I suspect all that poll proves is how many non Bradford fans who dont like us for varing reasons have visted this thread. If you'd added an option for immediate relgation and public floggings I supect that option would also be doing quite well, thankfully its not this website that gets to decide matters.

As a Bradford fan I'll take whatever the punishment is agreed to be - as long as it's explained and consistant with past and future similar situations....(not holding my breath on that one).

We really shouldn't be having the appeal process though, as the points deduction should have been applied when the new owners took the club out of admin and the decison was made with facts of how they exited admin and who was paid back what and when, not before whilst we had no owner. The points deduction might well end up being 6 (or 0, 2 or 4), but it shouldn't have been applied when it was - that always seemed like a mistake in the heat of the moment of whatever the last minute argument was between the RFL and BB2014 (who never owned the club).

FWIW my guess is that it will stay as 6, so the majority should be satisfied and we can move on in peace towards our next admin event.

On a side note, do we think your servers would cope with the traffic if it was 0?

You can't write off the poll by attacking anyone who gave a certain answer. Its a poor tactic. I think people largely just want consistency applied.

which similar situation is this punishment consistent with?

Not attacking anyone, but of course the poll is biased depending on who you support (or more specifically who you dont support), I think it will be 6 so I agree with the poll outcome but I voted for 2 as Im a Bradford fan who doesnt want a 6 point deduction.

I agree whole heatedly with wanting consistancy, even if it starts now with this case and we forget whats gone before, but if we had that we wouldnt need the poll.

Widnes. They got a nine point deduction in the Championship which equated to 3 games, just like Bradford with a 6 point deduction.

so we are going back 7 years and numerous insolvency events to a club in a different league under a different system.

Whatever the decision it will be inconsistent with something that has gone before as they arent consistent with each other.

You asked, I answered. Also, don't forget, the RFL prevented Widnes entering Super League because of the administation.

and thats fine, your example highlighted my point
no they didnt. Widnes applied for a licence they just didnt get one.

Because of the administration.

Let's go back a mere 2 years then, to a team who got 6 points for going into admin. Maybe you could remind me who they were?

Quite so, the only problem is that Bradford appear to be arguing that the rules shouldn't apply to them at all

Thats not the way franchising works. If Widnes were to have been 'banned' from SL because of their admin they wouldnt have been allowed to apply.