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Good luck to the bulls ! Hope they pull through. #Bradfordsurvival

If ever people needed a reminder of the dangers of selling tickets on the cheap.................!!!

Good luck to them however, albeit can't see their landlord not bailing them out.

No I can't either but all the same I hope they pull through without that help. Good luck Bradfot.

Highlights once again the either incompetancey or corruption of the sports governing body, how in gods name could they have been awarded a licence 9 months ago when the RFL must have known about the mess they were in

Quote: Starbug "Highlights once again the either incompetancey or corruption of the sports governing body, how in gods name could they have been awarded a licence 9 months ago when the RFL must have known about the mess they were in'" Indeed, Starbug.... www.superleague.co.uk/page/licensing/375 Reading between the lines, I think the RFL did know about the problems.

Quote: Starbug "Highlights once again the either incompetancey or corruption of the sports governing body, how in gods name could they have been awarded a licence 9 months ago when the RFL must have known about the mess they were in'" Indeed, Starbug.... www.superleague.co.uk/page/licensing/375 Reading between the lines, I think the RFL did know about the problems.

Yet awarded them a class B licence? if that be the case then why? it makes a mockery of the whole licence system.

Though I think they will pull through as they have the loyal fan base.

On the one hand I deeply sympathise for the club. On the other I get angry when I hear stories like this.
The rationale behind Super League and the licensing system was to improve financial stability of clubs, at the expense of promoting teams that were not ready from below.
Yet, it seems to me that we are hearing more financial woes from SL than the rest of the league.

SL clubs are frankly handed enough on which to survive and should have the management in place to make it happen.

//p.

the RFL handed them a license knowing they were struggling , now they own Odsal, dont think theyll let Bradford go under, like they didnt let London before um. Shows how the Franchise system is b0lls and also giving season ticket out at £100 this season wont help cashflow, and yet our fans moan about our prices, now the time to get real folks, or we will end up in the same situation.
Bet Halifax are chuffed seeing the dig the RFL had with their bid

Dunno about being 'chuffed' I'd be bloody angry.

My ribs are hurting at laughing at this announcement lets hope another 3 super league clubs go under and we can finally lay this franchise farce to the grave.

The writing was on the wall with daft season ticket prices,which quite a few super league clubs have started doing,it was commented on that the game was under selling itself with matches and cup finals being given away at basement prices just to get people in.


Hopefully this should see of the clown lewis and we get a proper rl man back incharge

First up what a real shame for the Bradford Fans, Players and employees.
Worrying times ahead.

The RFL and its leaders though must now surely have to answer just how this was missed during the recent franchise application - its not as if its a one off , the first franchise checks missed Celtics financial mismanagement as well so answers must be given to maintain credibility of the governing body.

I'm no fan of Mr Lewis (based on his lies to the BBC1 interviewer on the first set of franchises), I'm also realisitic to know that not everything the RFL does is bad - the vast majority is excellent however if the game still has a poorly executed franchise system in place after this latest scandal has died down then I'm afraid something is very wrong.

Bradford (like a lot of clubs - ours included) have been run with possibly the best intentions but in a very poor way, the governing body should (and those it employs to work on its behalf) be compleltely impartial in all aspects.

I hope Bradford pull this around, I also hope that the RFL is shaken around by this as whilst its evident they cannot be accountable for actions at clubs its equally evident they should be accountable when things like this happen on the back of a very recent franchise award.

A Lot of the problems financial wise that SL clubs find themselves in is due to the wage bill......some players are simply paid too much.
As well as the salary cap there should be a max that any player can earn. Pay the younger lads lower wages than the stars but even they need to be capped as paying 1 player 100 grand a year is stupid.
We are a minor sport compared to football and the moneybags called union and the pay should reflect this.....I`m not saying pay them peanuts but some players are overpaid and it needs to be addressed.

I see mr lewis must have got onto the muppets on the virtual terrace apparently my posts breaks libel laws,boy there up there own arrrrses on there.

A sport overseen by a fella that allows clubs to lie to retain super league status,get accused by the drug testing body of being involved in the cover up of gleeson drug test and be incharge of a club they knew was going bankrupt but still had clubs paying for franchise applications when they knew for monthe the celtic clowns were going bust

time to go mr lewis