www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A ... xvTtpQKpDA Stupid move, Mr Wilkinson go cap in hand to Red Hall and ask them to buy us as well so that we can put out a team that we can not afford and pay upto the salary cap, Is it worth watching Super League anymore? How unlevel is the field now and what a very bad precedent to set. Bradford not famous before SL and in SL playing a team they couldn't afford to win trophies when others played within their means.

www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A ... xvTtpQKpDA Stupid move, Mr Wilkinson go cap in hand to Red Hall and ask them to buy us as well so that we can put out a team that we can not afford and pay upto the salary cap, Is it worth watching Super League anymore? How unlevel is the field now and what a very bad precedent to set. Bradford not famous before SL and in SL playing a team they couldn't afford to win trophies when others played within their means.

Disgusted of tyldesley right now.

Surely can't carry on with the franchise system now? Imagine the last franchise place is between Bradford (who they own) and Salford/Wakefield/Cas. Wonder who they would choose?

I don't want Bradford to go under but it's all there own fault.

It's a shambles of a competition Super League.

[iFair enough

Hope the same applies if any other clubs face going under in the near future...[/i

Shocking.

How can this possibly work as surely it's a conflict of interest, if the other clubs vote that Bradford be demoted for going into administration they take longer to get a return for their money, if they allow them to stay in SL then it's a travesty as the club has been allowed to run in an ruinenous way.

I have half expected SKY to put in a bid as they seem to have a soft spot for Bradford, is Super League (Europe) in any way owned by SKY? if so even more this seems like a total conflict of interest on behalf of every other SL club.

I would hope that if all clubs have voted for this that they have received cast iron assurances that the franchise system will be scrapped and that SL becomes a closed shop. Anything less and it's a case of Turkeys voting for Christmas.

....or it could just be a temporary solution until a suitable buyer is found.

But the bid by SLE is the same as the ABC one, it is conditional that Bradford stay in SL and own the lease
on the ground, so how can the RFL accept this when they rejected the ABC one.
Will players be sold off to cut the wage bill to what is actually coming in?
Too many wrong precedents being set here.
Would they do the same for us?

The former chairman,during the glory years,wanted Hood ousted back in April rlLinkrl

He was the largest shareholder so should have known,or had an inkling as to what was happening,but also suggested he had investors lined up rlSourcerl

The sport lurches from one crisis to another and the guy,Glover,at Wakefield,and every other person who has
been housekeeping with due honesty must feel pretty sickened.

How the other Super League clubs have given their 'unanimous support' is beyond me.

The nail in the coffin, what a shambles the sport has really embarrassed itself this year. It just gets from bad to worse every week, the sport needs a massive shake up.

I can't see anything in the press release that suggests the offer is conditional, but I can see this:

"If our offer is accepted, SLE will welcome approaches from all interested parties who have an interest in helping us secure a bright future for professional Rugby League in Bradford.”

Why is Bradford different to what Wakefield went through sounds like favouritism to me