This makes the Whitehead contract extension look like a ploy to get a larger transfer fee now....

I can only think they did that as a bargaining chip if and when other clubs come knocking. Either that or they have been told to pay up at very short notice.

Not if they go into administration.

No indication there as to why this has happened, or that they'd sell the club if need be. Very odd situation.

All seems a bit dodgy to me!

Same thing that we had to deal with? Players taxes?

how the mighty have fallen........i say lets get there top young'uns NOW... just as they did with radford.....no sentiment where business is concerned although i do feel for the bulls faithful...shame that faithful is a shadow of its former self...whats happend to teh 8000 other fans they used to get? certain bulls fans aka gloryhunters should hang there heads in shame and so should some of there board members

Bradford signing Harris has got to go down as 1 of the worst decisions by any sport club in recent memory. All of their problems seem to have stemmed since it kicked off over the legality of his signing.

Reading on their forum it sounds like mismanagement on a grand scale, and the bank may have had enough.

hope this means we can wipe the floor with them a bit this week, then invite their best players to stay.

also, can we wap out the donation buckets for them?

8,000 other fans? They got 11k against Salford last week. When did they ever get 19k?!

We should be going for their youngsters NOW. If we wait until administration, we'll have to compete with everyone else.

Quote ="Wellsy13"8,000 other fans? They got 11k against Salford last week. When did they ever get 19k?! We should be going for their youngsters NOW. If we wait until administration, we'll have to compete with everyone else.'" my mistake,a lthough there attendances are dwindling on the back of no success en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradford_Bulls_statistics

Quote ="Wellsy13"8,000 other fans? They got 11k against Salford last week. When did they ever get 19k?! We should be going for their youngsters NOW. If we wait until administration, we'll have to compete with everyone else.'" my mistake,a lthough there attendances are dwindling on the back of no success en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradford_Bulls_statistics

I find some of the comments on this thread by fellow Hull fans quite crass really.

The first thing some of you thought about was raiding their best talent, and taking advantage of the dire situation over there at Bradford. Rugby League community?

I remember a few years ago (maybe 10 years ago now) when Wakefield were in trouble, and even though we weren’t playing them that day, a lot of FC fans went to Belle Vue to offer their support (and brought with them some much needed revenue). How times have changed and some attitudes along with it.

As for people justifying it by bringing up the Radford move – give over.

The whole thing is corrupt, the RFL awarded Bull a B grade! then bought the stadium to bail them out, then they signed a player for a 5 yr deal a week ago!! and now they are out with the begging bowls, time for a stint NL1 me thinks...

Lesson number 1 against trying to buy glory

Not entirely sure what these points have to do with my post that you quoted? My post was aimed towards attitudes of those that wanted to get their pound of flesh and take advantage of their situation - not whether they should lose their license or not.

Let's have their best players then. Feel sorry for their fans, not a good situation at all, but have to think about our own progress.

Did they not do exactly that to us, when they signed Vaikona?

In days of old we'd have had a few songs to sing to them on Friday

"Your going bust with the Rovers"

but im sure we''ll just welcome them to the KC and politley clap them .

Well now is the best time to go in for players, they are up the creek and stand a very strong chance of going into administration, if they sell now they have a chance to keep their club!
Are you suggesting Bradford have never gone in for players when a club was struggling ? Its sport you win some and you lose some, if teams cannot hold their own at this level move down and make way for those who can.

Anyways, this is all setting up for a Hetherington takeover

Didnt they get a wildcats player like we did with obst when they went into admin? Look at it this way if we pay for there players then it helps Bradford out.

I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

I'm not suggesting that at all. I'm not trying to make a comparison to what other clubs have done in the past.

I'm having a go at the immediate repsonse by a few on here, and the excitement at potentially raiding them for their best players. It's not what our sport should be about, and I thought we as a group of fans were better than that.

As for your last point - I agree. If teams can't hold their own, they should make way, but again, that's not really the point I'm making.

It is what our sport is about though......it is dog eat dog to get players to sign for a club, this is not amateur this is the big boy league, clubs get the best players a all costs, and on this occasion it is at the cost of a club who cannot afford to compete in the league.