Another thing is how much of this did the players know about it?

I cannot see Whitehead signing for a new deal if he though this was in the offing as on example.

I cannot see Sammut deciding to go from one bankrupt club to another one as another.

Mismanagement by the board and disappointing that was not picked up earlier by the RFL



I'm sure they will survive in some form or other but heads should roll for this and Directors should be struck off due to their incompetence

Disappointing ! , are you being serious ? , it was ignored , plain and simple , either incompetance or corruption , take your pick

I will take option B



Stinks of it!

I mean I'm disappointed. In terms of ignored, corruption, etc etc you are right on all counts

Will this debacle see the return of Bradford Northern?

If this were football this would be debated to death on the radio and in the press and we'd get to the bottom of it. Being so small and un-newsworthy, the RFL and Bradford will no doubt escape being pushed for answers as to how this has happened.



This mess throws the franchise system even further into farce. If Bradford's accounts and cashflows were so bad at the time of the franchise decision, why was it ignored? It also raises the question that if Bradford were allowed in with such an unsustainable business plan and commercial performance, perhaps other clubs were as well. How certain are we that the likes of Wakefield, London, Castleford, Hull KR and St Helens aren't also at death's door?

its such a shame our game is run by bafoons

and now they seem to be less than honest bafoons which is even sadder

I can see the same happening for Bradford. WHo in the right mind would lend a bust company money? They need that £1m for the next month, but what happens after that? Another £1m, then another...?



If the company goes into administration, chances are another company will come in, and the fans will not notice the difference, except of course for the 10 or so points they will be docked. OK, maybe a few players will need to leave, and that will weaken the team, but sometimes you need to take a step back in order to be able to move forward.

Heavily discounted season tickets surely isn't helping. They've nowhere to go in this regard. How can they re-align back to £18 when the fans have got used to paying half that? Go into Administration and start again - they're a big enough club with a big enough fan base to dust off and get back to trading in a proper manner.

Bradford fans want their heads testing if they cough up for this hole, it will only be a stay of execution.



Bulls need to wipe the slate clean, exactly the same as WTW.

Correct but that comes with a very heavy price. Loss off finance. all players, all youth development, sponsors etc and starting the season -6 which hurts when you are struggling.



Also Wakefield only survived because Andrew Glover stepped forward - there is no guarantee that anyone will want to take the Bulls on though I suspect someone will. You just have to hope that someone is up to the task.