a larger distribution among the top flight clubs allowing them to attract better players and therefore become more competitive.

What rules have Bradford broken? This is down to bad management. It is not the fault of the players, fans, coaching staff, or the staff in the offices. They don't deserve to be punished.

I'm not sure Rangers fans do either but their club has not paid tax. Something had to be done.

How is losing Bradford losing a team from a "key market"? West Yorkshire is stacked with clubs.

A newco should start from the bottom, no matter who it is and the next best club should get the franchise that has been vacated.

So you feel that Bradford are a special case and should be dealt with differently to how other clubs in this situation have been dealt with?

Why is that?

I can't recall any other club being liquidated during the franchise era?

If they get taken over - points deduction.
If they liquidate and a newco is formed - C1...if the member clubs vote in favour of allowing them.

The SPL tried everything in their power to keep rangers newco in the top division but the clubs told them no chance. Then they tried to bully the SFL clubs to allow them into the Scottish 1st division and again the clubs said no chance.

The clubs put sporting integrity first ahead of commercial gains and should be applauded.

Rangers newco deserved to be in the 3rd division as they broke the rules. Also Scottish football will still survive.

It strikes me that a lot of the arguments about Bradford Bulls as of late have been entirely gleeful.

They've been ran badly, staggeringly so, and I should know because I've supported a team who were in much the same position, but people need to remember that the people who will suffer the most are the fans, and it is they who use these boards. They've done nothing to deserve this, so let's have a bit less of the gloating.

The game of Rugby league generates millions of pounds a year in the UK, a large proportion is divided between a small number of clubs

If one of these clubs es it all up the wall and goes bust then the town they are in shouldn't be able to make a new club to keep getting such a big slice of the pie, make them start again at the bottom and have to get in line with the rest of the have nots

i agree with you on this in regards to bradford starting in the next league down but if the rfl want bradford in super league what would stop them giving bradford a franchise next time around?...with a franchise system in place the rfl can in reality pick and choose its teams

I hate to say this for Bradford fans, But the club should have their SL license revoked if they are liquidated.

I wouldn't put them in Championship 1 though, Just drop them to the Championship, And they can re-apply for a license again, Back when Cas got relegated, We actually made profit in the National Leagues. So it would also give Bradford the chance to, If their fans remain loyal, They will easily make profit down a division, And be a much stronger club for it. Then when they apply for their license, They can be safe in the knowledge, They didn't get special treatment, They did it the hard way.

Albeit, They may lose some players, Many of their stars. But they have spent money they couldn't afford signing these players up, And the players could try and work with the new clubs, To have a clause in their contracts, That if in 2 years Bradford returned to SL, They could leave to Bradford only on a free (Or for the same fee paid by the club, If they pay one now), If the Bulls wanted them.

It has to be done this way for me, Cas lose money every year, Jack Fulton has a small fortune in loans owed by the club, But we lose less than most, And still own our own ground, Yet we are at risk when the SL licenses come around, Due to the RFL been retarded, And forcing clubs into a financial mire, Just to try and achieve new stadiums.