If the reports are to be believed then they were TUPE'd across when BB2014 gained their 28 day licence.
They would still therefore be on the books of BB2014 I would imagine. They CANNOT return to OKBulls due to OKBulls being in admin so effectively they are not part of the Bradford Bulls going forward as the company they are contracted to no longer has any connection to said club due to them pulling out.

It's a total mess. I cannot see how those players can play for Bradford Bulls unless they play for free.

As you say Anakin, a total mess. What I don't understand is how can the TUPE have been allowed to go through until the sale was official?

I feel very sorry for the Bulls fans, the players and the staff. Worrying times.

So who is taking Carvell to court now?

I assume the administrator was happy with the offer (Best on the table), The RFL gave them a 28 day licence and everything looked rosey so it was all waved through so they didn't miss the start of the season (That would have been the death of the club which helps nobody).
Then the RFL looked again and started asking questions and when it looked likely that it was just going to be another borrowing on the club instead of investment they gave maximum penalties and BB2014 withdrew with the staff already contracted to them.

I think the "total mess" can be summarised in the statement made by the administrator on 31st January....

No one at a guess.

There has been a lot of winging about Bradford being put into "Special Measures".

If you read rlthe first pagerl of the RFL Financial Matters document, it seems perfectly reasonable that this was to be enforced.

All the RFL wanted (was obliged) to do was make sure that Bradford was doing what they said they would do, and in a financially sustainable manner.

Technically they never actually left administration, so no further penalty applies.

It's messy enough in any case TBH.

I wonder what Luke Gale's new, improved contract is worth now?

Richard Lamb to make a new bid now.

And they are where?

Good point that. The two or three players per year who were coming through the academy into the first team now being elsewhere refutes any notion that there was ever a youth policy.

I'm going to assume that your point is that Bradford didn't exclusively stick with the youth they developed and had the temerity to sign players from outside the club? Like pretty much every other side in SL?

All the players that JTP listed chose to leave the club or were sold due to financial constraints during the recent crises. None were binned off in favour of external signings.

Sounds like this mis-timed announcement is about to cause a minor earthquake.

Why?