Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Mon May 10, 2010 1:06 pm  

The £100k fine of which £40k was suspended was because Hull could not be kicked out of the competition. So I believe the fine was this high due to the RFL not wishing Hull to profit from the fact that they remained in the tournament.

Halifax will not profit from a run in the challenge cup as they were away in the last round and gained no money from this round due to the game being cancelled. I would expect us to be fined no more than £5k at most or expect expulsion and forfeit of prize money from last round to be sufficient.

Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Mon May 10, 2010 1:08 pm  

One must assume that the RFL will now backflush all teamsheets for all games played by ALL teams in the CC. I suspect we are not an isolated case!

Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Mon May 10, 2010 1:11 pm  

Encouraged wrote:

One must assume that the RFL will now backflush all teamsheets for all games played by ALL teams in the CC. I suspect we are not an isolated case!

I would expect that clubs are currently doing that themselves.

Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Mon May 10, 2010 3:57 pm  

Put it this way, I'd rather be in your situation than my team's.

We're skint, have low attendences, have had 60 put past us 3 times this season, and only 1 point to show for the first half of the season.

You'll come back a better club for going through this.

See you in a fortnight.

Keep the faith.

Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Mon May 10, 2010 4:29 pm  

Encouraged wrote:

One must assume that the RFL will now backflush all teamsheets for all games played by ALL teams in the CC. I suspect we are not an isolated case!

Why would you hope for another club to be in the same ridiculous situation as yours. Do you not think its embarrassing enough for the sport that Halifax and the RFL have created such a amatuerish c*ck up of things as it is.

And I would be astonished if there were others making the same mistake. After all how many incidents of this have we seen in recent history? Without looking it up I can only think of Hull and yourselves it would appear.

Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Mon May 10, 2010 5:03 pm  

Off! Number Seven wrote:

Why would you hope for another club to be in the same ridiculous situation as yours. Do you not think its embarrassing enough for the sport that Halifax and the RFL have created such a amatuerish c*ck up of things as it is.

And I would be astonished if there were others making the same mistake. After all how many incidents of this have we seen in recent history? Without looking it up I can only think of Hull and yourselves it would appear.

They are the only incidents which have been noticed but, as the RFL have shown that they don't monitor the teams and have to be told of any infringements by the fans, whose to say how many others have slipped through the net?

Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Mon May 10, 2010 5:10 pm  

My point entirely. This is not cut n dried imo.

Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Mon May 10, 2010 5:28 pm  

Well this one certainly didn't slip through the net, the fact that it took 3 weeks and was raised on this forum is not proof that it would not have been realised at a later date, with potentially more significant and embarrassing consequences for the club and sport.

And I would say it is "cut and dried" as far as Fax are concerned as he played for Rochdale in the 3rd round and Halifax in the 4th round. No ambiguity there. I sincerely hope there are no more incidents at any other clubs and to be honest I don't expect any either, it isn't rocket science.

Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Mon May 10, 2010 5:49 pm  

Fax Machine wrote:

They are the only incidents which have been noticed but, as the RFL have shown that they don't monitor the teams and have to be told of any infringements by the fans, whose to say how many others have slipped through the net?

Just thought.... if the RFL couldnt even check a team sheet (yes I know it was Halifax's fault, but they still had 3 weeks to check into this!)... what confidence is their now in the RFL's "live" salary cap checks....

Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Mon May 10, 2010 5:57 pm  

I don't expect there would be many instances at all. In-season transfers aren't all that common these days.