Credit where it's due, if a player doesnt want to play for the club, they're pretty much shipped out or somethings arranged for them to leave. Why keep anyone who doesn't want to play for you?

think its garbage... apart form the kopczak deal.

Fielden has signed - 2 years

Kopczak has signed - 3 years

Gale and L'estrange will be at the bulls next year

fielden... we are going to have a MASSIVE pack next year

i was only expecting kopczak as the next signing for the pack!

mason and fielden will get on great now

bet he wont of come cheap though, but guess we have the space in salary cap though

now wheres this half back to complete the team???????? or have we given up and spent it on fielden?

If Fielden signs it shows he's actually at the club to play and not collect a wage packet as the money Widnes are offering is ridiculous.

Believe it's a similar deal to the one Luke O'Donnell advised to offer to Willie Mason before he took up the massive wages at KR

Have the RFL agreed to transfer Kopczak's registration then? As far as we've been led to believe Bradford still hold his registration.

Gale & Heath have both confirmed they are at Bradford next year via Twitter.

Since 1995 it has been illegal to withhold transfer of a player registration for players not employed by that club. The latest incarnation of Bradford, the OK Bulls have never employed Craig Kopczak. To refuse transfer the RFL would require actual proof of an illegal approach, even then all they could do is require compensation be paid, but that entitlement would be with the previous Bulls.

If there was an illegal approach, do you really think anyone involved would provide that evidence? I see no reason to doubt Craig Kopczak's version, he didn't want to play for Bradford because of the treatment of people during admin (not just himself), remarkably similar to Bryn Hargreaves reasons for retiring. That said in the parallel universe of Bullmania its all Ken davy's fault.

If you have a problem with Craig Kopczak leaving take it up with Peter hood, chris Caisley and Brenan Guilfoyle.

Oh and I am pleased that Gale and L'estrange ain't coming, Gale is good enough but not really an upgrade, L'Estrange would be a down grade.

Surely he can still sign a contract with a club, just can't play unless the rfl register him- If bradford refuse to release his registration hence preventing him from fullfilling that contract and hence affect his ability to earn a livelihood I suspect a courtcase will begin. Hope bradford can afford it.
If its found that an illegal approach was made (I'm sure Craig will own up to that -lol) then any compensation will go to pay of the debts of the previous company. This investigation is a joke -it's rfl trying to cover up the fact that they messed up, didnt see the possibility of someone refusing TUPE and didn't confirm the bulls' continuation in SL soon enough.

Have Bradford paid all their creditors who had CONTRACTS with the club? Or are these CONTRACTS not the same as CONTRACTS in the bulls favour?

All seems a little weighted IMO.

Unless the Bulls have drawn up new contracts and made all players sign then I reckon they should all be free agents or they should be liable for all outstanding debts whatever they may be.

There is an old saying, "you can't have your cake and eat it"

This "investigation" *cough* is just the RFL trying to smokescreen the fact that they sold poor old Omar a right lemon.

Why would any fine go to the old company, that makes no sense at all.

To be fair their are dozens of precidents in football and to a lesser extend RL and RU so do not think it will take much sorting.

Because IF its found an illegal approach was made the company "fouled" wasn't ok bulls it was against the previous owners.
Ok bulls have never employed kopczak he refused to have his contract transferred under TUPE which he is quite within employment rights to do.

correct with the 2nd sentence, ive just transferred under TUPE so know the situation

if kopczak played at catalans he would of been agreeing to the new terms but he didnt, gale did thats why gale isnt coming