All this talk about the franchise system not working is untrue you just need to look at Football a sport which receives a lot more money and exposure than ours. Rangers, Portsmouth etc. In the current financial climate there are going to be clubs which unfortunately will be in danger of not producing enough profit to be financially viable for the long term. Salford are also in a bad financial position. The Franchising system needs to be in place to try and expand the game because having too many teams around the same location (unless you have a sugar daddy) can not generate big enough crowds to be sustainable. The RFL need to take the risks to promote the game ive heard they are promoting teams from areas such as Coventry and Bristol but they need to start off small and build up and until that happens IF it happens i can see a good few more teams that suffer the consequences of the tough financial period unfortunately.

Because Bradford fans pay about a fiver for a season ticket.

Exactly, 10K paying a £5 a pop is about the same as £2700 odd paying £18. It's a combination of bad management, not replacing players like for like that caused Bradford to go from champions to bust in 6 years.

Say what you like about London but no one can accuse them or trying to buy a team to compete for top honours.

Bradfords biggest problem and the one that sets them apart from all other SL club failures is that it's the taxman that's after them, and unlike Rangers he's obviously not prepared to accept a few pence in the pound as an answer.

If you were looking at buying a SL Club, would you look to buy Bradford, pay off their tax debt and then fund what's there, or would you let them go bump, buy it in name only and start again with a big pot to spend on the clubs future ?

Does this mean they'll still be playing all their remianing games ? Excuse my ignorance, no wages means no players equals no game , no ?

I wouldn't be suprised if the Bradford Board Of Directors weren't invested for fraud. How they can ask for £500,000 in donations from their fans and the fans of RL to save their club, then announce they have further debts of around the same amount is astonishing. If I'd have donated, and I didn't as I couldn't care less if they fold or not, I'd feel like i'd been led up the garden path.

Will the players not be free agents in 10 days. If so can see them holding out for larger wages if no transfer fee has to be paid.

May be that's why the ground was bought by the RFL so it can be protected .