Re: Bradford Bulls | Administration : Tue Nov 15, 2016 9:52 am  

Sal Paradise wrote:

Perhaps they could ground share with Halifax - they also seem to be having a cash squeeze?

Or merge with Keighley...

[Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino]

Re: Bradford Bulls | Administration : Tue Nov 15, 2016 10:21 am  

Biff Tannen wrote:

Or merge with Keighley...

Re: Bradford Bulls | Administration : Tue Nov 15, 2016 12:23 pm  

I'm told Rhinos made an offer to buy out the remainder of Mellors contract with Bulls last month but got turned down, might be worth another phonecall in light of this? Definitely strikes me as one of their better players.

[Frosties.]

Re: Bradford Bulls | Administration : Tue Nov 15, 2016 12:58 pm  

Xykojen wrote:

I'm told Rhinos made an offer to buy out the remainder of Mellors contract with Bulls last month but got turned down, might be worth another phonecall in light of this? Definitely strikes me as one of their better players.

Heard the same. Believe that we will go back in for him now, especially who his agent is, same goes with Adam O'Brien, another face Leeds monitor

Re: Bradford Bulls | Administration : Tue Nov 15, 2016 4:03 pm  

Biff Tannen wrote:

Or merge with Keighley...

Lawkholme Ln is just about big enough for the current level of support for the Bulls

[Frosties.]

Re: Bradford Bulls | Administration : Wed Nov 16, 2016 6:19 pm  

Bradford Bulls have been expelled by the RFL. Championship license revoked at this moment in time so currently they are not a rugby league club.

This surely means the player contracts are null and void making them free agents?

[Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino]

Re: Bradford Bulls | Administration : Wed Nov 16, 2016 7:27 pm  

TBF they are only expelled until someone buys their share then they'll be re-admitted.

Terrible.

Re: Bradford Bulls | Administration : Wed Nov 16, 2016 9:12 pm  

The moment that they fail to pay the players they become free agents as their contracts have been broken.

Re: Bradford Bulls | Administration : Wed Nov 16, 2016 9:19 pm  

The issue with the players isn't really their contracts, its their registration. Those registrations have (theoretical) value to the administrator.

Re: Bradford Bulls | Administration : Wed Nov 16, 2016 10:06 pm  

How do you sell the registration of a player that you've broken the contract with? I get what you are saying and that normally underpins a transfer (you are buying the registration of the player) but it can't apply in the case of a broken contract. Let's hope th Bulls have appointed better administrators his time than they did in the past, where they appeared to be little more than vultures picking over a carcass...