What an absolute disgrace and greggs chief pie tester should be asked to resign for coming up with such a disgraceful and biased idea.Also if AG and the chairmen of other small clubs(Salford,Cas)etc have agreed to this I hope they have guarantees that until the Bulls are sold on that they are guaranteed SL status for as long as it takes whether it be 1 week or 10 years.How can we have so much pressure about the ground yet this is allowed to happen?

No arguments from me.





If you look at it from a purely business perspective. As far as I can see this is a measure until the end of the season to stop us from going bust before then and make sure the fixtures are played. I'm more inclined to believe that this cements our position out of SL for next year tbh. I certainly don't see clubs unanimously agreeing to a different set of rules for one club than themselves whilst financing by proxy that very same situation. They might be stupid, but that stupid? Really?

Where did I say it was?

I still await the first Bradford fan coming on here gloating, as they did a few months ago when the evil empire bought the lease after failing to recoup a penny piece from their £700k loan.

I don't get why the other clubs have agreed to it? Whats in it for them? As i've said the RFL need to clarify the detail on this pretty damn quick because right now it just looks like favouritism without all the relevent info. If its to get them through to the end of september then sell on or liquidate then ok. But long term it surely isn't an option.

(don't expect an answer, rhetorical questions)


is the new club now "skint", as the governing body has paid them up front, so where is the rest of the money coming from?

probably expecting them to get there 6 points back as the owners decide it was unfair.

more than full cap to be spent next year, as the owners will not penalise themselves

does andrew glover now own 2 teams?

etc etc etc.

It was a very good rebuttal of a point that I made. I seem to have completely imagined the point I was rebutting. I'm doing that a lot these days.

Incredible. Gob smacked.
Is this even legal? A ruling body owning a member club?
The details should be interesting.
How much more of the sport's money is being gambled away?

This is great news in terms of, if Guilfoyle accepts, it buys some time and helps them to see out the season. The press release implies that the club would then be sold onto a suitable buyer.

There is no statement what so ever about the future league for the club. Whether it be Super League or lower is not indicated.

I would imagine that if SL did buy the Bulls they would put in an independent CEO who could oversee any player trades etc. Then once back in independent ownership it is back to normal. If, it is a short term solution then great.

I appreciate so people think what about us? We had two potential buyers lined up and Glover completed in relatively quick time without conditions. Bradford has gone on for a long time and they will be bust in a week or two without a credible buyer.

All the questions on fair treatment will have been discussed at Red Hall yesterday and the clubs must be happy with the answers.

Posters above are correct though in this setting a dangerous precedent. With what happened to Blackpool, this can be seen as a disgrace. I'm sure Blackpool's debts were far from on the same scale as Bradford's.

I do wonder though, if all the other Super League clubs are existing creditors of Bradford then they can't afford for Bradford to go bust?

Either way, if a credible new owner (post Super League ownership) comes to light and is deemed fair then they can apply for a licence to be assessed on strong criteria. Otherwise, Championship rugby and build again.

Sigh, of course it is.

In other news Nigel Wood is to become the face of Slimming World.

I think we need a statement from our club about this. Did the RFL bully the clubs into this decision

Disgraceful in my opinion the double standards shown

Rugby League is fast becoming the laughing stock of sport, a shambles of a game run by incompetant fools. At this rate the proffessional game will be lucky to last another 10 years.