[Uncle Rico]

Re: Bradford Bulls : Thu Jan 05, 2017 5:43 pm  

Paul Youane wrote:

Good old promotion and relegation hey!

Unfortunately it's not the first time that this has happened though?

Re: Bradford Bulls : Fri Jan 06, 2017 10:58 am  

My point about Toronto is that they already have a squad that could compete in the championship.

As I said Bradford being allowed into the championship is just scandalous, it furthers my belief that they have a squad lined up already and this whole thing is to just dump a load of debt and being aided by the rfl.

Re: Bradford Bulls : Fri Jan 06, 2017 12:06 pm  

Dezzies_right_hook wrote:

My point about Toronto is that they already have a squad that could compete in the championship.

As I said Bradford being allowed into the championship is just scandalous, it furthers my belief that they have a squad lined up already and this whole thing is to just dump a load of debt and being aided by the rfl.

Well as I said earlier that some players have already moved to new clubs 4 in total so far I believe. I'm wondering what kind of squad they will have and how hard will it be for them to even stay up,other sports (RFU) must be laughing at the farce of this. Just read a 5th as now gone Clare to Leigh.

Re: Bradford Bulls : Fri Jan 06, 2017 1:55 pm  

Yes and on their board the players are being called to odsal today at 4pm to meet new owner.

Speculation that they are not actually in liquidation as of yet as papers not yet submitted, all in all I think this is shambolic and is no different to what a lot of cowboy businesses do go bankrupt n start again under slightly different name to get rid of debt!! And have been aided by the rfl too!!

Re: Bradford Bulls : Fri Jan 06, 2017 3:08 pm  

Paul Youane wrote:

Good old promotion and relegation hey!

Should we prevent every team aspiring to get in the top league from doing so? Maybe Toronto Wolfpack will be happy with playing Whitehaven, Doncaster and Keighley for ever.

No. It's survival of the fittest.

Other sports have promotion and relegation and cope. The issue is that RL is ailing so badly that it cannot.

Re: Bradford Bulls : Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:07 pm  

Uncle Rico wrote:

I can understand why it wouldn't (apart from shouldn't IMO) be workable for Toronto, but, to say to Whitehaven or Workington can you fulfil Bradford's fixtures it shouldn't be that difficult?

Because presumably Whitehaven and Workington and the rest will have already made their arrangements to travel to Canada, and Bradford obviously won't have done.

I doubt this is all insurmountable, and it sounds a bit like a convenient excuse to me, but I sort of see where they're coming from.

Re: Bradford Bulls : Sat Jan 07, 2017 9:00 am  

morrisseyisawire wrote:

In terms of the Bulls sad decline, their demise is unquestionable confirmation of one truth - most people tasked with the job of "running" so-called professional RL clubs are not fit to run a car boot sale.

Twenty years since the inception of SL and most of our clubs, and more importantly the financial aspects of those clubs, are still run by RL dinosaurs and small-time business-men who could just about cope in the pre-SL days of prehistoric stadia, local sponsors, back of a fag packet contracts and budget and forecasts scribbled on post-it notes. They then surfed the SL wave and have floundered when the gravy train hit the buffers, and taken their clubs and speccies down with them.

I said many years ago that the RFL should introduce a rule that all SL clubs finances have to be audited by an independent third party annually, with the threat of sanctions in the event of any irregularities or malpractice. It's no good crying "shame!" when a financial black hole the size of Odsal appears and the HMRC are on the phone, the clubs need protecting from themselves.

A quick director search shows that Marc Green is not fit to run a bath.

Re: Bradford Bulls : Sat Jan 07, 2017 10:02 am  

Considering Toronto are backed by a media mogul they could do the game a great deal of good in providing a rival to sky in the bidding war.
Rugby Union is trouncing RL in terms of tv coverage with games being available on sky & BT ,highlights on ITV & BBC for internationals. Getting another tv company interested could do wonders for our game.

Re: Bradford Bulls : Sat Jan 07, 2017 12:43 pm  

ninearches wrote:

Considering Toronto are backed by a media mogul they could do the game a great deal of good in providing a rival to sky in the bidding war.
Rugby Union is trouncing RL in terms of tv coverage with games being available on sky & BT ,highlights on ITV & BBC for internationals. Getting another tv company interested could do wonders for our game.

Don't talk sense lol

[Uncle Rico]

Re: Bradford Bulls : Sat Jan 07, 2017 2:01 pm  

worthing wire wrote:

Because presumably Whitehaven and Workington and the rest will have already made their arrangements to travel to Canada, and Bradford obviously won't have done.

I doubt this is all insurmountable, and it sounds a bit like a convenient excuse to me, but I sort of see where they're coming from.

It's not ideal WW but my point was trying to get the fairest most transparent way out of this unfortunate situation.

I don't think as a sport we can hang on till gone the 11th hour with a Bradford club that may or may not be in place and the other proposal that Toronto could be airlifted into the Championship well really? After all what would Whitehaven and Workington do when they turn up in Canada and nobody's home......visit Niagara Falls?