I bet he didn't pay to get in.

Why would he pay to have a meeting with potential investors?

Ah, like 5th, and with no chance of winning the Grand Final.

I'd imagine that the RFL are waiting to see what happens to the club or if there's actually going to be a club to hand out a points deduction to

Update on BBC Radio Leeds;

* Deadline extended to July 27th
* wages for July will be paid this week (by the RFL)
* consortium is 6 businessmen in 'housing, property and restaurants'
* consortium do NOT want Administrator to sell Bulls young stars

Liquidation deadline extended to 27th July.

This is a complete and utter shambles. Still, plenty of publicity for Rugby League. The only time you hear about the game on Radio 5 Live is when we do something bad. Thanks to Bradford, we're on every day.

A bit of anti climax really. I was expecting either a knight in shining armour to be the saviour or the Bulls to be no more. Also is the deadline of today seems to be a bit of a farce? Now that they have extended it to the 27th July

Whats shambolic about an extension of a liquidation deadline?

The money coming from the RFL by the way is an advance on the Sky money - not just a handout.

I'm on about the whole sorry saga of a flagship SL club dragging the game into shambolic media attention.

fair enough.

I hope that the RFL money for wages is a loan.
i guess that 13 other clubs would also be happy if the RFL paid wages for a month.

The comments suggest that the administrator is blackmailing the RFL. I will extend the admin process if you pay the wages.

Its an advance on their sky money, as stated above.

Shhh, don't let facts get in the way of ill-informed rants

I would say more like the responsible temporary current or recent persons operating the flagship SL club. The club itself is one of the most renowned rugby league clubs on the planet, with a great history, and great fans. It is to the eternal shame of whoever is responsible on the 2012 watch that they have let the flagship hit the rocks, but those people are not one and the same as the flagship itself, which is a million times bigger than them.

BBC Sport's George Riley on Twitter: "Consortium CAN afford to buy Bradford but discussing if it can afford to cover losses. Any offer would depend on RFL handing back Odsal."

But did "the club" become "flagship" by being irresponsible financially? Did "the club" pick up its grand recent history and all the trophies on the back of financial recklessness? Are Bradford just an "ordinary" club, relatively speaking?

As in, just giving it back for free?

Small price to pay to "curry" favour with potential investors

It's only an asset that they paid £1.25m for.

Why shouldn't they gift it to the newco?

They will erect a statue at Odsal of Nigel Wood. They'll have to knock the Richard Dunn sports centre down to house it though.

I think George got his words twisted.

Guilfoyle confirmed: “For the deal to go through we need the RFL to agree to us remaining in the top division and buying the ground back from them.

Sounds like blackmail to me.

The RFL didn't give such assurances to a potential owner of Wakefield when they were in administration so they shouldn't give them to any potential owner of Bradford either.

But I rather think they will.

Why is it so easy for people to jump to conclusions? The exact news release in full sounds nothing like blackmail!

The RFL refused to make such assurances to an [iextremely[/i wealthy potential buyer of WTW, which is what prompted him to walk away from the deal.

Back then, a SL licence was NOT for sale - I wonder if that remains the case?