£3 million offered for bulls : Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:06 am  

http://www.superleaguefans.com/ This can only be a good thing, if the administrator has confidence in ABC saying they will stay at odsal then maybe the rfl will.

http://www.superleaguefans.com/ This can only be a good thing, if the administrator has confidence in ABC saying they will stay at odsal then maybe the rfl will.

Re: £3 million offered for bulls : Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:30 am  

Sounds good. Stay at Odsal, stay in SL and a points deduction. Will the other clubs vote to keep Bulls in SL though? Could a "Yes" vote also spell the end of franchising?

Re: £3 million offered for bulls : Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:46 am  

if its yes or a no the RFL has the power to overrule the clubs decision anyway seems pointless in letting them vote

Re: £3 million offered for bulls : Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:53 am  

broadybull87 wrote:

if its yes or a no the RFL has the power to overrule the clubs decision anyway seems pointless in letting them vote

I agree, unless its overwhelming one way or the other, which from the leaks/rumours dosen't seem to be the case (about 50/50?). I'd rather the rfl took a view from each club then made their own decision based on whats best for the game.

Re: £3 million offered for bulls : Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:14 am  

I'd rather the rfl took a view from each club then made their own decision based on whats best for the Bulls.....................oh and let's just forget about the points deduction shall we

Re: £3 million offered for bulls : Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:17 am  

staffbull1973 wrote:

I'd rather the rfl took a view from each club then made their own decision based on whats best for the Bulls.....................oh and let's just forget about the points deduction shall we

Yes, I like your thinking, your ways better

Re: £3 million offered for bulls : Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:21 am  

Except that it isn't really a "£3m offer". That's just the losses that they expect to make in the next couple of years. The key question is how much they're prepared to pay the creditors, which we haven't been told

Re: £3 million offered for bulls : Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:25 am  

Tigerade wrote:

Sounds good. Stay at Odsal, stay in SL and a points deduction. Will the other clubs vote to keep Bulls in SL though? Could a "Yes" vote also spell the end of franchising?

It could, because if the Bull's business failings don't warrant forfeiture of license (and I'm not saying they do) who else is likely to be in a sufficiently worse situation to justify expulsion in 2014?

Re: £3 million offered for bulls : Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:43 am  

smoking monkey wrote:

It could, because if the Bull's business failings don't warrant forfeiture of license (and I'm not saying they do) who else is likely to be in a sufficiently worse situation to justify expulsion in 2014?

Except there will be no expulsion. The RFL and the clubs will first decide on how many SL teams they want in SL, and then whatever number that is licences will be given to those making what are deemed to be the best bids.

Re: £3 million offered for bulls : Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:49 am  

Playing Devil's Advocate,

I don't agree that RFL should give ABC the lease back as part of the conditions. I agree they should get some assurances that Bulls stay in SL ( like Wakefield did) at least until the next round of licenses and apply again with the rest of SL but what is to stop ABC in a couple of years saying no it didnt work we are selling the ground to pay of the debts and going to ground share elsewhere.

Didn't the last BOD give the lease to the RFL to pay off the loan they owed the RFL, so effectivley they would be receiving a big handout from the RFL and other clubs are in Debt and not getting anything from the RFL.