I dont get the need for this 'punishment', what is this symbolic bloodletting actually achieving?

The people who caused bradfords problems are long gone, those responsible arent involved and any punishment of the Bulls now isnt going to be a deterrent to people making those same decisions because they arent the ones who are being punished.

In reality all we are doing is punishing someone who has rescued an RL club for the actions of the people who caused it to be in need of rescue

Sorry I hadnt noticed the huge crowds Salford,Cas,London and Widnes are pulling in, as there are now more play off places than previous, I would expect more clubs to qualify

You are getting mixed up with ' finger lickin Chicken ' , you are Nigel Wood and I claim my 5 quid

The increase in the number of teams that are qualifying to play in the playoffs is due to the increase in the number of playoff places.

Either the gross missmanagent that Bradford have committed deserves demotion, or it doesnt, there is as you point out no club in the Championships that can get to anywhere near what Bradford have, you know that, I know that, every single fan at every club knows that, even the Red Hall cat probably knows that, so why do the idiots in charge not know that, and if they do, what in gods name do they expect to find out any differently by having a ' mini licence application ' ?

Once again Mr Wood and Mr Rimmer, grow some balls and do the jobs you are being well paid to do, make a simple decision instead of passing the buck

Except for the fact that he made clear at a recent fans forum that the club had made a modest operating profit under his stewardship. An inconvenient truth maybe, but the truth nonetheless.

Its not so much about punishing Bradford, its about setting an example to deter others from making the same rash decisions. The RFL has an opportunity to set a clear precedent here, if it fails to do so then it is being negligent in its duty to ensure that clubs act responsibly.

So the fact that Crusaders improved from 14th to 8th is down to their being more play-off places? the fact Catalans went from 14th to 6th to 5th is because there are more play-off places?

under franchising, no club has finished bottom twice in a row, no club has even finished in the bottom two twice in a row, only 3 of 14 clubs in 4 completed seasons havent been in the play-offs, this isnt because we now have 8/14 qualifying rather than 6/12, it is because the teams at the bottom are closer to each other, and closer to the middle. This is a good thing, somethign we should celebrate.

Fine, im comfortable with punishing the gross mismanagement at the Bulls, but actually punish those who mismanaged them, not those managing now.

Punishing Omar Kahn for the actions of Peter Hood, wouldnt deter Peter Hood from making those decisions.

Then he should be congratulated, my question about ST prices was from a post I read on the Wakey board, if I am mistaken, then apologies , not wanting to criticise Wakey, especially if they are operating fairly

1. Omar Khan isn't being punished, Bradford Bulls as a continuous entity are. Corporate responsibility.
2. Peter Hood is no longer in a position to make those decisions, so thats irrelevant, but..
3. Punishing Bradford Bulls may well deter Richard Wright, or Andrew Glover, or any other club chairman from making those decisions in future
4. When Widnes were denied SL at the first licencing round with their period of administration being cited as the major reason by the RFL, what had the actions of the previous management got to do with the Steve O'Connor management team ? They were judged on the actions of previous incumbents, so there is already a precedent for it.

Or we can simply do nothing and send out the message that its fine to practice gross financial mismanagement and suffer no consequences.

So in 3 years of franchising we have 1 club finish bottom and disapear, then the club that replaced it disapear, so its not really surprising they havent finished bottom twice, is it ?

So Crusaders didnt go from 14th to 8 th as they were tottally different clubs