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And now the SL clubs have joined forces to save Bradford.... I hope this works out but it sounds far from straighforward to me....

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Maybe once the SL clubs have saved Bradford they can turn their attention to saving themselves and the professional game....

If SL 'buys' Bradford i hope this doesn't set a precedent for future screw-ups by a club's owner(s). Especially if the rumours surrounding Salford turn out to be true...

Me no likey!

The RFL and fellow SL club's footing the bill until a buyer is found. Not the way to go for mine. If it's just until the season concludes then fair enough, but if it's beyond that then it's no, no from me.

So now we've got Leeds owning the RFL, and the RFL owning Bradford...

Erm, check your spelling, Brian NOBLE, not Nobel, hence the 'prize' post.

How much does each team get from the TV deal each year?

Could SLE buying Bradford allow Bradford to be run to the end of the season, then drop them down to the lower division allowing a lower salary cap and lower cost basis. SLE run the Bulls in the championship as not for profit and the cost of buying the Bulls is offset to each club by the increase per club in the TV money with the Bulls gone????

Just a thought.

Think of the billions the tax payers have given the the banksters and an iconic club like bradford wont get a bail out.
Anyway im just bitter becoz the french had vicky pendleton disqualified

Oh yea, i forgot the importance of spelling vs peoples jobs....

One word " equivalence ", what will now happen if other clubs go into " financial difficulties ", SLE i.e. everyone, will bail them out with continuous funds, what incentive to run your club properly, this does not make sense and smacks of desperation.

Dont be so soft, it was a joke.

Besides which, i would be more concerned about your OP. Possibly one of the most liable comments i have seen on here for a while.

There are some real difficulties with this proposal, but I think desperation is the right word. The game is in crisis at present. I've been accused of being ridiculously defeatist on this board recently for suggesting that in the long term the game is heading for a semi-pro future with the SL competition being reduced to the status that the French domestic competition has, but it is hopelessly naive to think that this is not a likely outcome.

Our clubs have failed to raise their revenue in line with inflation over the last 15-20 years and as a result the SC has remained where it is. This is because most clubs simpy cannot afford to pay more than a spending limit which is 30-40% lower in real terms than it was at the outset. If this carries on then many players will not go into professional RL or leave the sport because they can make more money in other careers. Eventually wages will reach the level where even those who want to play rugby first and foremost will have to take a second job to pay the bills.

Financial mismanagement by the clubs and incompetent regulation by the RFL have now reached laughable proportions. The fact that clubs such as Crusaders, Wakefield and Bradford were given a clean bill of health by the licensing process would be astonishing if this were not RL. It would be a major scandal in other sports. In RL people just put up with it. Worse than this this, we actually have people on these boards telling those who form a Facebook group to call for change at the RFL saying that there is no point complaining because unless you put forward solutions you are just "whingers" and the people running the game will just ignore you. Really? In other sports there would be outrage and campaigns to put public pressure on those in charge to change, but in RL many are happy to be deferential to those destroying clubs and wrecking the future of the game. The fact is that many RL club owners and the incompetents at the RFL are a bigger danger to the game than its supposed enemies such as RU and people in RL need to wake up before it is too late (if it isn't already) to save the game we love.