I can understand you've feeling a tad p!ssed off. It was the dry sarcastic response that made me chuckle.

The details are still a little hazey as to the exact nature of this deal.

Absolutely disgusting they can do this. Do they step in to help Wakefield? or to help Castleford or the many other teams who are in financial difficulty?

They actually already have i think, havent they already done this with Spotland, Cougar Park and quite a few amateur clubs land?

Pratt.

Apparently so. I think it is perhaps wise to see what the long term plan is before getting too carried away.

i think if they re concreted the place, put up a roof like at don valley on the 3 sides, had better toilets and food facilities, flatten the pitch it would be quite a decent stadium

And what about Blackpool?

I think deep down you know the parallel you are drawing really isnt there.

So the RFL do a deal that helps a member club, and will almost certainly ultimately profit the RFL, and people complain?
It's true that the biggest detriment to our sport is the fans.

#boycottodsal

That's not the point, really, though is it? The point is why do this for Bradford when there are numerous other clubs struggling with ageing premises that have not had the same assistance.

They could have made up the difference to Saints who lost over a million quid on Knowsley Road thanks to the economic downturn.

They could have bought Castleford's stadium off them so they could move into their new place.

They could provide Oldham with a decent place to play so that they wouldn't keep having to endure thefts and vandalism.

In fact, there are a host of other stadia that the RFL could have bought or invested in which would result in the team playing there being able to continue. But the RFL hasn't stepped in.

They shouldn't have stepped in at Odsal either. It compromises the RFL.

This.

The RFL invested in a stadium in North Wales recently, that doesn't fill me with confidence about the future of at least one of the parties involved in this deal