maybe all those who in the last few weeks have called for the club to give free tickets away and to sign top players who we can't afford will now accept that all clubs should operate within a sustainable budget

Only said the other day that Bradford must lose a fair bit of cash as a result of Bradford fans offering away fans the use of their spare season tickets for a tenner. It seems a pretty popular practice so a substantial amount of revenue is surely being lost at every home game.

On the other hand, with over 11000 + fans in their the other day (B******t), it's perhaps surprising that they're so short of cash.

well if that includes the 10,000 who bought the £60 tickets that is only £600,000 which is a Million shy of the full salary cap perhaps that is why they are in dodo's shoes, plus the council don't bail them out each season now.

I think Barrow - well,owner Des Johnson did slightly more than breach the salary cap which resulted in a massive points deduction leading to relegation and him being banned for 8 years.

All the latest news does is question why some clubs need to go to the expense of a brand new stadium just to meet the Licensing Criteria for Super League.

It's probably due to the graded super league licence. We've been issued a grade C licence, as have widnes, wakefield, London and castleford. So widnes, wakefield and London should also be in the thread.

Bradford had a Grade B licence I think!

The Grade C seems to have been allocated to those clubs who did not have the stadium to the required criteria,
attendances or branding at the time the checks were made.
[url=http://www.superleague.co.uk/page/licensing/375Licensing 2012 - 2014[/url

Interesting. If you read the Salford licence it quotes " solid commercial marketing and media plans". So to put it in Lehman's terms " we'll be marketing our new stadium and club in our local rag, and a local DJ MS will get us lots of coverage on a Local Radio station.

Thats the only solid marketing media campaign i've seen. Eat your heart out.