That made me chuckle.

As a bulls fan once told me when i mentioned all the free tickets they gave away in their glory years will come back to haunt them one day - " we can afford to give free tickets away cos we live off our prize money and sponsorship deals which will continue for years".......i'd love to meet him again,and all the others who said 'my little club will never be anywhere near competing with the mighty bulls, on or off the field'...........could see the bouncy castle going down right then

In other news, "The Pope is Catholic" and "Big bears do in the woods"

Short but to the point

I don't know what the league know and when they knew it, but , in hindsight, it looks like a brilliant move to take ovet the lease for Odsal and so keep it away from any creditors. Now there is a ready made, debt free ground for any new Bradford club, or a post administration Bulls, to play at.

Apart from the fact that the RFL will be looking for rental income "at current commercial rates"

and it is a dump and costs a fortune to run

Time of season is irrelevant. Wakey/Cru got 4 because they took on some of their previous debts to honour.

Time for a singsong to raise the spirits..........

ISTBC but I seem to recall someone from the Bulls saying in an interview that the RFL had changed the rules on clubs going into Administration from the start of this year and that there were no defined limits as to the extent of any penalty.

This compares to the maximum 6-point deduction when Crusaders and then Wakefield went into Administration. Crusaders got a 4-point penalty because their main creditor was the RFL and Wakefield's penalty was the same as the total debts were less than Crusaders (although I'm sure all at Red Hall would have loved to twist the knife even further).

Overall, this is a very sad day for RL and although I do have some sympathy for the fans who dug deep into their pockets to try to help the team they love, it's also true that there were many others who warned that it was only delaying the inevitable.

The saddest thing of all is that the Bulls directors have (allegedly) been able to use the fans money to remove any Personal Guarantee obligations to the club's bank. If this is true, then I hope that they are investigated by the relevant bodies (may not be a crime and therefore not the police) and that they get the heaviest possible penalties against them as individuals.

Wouldn't want this to happen to any club. Hope the sake of lifelong Bulls fans (more so than those who jumped on the bandwagon in the early 00's before jumping off again) that they get out of this.

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If administration fails and the company is liquidated then I would expect that there is not SL status to be marketed. Liquidation is a closing down sale - everything which can be sold, will be sold even if it is just for a penny. If SL status can be sold then Leigh (my team), Fev, FAX etc could buy it...