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I think the best way of doing it is probably to wipe all of their results except the Magic Weekend one, so every team has played 25 games on the table at the end of the season, instead of Leeds having 24.

Goochie wrote:

I think the best way of doing it is probably to wipe all of their results except the Magic Weekend one, so every team has played 25 games on the table at the end of the season, instead of Leeds having 24.

Probably better to give everyone 2 points for each of the Bulls fixtures with a win by 10 points. What would have happened if the Bulls had won at Manchester? I think Leeds would be calling it unfair.

I hate to say this, because I want Bradford in SL, but at this stage I think they (sadly) need to face the consequences, even if that means they disappear. I hope that the city of Bradford sees SL rugby again, sooner rather than later, but some form of bail-out sends the wrong message. Its definitely not Bradford's fault alone, and the whole of SL suffers (though not as much as Bradford obviously) from their going under...but the game needs a massive kick up the booty - in Nigel Wood's case a kick big enough to knock him somewhere over the other side of North Sea - and maybe this is it. Its kind of like Greece and the Euro, we're heading for a meltdown - if you can't see it, sorry you're blind. You can pluck figures out about increasing attendances, etc. and in that lies hope .... but the fact that nobody outside the local chippy wants to sponsor the game tells you what you really need to know about the path we're on. We need to wake up, take some pain if needed, but get some decent leadership with vision, plus vitally the ability to communicate, and put the game on the path to growth.

LifeLongHKRFan wrote:

Probably better to give everyone 2 points for each of the Bulls fixtures with a win by 10 points. What would have happened if the Bulls had won at Manchester? I think Leeds would be calling it unfair.

They would typically just wipe out all Bradford's fixtures, as if they never existed.

The problem with Leeds' extra fixture is an interesting one. The ONLY fair way to do it would be to remove all the Magic Weekend results. Having an unbalanced fixture list is another stupid idea by the RFL.

Saddened! wrote:

Having an unbalanced fixture list is another stupid idea by the RFL.

...and of course the NRL?

RLBandit wrote:

I hate to say this, because I want Bradford in SL, but at this stage I think they (sadly) need to face the consequences, even if that means they disappear. I hope that the city of Bradford sees SL rugby again, sooner rather than later, but some form of bail-out sends the wrong message. Its definitely not Bradford's fault alone, and the whole of SL suffers (though not as much as Bradford obviously) from their going under...but the game needs a massive kick up the booty - in Nigel Wood's case a kick big enough to knock him somewhere over the other side of North Sea - and maybe this is it. Its kind of like Greece and the Euro, we're heading for a meltdown - if you can't see it, sorry you're blind. You can pluck figures out about increasing attendances, etc. and in that lies hope .... but the fact that nobody outside the local chippy wants to sponsor the game tells you what you really need to know about the path we're on. We need to wake up, take some pain if needed, but get some decent leadership with vision, plus vitally the ability to communicate, and put the game on the path to growth.

Well said!

Do people get a refund on season tickets for a game that they would no longer see? What happens about the lost revenue from away fans, people who buy game by game tickets who wont have a game to go to and also food and drinks sales losses?

[John_D]

ComeOnYouWolves wrote:

Do people get a refund on season tickets for a game that they would no longer see?

Join the list of unsecured creditors.

Further ramifications of this, could teams fall foul of the salary cap as this budgeted income is no longer there? Also other teams who are more needy of money, could they fall foul of cash flow problems themselves as a result of missing a home game? Do teams fly so close to the wind for them to be affected by this?

The last time a club disapeared half way through a season was 1963 and it was Bradford Northern. The records for that season where "expunged" which means you just take out all the Bradford figures from the league table.

It would look like they where never in this year and I think if the worse comes to the worse that will be the way it will go. Season ticket holders will just be another creditor of the club and will not get anything back IF the club goes under.

The main thing we should all concentrate on is saving the Bradford club, that is the most important thing we can do. True many clubs are circling to get players and I am affraid that is all part of the process if it saves the club then it has to be done. They may have to go into the championship for a while, so be it the important thing is they survive to fight another day.