Re: Latest state of play posts only : Wed Aug 01, 2012 3:44 pm  

The Devil's Advocate wrote:

Bang on, it’s pointless.

However, if you had your original bid rejected & it was pointed out why, would you leave in the same stipulations at the second attempt?

Depends what sort of game I was playing to be honest.

We don't know the nature or content of discussions behind the scenes.

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Wed Aug 01, 2012 3:45 pm  

wildshot wrote:

Whilst the previous management team of Bradford were awarded a 3 year licence, there is nothing to suggest what the ABC team propose as a business plan. Wakefield saw out their season when they came out of administration then applied for a licence. (The fact it was also the 3 year licence re-application period is coincidental.)

I have no issue at all if Bradford are bought out then re-apply for their licence for 2013 onwards. That is the same as the situation with Wakefield.

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It isn’t co-incidental, it is fundmental.

Wakefield were applying for a licence like everybody else in SL, they knew the timeframe, format, process, and competition. Them being bought put them in exactly the same position as everybody else in RL if you want to be in SL you put in a winning bid. That applied as much to Paul Caddick as it did to Andrew Glover.

In this situation no-one knows the process, no-one knows if there will be a ‘bid’ process, no-one knows if Bradford will be included or discounted from it, no-one knows how long that licence is for, no-one knows when this process will be or when the decision is made.

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Wed Aug 01, 2012 3:48 pm  

No guarantee of which league we'll be in + no way we can buy back the lease = No Bradford Bulls!!! Given the VERY clear statement from Mr. Solly no wiggle room for change without th RFL looking very stupid.

So RFL - why would you advance us more cash from Sky money to pay August wages unless it's to really save face for this year!!! Should the Widnes game even happen now?

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Wed Aug 01, 2012 3:49 pm  

SmokeyTA wrote:

It isn’t co-incidental, it is fundmental.

Wakefield were applying for a licence like everybody else in SL, they knew the timeframe, format, process, and competition. Them being bought put them in exactly the same position as everybody else in RL if you want to be in SL you put in a winning bid. That applied as much to Paul Caddick as it did to Andrew Glover.

In this situation no-one knows the process, no-one knows if there will be a ‘bid’ process, no-one knows if Bradford will be included or discounted from it, no-one knows how long that licence is for, no-one knows when this process will be or when the decision is made.

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Wed Aug 01, 2012 4:03 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

Eh? So if I was the bidder, and made it crystal that I ONLY want a SL club, and am not interested in running a Championship side, perhaps you can explain to me why on earth I would prepare an alternative business plan for something I am not under any circumstances going to do?

precisely FA. Its not a sugar daddy bid, its a bunch of businessmen that can see that the only way a business plan will work for the Bulls is to have an SL crowd in a redeveloped stadium. The RFL's stance means that only sugar daddies with money to burn need apply. That is not a practicable model for expanding the game. So until a sugar daddy turns up or the RFL change their stance, hello Gloucester University.

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Wed Aug 01, 2012 4:38 pm  

Every turn,a stone wall,every step forward,one back...are we really sure,Ganson and his mates are not part of the decision makers at Red Hall...things couldn't get any worse could they?

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Wed Aug 01, 2012 4:40 pm  

Word is that Bradford will be relegated at season end with no one coming up to replace them.

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Wed Aug 01, 2012 4:47 pm  

Geoff wrote:

Word is that Bradford will be relegated at season end with no one coming up to replace them.

Bilko from your board tweeted that earlier?!

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Wed Aug 01, 2012 4:50 pm  

Geoff wrote:

Word is that Bradford will be relegated at season end with no one coming up to replace them.

Call me old fashioned but I can remember a time when the team that came bottom of the league was relegated.

Maybe this is a new marketing ploy to generate more excitement in SL - random relegation?

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Wed Aug 01, 2012 4:51 pm  

Could a club liquidated be relegated, that doesn't sound possible.