Mmmmmmm really???? i think you will find i'm not the only person on here that thinks the same.

And why does it matter about the amount of posts i've made???

Well, if you had made 40,000 posts you could say you'd had time to get as apoplectic as some regulars are, so it was a sort of joke. Sorry if you have no sense of humour, but my pleasure to explain.

You know your stuff!

Then you are not the only person posting on here who cannot read.....

You are surely not suggesting that, despite the bollox reported in the media who were rolled by the words in the announcements, the ABC offer was actually £100k?

What an amazing thing...

What a crock of e, it's like the secret society.

RFL Corrupt from top to bottom, bought the ground and suggested this little gem to the other SL clubs.

Where was the same help for Crusaders and Wakefield? All those trophies win by spending money they didn't have and not gonna get any punishment from it.

Might as well do away with salary cap and the licensing cos it's a complete nonsense which this has now proved.

To other clubs, my advice would now be to spend well above your means in the hunt for trophies cos when it goes jugs up the RFL and SL will be there to bail you out. (be careful though cos they tend to pick and choose who to save and who ignore)

Well glad to see we've had a stay of execution (provided the bid is accepted). Hopefully this will lift the spectre of liquidation for a few weeks/months.

However it does mean we need to find a buyer soon as it's not a long term solution, how long have we got before SLE decides it's not worth the hassle? Until the end of the season? We won't be going into 2013 SL season owned by SLE will we?

Had to smile- The person who gave me that info was BG!!

As ever the devil will be in the detail and that detail won't uncover itself for some time I suspect. We have to admit this looks very strange, but I guess most people slagging this deal off are associating it with the RFL and not Super League Europe, which has been pointed out is owned by the clubs, so any supporter of a SL club moaning about this, needs to direct their concerns to their club chairman. One point - will the RFL accept the deal, I assume it will be a conditional offer which the RFL say they won't accept. As somoene who felt the future looked bleak I feel a little less concerned, but only a little, this soap opera will have many more twists and turns yet methinks!

Does this mean Potter and the rest of the crew get paid jobs back??

Whatever else, it SHOULD mean that the mother of all snookers has just been played.

I don't know what to say.
Could this whole thing get any weirder?

And, ahem, that I don't need to let my new avatar slink embarrassingly into a corner

Dont agree. This is a stop gap measure to;

Restore some credibility to Superleague
Provide some stability to the players
Get rid of the ABC bid which now looks as though could not put any money in
Allow remaining SL matches to be played
Allow time to see if a 'real' buyer could be found who puts RL 1st and making ££ second

An excellent move I would say.....but we are still not at the end yet.

Great idea any fan not happy can show their dissatisfaction to their clubs chairman by not going to watch them, thus not putting money into their club, thus heaping financial problems on their club, thus giving SL and the RFL the option to throw money at a few other clubs.

Didn't see that coming, but who's surprised by anything now? Lets see the detail and hope SL(E) can get a quick purchase and and even quicker resale.

...I suspect removing BG will be the best outcome.

Player ins and out for next season could be interesting deals for our new owners if it comes off!

Assuming it does come off, what happens to the HMRC owed monies? held over for the next sale or settled by SL(E)??




Still more twists in this yet.

Good news for you guys.

You should win the GF, CC and be top of the league in 2013.

clubs won't want to upset SLE by beating their team

You could always rename it "the Gasp" instead of "The Scream"

For the SL clubs to have agreed this, and unanimously(!), I suspect something fairly drastic must have recently emerged from the woodwork that can be hushed up now. However, whatever the reason, if I was a Bradford supporter all I'd be concerned about was that I've still got a club.

It's an unconditional offer from SLE so the RFL will accept it. The RFL are making sure there are no strings attached to any bids and rightly so.

Those people accusing the RFL of everything under the sun should be applauding the way they've handled this deal. This way a club is saved from falling into the wrong hands.

Now every SL club has had a say in this too. Can't say fairer than that surely? If they collectively want to make a bid then that's fair enough.

The issue now is finding a "[iproper[/i" buyer who can take the club from SLE and develop it. We may be safe from imminent liquidation but the long term future is far from secure as I see it.

Wonder if Crusaders and Wakefield share your sentiments?

Is Bradfords new name The S.L.E Bulls

Your gonna get a lot of that lol

Ah, you haven't read it . . . .

Don't worry - nor did anybody else! Except maybe "markfax"

While the SLE bid is undoubtedly a sensible, short term option I can only imagine it will involve the setting up of a newco to be sold on.

It's one thing taking over the running of a club, but taking on the liabilities it clocked up would lead to a, fairly justified, outcry.

Mea Culpa-- I have been one of the critics of the League and am very pleased they have now acted on the suggestion made by Sadler in this week's RL Express.
It's obviously an interim solution but if the offer is acceptable to the administrator it leaves RL professionals free to headhunt or receive enquiries without a middleman. That gives us some possible outcomes-- not certain but possible:
1.continued SL status
2.continuation of an Academy organisation
3.the reemployment of the coaching staff and essential admin staff
It's the 2 & 3 that are most important to me
It's obvious that some are upset and I can see how you feel the Bulls have been treated as a special case. Let's be blunt-- they have been.
It is difficult to be objective when you have been following a club since the 60's. But I do remember the League helping some of the clubs often mentioned -- in particular didn't the League put in staff to the Crusaders?
But I prefer to think that the majority of RL fans will take the attitude that Carney and Wells expressed on Boots n' All. And given the unanimity of the club's vote perhaps they feel that as well.