What worries me is that if Bradford are relegated to the Chp, they'd probably, upon finding some nice new shiny investors find themselves taking the Chp spot back to SL in a couple of year's time which would be wrong.
RL needs a strong Bradford side tbh

No I think they need a club with a tight grip on their finances - regardless of who that is.

It does. And it also needs the RFL to realise that ALL clubs should be able to aspire to play in the top league. Licensing is flawed ' every time it comes around the criteria are changed to protect those already there.

Bradford would go to C1 with a £150k or so salary cap, and would be in no position to apply in 2014.

Coz thats gonna happen

They could fluke next seasons Trains Cup, and would be in a position to apply!!



If the Bulls do go belly up, what will the RFL do with Odslum? Will they just flog it off to the highest bidder, or could this be the opportunity for the sport to finally get it's own 'base' - re-develop the site into the "Twickkers of The North"??

I think the Tax Man ought to be questioning the sale of Odsal to the RFL.

There are a number of things that appear potentially difficult about the sale: Did Bradford and the RFL understand the poor financial state of the club, and the impending likelihood of liquidation? If so, was the sale concocted to ensure that Odsal would not be sold due to liquidation? Were fair market rates paid by the RFL, for an asset that would have had substantial value for the clubs creditors?

In other words, have Bradford illegally cheated their creditors out of money that could have been released during liquidation? And are the RFL conspirators in this potential fraud?

There may be circumstances that I am unaware of that may render my questions moot - but the situation certainly seems to be more than a little dodgy.

Michael - Bulls didn't sell Odsall to the RFL they sold the lease, BMCC own Odsall. Also, I believe HMRC have already hit the Bulls with a VAT bill for the sale of said lease.

I don't believe it matters if it was a secure lease or if it was the land.

A secure lease must be relinquished before the land can be developed. The tenant can effectively make the land worth £0 to the owner if they don't co-operate, so the leaseholder holds the aces until the lease expires.

The lease was 'sold' to the RFL to repay an rfl loan wasn't it. In which case the rfl may have known about the impending crash.

looks like mr lewis`s timing wasnt to bad after all,if the rugby league knew something was brewing like this.good luck bradford i hope you can sort something out