Doubt that. They pay for the games on the screen not the number of teams in the competition. There may be a clause in the agreement that says otherwise but I doubt it because it's an unforeseeable situation.

They wouldnt get less games, they would get the same amount of games. We would simply have a round less.

Sky pay for 70 games, at most, all it would do is require us to split one round of games over 2 weeks

Plus it would allow is, if the details could be sorted out with the NRL, to have the WCC as the pinnacle of the MM weekend

No it isnt

No it wouldnt

There's some twists and turns in this yet; At the fans meeting tonight a director of Greenwoods (one of the Bulls sponsors) turned up, and told everyone including the Administrator that he'd been trying to get in touch.

The administrators response - 'I don't have voicemail'.

Shoddy.

Very.....

85 stores nationwide.......I reckon they could afford to buy the club.

I find it hard to believe that somebody hasn't stepped up.....unless any new buyer would look for assurances that in 2014 they will be given another 3 years

looks like the official site has had the plug pulled? negate the hosting costs? www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/

looks like the official site has had the plug pulled? negate the hosting costs? www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/

sorry 26 game season.

No, 24 game season, no Magic weekend either

More importantly, I'm pretty sure Greenwoods was bought out by very rich chinese firm.

We could do what we want really.

We dont have an straight home/away season now and havent for about 15 years, why would we be forced to now?

True it just seems ' fairer ' that way, then again, this is RL

Only in Rugby League!

I guess Bull Man & Bull boy have gone the same way as the website

((Its up to the clubs to run their ships properly, the Bulls gambled on bigger crowds and uplifted merchandise sales. It didnt pay off and they didnt balance their books and are now paying the price. This is NOTHING to do with the RFL in any way shape or form.))

The RFL granted them a licence with dodgy finances as they did with Crusaders so they have to share some of the blame.


((Attendences are up, viewing figures on TV are up, the league is even more competative than ever, the National side has genuine competition for places...yes, its in good shape.'"

As a Bradford fan i am sickened by the way C***ley and his puppet are treating the players,employees and supporters of this great club and dragging its once good name through the gutter. I was so proud to be a Bulls fan on Friday shouting myself ho at Wigan, now i am just embarrassed.
Now is the hour for all true supporters to stand up and say enough is enough and band together to try and form a new team for 2013 in Championship 1. I would rather start again in the lower leagues and have the respect of other RL fans than possibly continue in SL with certain people running the club. I can't imagine it would cost that much to raise a team for CC1, certainly not £500K!
Come on Northern Bulls!

OK, so a slight modification:

Spend what you like, provided:

a) Club's debt/income ratio is below a to-be-decided-and-enforced fixed amount. ( Benefactors can give money to their heart's content, but not as debt)
b) In any event, no more than 13 players on > £100k
c) No more than an additional 13 on > £40k
d) For every £1 spent over a 'soft cap' of say £1.5M, an additional £1 has to be invested into an externally audited club infrastructure fund, and an additional £1 given to a grass-roots fund managed by the RFL...but please can Nigel Wood go first



That way, when I win the Euromillions rollover I can put money into the game (knowing perfectly well it's unlikely to be the greatest 'investment' ever made) via an attempt to make sure my *own team* (we're all human) is brilliant, but without being guaranteed to succeed ( I can't just sweep up any half-decent player) , and in any case, benefiting the rest of the game too.

not much has made me chuckle this morning, but that did.