Do you think you will get the same backing from the rfl as bradford did?

No!

Two Hopes Bob and No

If the RFL get involved I reckon the dreaded name change will come to the fore.

Perhaps if we call ourselves Salford Bulls the RFL will help us.

Can the RLF afford to help Salford out ? Where would to cash come from ?

Sale City Reds anyone?

This now gives the RFL the opportunity to slim down SuperLeague. Temporary licence until the next franchise and then Bradford & Salford refused licence due to financial mismanagement. Slims down SL, whilst keeping even number of teams for the fixture list.

Define "Financial Mismanagement". Administration events are already covered in Licensing, but if a club doesn't go into administration how to you classify them as financially mismanaged?

You would surely have to add salary cap breaking under the same heading.

Plus you would have to add wakey to that as well.

They should do imo.

Will be picking away games this year, but will be bringing the family to Salford and making sure I buy a programme, few drinks etc.

Good luck.

As Sale isn't a City I'd say that's pretty much a none started.

I'm not sure how much, if anything, we get from drinks sales to be honest.

the RFL can't afford to bail out salford...

Salford Sharks it is then

The RFL don't seem to be able to see past their front door with the financial problems of a number of SL teams i hop you get everything sorted out as i for one would not like to see Salford or any other RL Team disappear. The RFL should give you the Sky money that they have withheld from us to you to get you up and running.

Good luck again.

withheld from you??.........did'nt they advance you next years sky money to get you through last season?? or have i got that wrong?

You've got it wrong. The money advanced was the remaining 2012 sky payments plus a small amount from 2013. Certainly not the 650k being held back next year or the 600k being held back the following year.

ah ok ta

You have concrete evidence of this?

So lets get this straight, you are suggesting the RFL , Loaned you several hundred thousand pounds, bought the lease for you stadium, all to keep you playing through a season, then ' fine ' you?





They bailed you with next years money, you pay it back ( or dont recieve it ) over two years

They will also get the money back anyway via a subsidy on ground rent. A 100k cut price annual rent is double what Wakefield are paying. It facilities they are getting in return has the potential to double the income of ours! No way is that rent the market rate.

One thing for sure the RFL can't just stand buy and do nothing, the precedent has been set!

The RFL brought the lease to the ground in late 2011 early 2012 before the season started, the sky money advanced was for the 2012 season the same as all the other teams got. so we did not get anything more than any other team in SL

You have concrete evidence of this?

Keep dreaming starbug. RFL advanced us 2 or 3 months wages which were less than 200k each. Not 1.2millon your suggesting. The remaining 2012 sky monies pretty much covered amount they advanced us. This is a topic that's been clarified at out fans forums since the takeover and can't see RFL standing by and saying nothing if new owners aren't telling the truth on this.

Difference is your landlord has you over a barrel. There isn't another stadium you can go play at if you don't pay what they want, unless you go to oakwell or, gods forbid, go to cas. We can play at VP for same rent we pay at odsal. Market rate is set by the local market. What your having to pay is pretty irrelevant.

So you are suggesting that the RFL have FINED you 1.25 million pounds ?