I believe that the funding for the Bulls is to keep the integrity of this years competition. If subsequently we fall by the wayside I can see no more help.

What is the legal standing in this situation?

Nigel Wood, in his role with the RFL, has intimate knowledge of existing bids; he has used that knowledge to create a rival bid in his role with SLE.

Conflict of interest? Insider dealing??

LOL This whole thing just gets better and better, you couldn't have made it up.

Clubs should live and die by the sword. The RFL is a joke of an organisation and deep down everyone knows this, but most are too stubborn to admit it. Honestly if this happened in Football it would be unthinkable, no wonder RL media coverage is so poor.

Not having rules in place for fielding ineligible players.
The Wigan points deduction fiasco.
Franchising.
Celtic Crusaders.
Selling sponsorship rights for NOTHING.
The disregard for lower league RL.
Buying a lease for a stadium of a member club.
Buying a member club outright.

They just make up the rules as they go along.

Shove all this emotive about 'historic' clubs and crap about the 'integrity' of the competition. THIS IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE! JUST PUT THE POOR BASTARDS OUT OF THEIR MISERY!

If nothing else it at least stops money going out of the game straight into the administrators pocket, as long as he was confident of bringing in the money to pay himself he'd have happily strung it out for as long as possible.

The Super League clubs are buying the Bulls, not the RFL. You understand this don't you?

Of course not. That would require thinking, it's much easier to just keep repeating "it's all the RFL's fault". You know, I think they're actually starting to believe it now, they've said it that often.

And you understand the RFL make the rules up as they go along? Yes?

Time to stick the kettle on,this could be a funny night

All the defenders of franchise and everything is great in rl are popping up all we need is the clown of the terrace smokey to appear and we will have the full set

You seriously think the Bulls havent already had this years SKY money?

Or is this next years? , in which case when they get dropped into Championship 1 , they are going to give it back ?

No way is this ' advance monies ' it is bailing out, pure and simple

Now dont get me wrong, I have no problem with it, but lets not pretend it is something it isnt

Out of their misery? The game and Bradford fans would be in misery should they be liquidated.

People seem to think we can afford to lose a club of the stature of Bradford. We're a small sport on the brink in a double-dip recession. Preserving Bradford is crucial. Maybe it isn't fair, but keeping Bradford in Super League is the vital for the game, especially with these right now up for sale again. Maybe it's not the diplomatic view but people need to get real about the importance of Bradford to the league.

Bet there was alot of arm twisting going on by SLE to get all the clubs to agree to this though.

So keeping the likes of Wakefield,Castleford,London,Salford etc wouldn't be important either?

This rushed through deal is Post code franchising with a big "City" club spending beyond their means, clearly hiding big problems at the last round of franchises and we are expected to be all sympathetic?

If you think of the individuals who head up each of our Super League teams, they are hardly easily persuadable en masse, particularly when it involves spending their own money. Nor have they shown any unwillingness to dump on another club from a great height if it suits them.

I'm sure the people at Red Hall were and are in favour of this; but the SL clubs have to be too as it's their money at stake.