I think that ship sailed a long time ago as various super league clubs have gone back on promises and failed in the short space of time franchising has been in. Serious questions do have to be raised about how Bradford managed to get a B license last time around. This sort of thing does not happen overnight and right here right now they are in a much more fragile position that most of the C licenses even.

Does a B license guarantee them a license next time around or is that just A? Genuine question, it's slipped my mind.

Regardless of this, anyone (and it is a minority so far) death riding this is ignorant and naive. This is not good for the game, and more than that, this is not good for your club no matter who you are. If you're a close rival or not, this is bad. If your club is hoping to pick up some decent players cheap, it's still not a net gain. Here's hoping they survive and pick up. With better management Bradford could be a monster, but they've been falling year after year from being that big club they once were and it's obviously time for new people with fresh ideas.

Beyond looking at the most recently filed accounts which are in the public domain, does the franchise process involve any further analysis of a club's financial position or audit of its projected cash flow?

Kick us while were down.

I don't totally know the wakey situation so apologies if it was the same.

Winder situations are massively different and I can understand the begging bowl coming out when that becomes public knowledge as creditors know the score.

What the Bulls have told all their creditors is they cant pay in a few weeks.

Frankly its a very honest move. I wont comment further on that.

As an aside - I would buy it it a heartbeat for a pound in a pre-pack.

city club - decent supporter base and in recent history mega crowds.

And theres bound to be a few others who think like that.

Also get the local MP involved RBS is part publically owned.

Chin up Bulls

Of course it does , thats how the RFL slammed Fax s for being ' speculative ' , so can you or they explain how 2 months into a season we have a club with no money or income to pay its players ?

I've tried ringing KPMG and the Governance and Business Management experts at Leeds Metropolitan University. KPMG are out to lunch with someone called Mr Rimmer and the experts at Leeds Metropolitan University have all graduated and are now working for the fundraising committee of the Conservative Party.

I've thought this for years. In some ways RL suffers from lack of media attention but the suits at the top must be relieved at the lack of scrutiny now just as they were at various times during the Crusaders fiasco and when they failed to kick Hull out of the Challenge Cup because they wanted an all SL tie for the TV cameras.

Hello you!

I knew you (and Bugman) would be all over this likes ferrets in a rats nest!

I'm working with enough businesses who on the books look fine but one bad debt, one bank decision, one tax demand and suddenly they're done.

You have to remember that at the time of the licences Bradford owned their own ground a significant asset.

Its also been reported that the staff have been paid for march.

This indicated to me that this has happened fairly suddenly - likely the od getting reviewed, and I would hang onto as much money as possible and negotiate with the staff immediately in a cashflow crisis.

They failed to kick Hull out of the CC because the rules didn't allow it.

It must be horrible being a Bradford fan at the moment. But DO NOT pay them any money until they come up with answers as to how this has happened and why it won't happen again.

I cannot believe that the RFL's response to this is to tell the fans to pay more money to Bradford. Irresponsible to the extreme.

I am here to do all i can for the future survival of Bradford Bulls. We are all part of the same Rugby League family.