Re: Marc Green statement / Appeal : Thu Jun 26, 2014 4:38 pm  

leedsbull wrote:

If the appeal does go ahead and say the courts find in Bradfords favor would there then be the question of compensation. Because the points were deducted MG would argue that is the reason for being relegated(loss of key players, being is special measures etc). I wonder how much that would amount to. Not being in super league, loss of gate receipts, sky monies,merchandising etc.
I don't think we would be re-instated to super league but a decent amount of compensation would be due.

Yes but in defence they would say most if not all these things would have happened in any case due to our own mismanagement. You might even get a judge with a sense of humour who might say the Bulls could have mitigated these losses by not playing so cr*p!

Re: Marc Green statement / Appeal : Thu Jun 26, 2014 4:41 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

MG said that they advice they had received from their lawyers was basically that they were 100% confident of success..

Presumably they will be taking it on as a no win no fee case then.

Re: Marc Green statement / Appeal : Thu Jun 26, 2014 5:45 pm  

Just seen this on the Wakie board,what a sensible post.Well done that man.




As someone from the outside looking in my thoughts are that the Bulls have every right to seek action in the high court if correct procedures have not been followed. It may not suit the rest of us but they have rights under law.

In previous seasons where points have been deducted there has been no relegation so the worst that could happen is you miss out on the top eight. Do you really think other clubs would have just meekly accepted points deductions if there was a chance they may get relegated, I don't.

The other issue here is the Sky money, the rest of Super League was happy to take the Bulls cut and effectively put them points in arrears even before the season started. So before the points deduction they were not on a level playing field to every other team, remember it was the Bulls previous (discredited) board that accepted that scenario, not the new board and owners.

The easiest way out for everybody is to put back the structural changes by one season. A lot of people were against the changes anyway and it was pretty much forced through by the RFL, and only by some clubs refusing to vote (the reasons for that are very murky and have never been disclosed).

The whole thing is a mess and I put a massive part of that blame at the RFL's door. Everyone says they are not fit to run the game, especially some club owners so why is everyone quick to defend them.

Re: Marc Green statement / Appeal : Thu Jun 26, 2014 5:53 pm  

For me we don't have a good track record with legal dealings! This also is too little too late! We should have put the effort into replacing the players we lost and give ourselves the best chance to get the points back on the pitch. From what I've seen there has been precious little squad rebuilding and this has been our biggest problem, ineffective squad coached by an inexperienced coaching team.....Put us out of our misery and get on with planning for next season.

Re: Marc Green statement / Appeal : Thu Jun 26, 2014 6:13 pm  

Marc Green and you guys do right, somethings not right and the RFL are trying to sweep it away, hopefully a High court case will bring a few truths out into the open.
Good Luck !

Re: Marc Green statement / Appeal : Thu Jun 26, 2014 6:27 pm  

Or they will lose the case putting back the finances further.

When it goes to court, it does not mean the Bulls will win.

Also they keep stating that they will appeal so long as it's in the clubs interest. Does this mean if it gets to the end of the year and the Bulls are still too many points adrift regardless of the outcome of the case, they will drop the case.

How will the courts view that??? Will the RFL be able to counter sue for a malicious case being raised?

It has a ring of other cases RL clubs have taken to court, convinced by lawyers who want to make money that they have a good case, but it then turns out not to be the case.

Re: Marc Green statement / Appeal : Thu Jun 26, 2014 7:08 pm  

Marc Green and the club are right to take the action to court if they believe it stands a good chance of us winning. Just cos we lost a pretty high profile case once shouldn't mean that we never defend ourselves again.

If we did we might as well just announce out loud that anyone can just shaft us and we'll just smile and take it... I don't think so.

I'd rather go down thinking we'd tried everything in our power than wonder what if???

Re: Marc Green statement : Thu Jun 26, 2014 7:49 pm  

[quote="Rarebreed"]Blake Solly was asked re how many overseas players were on the quota for SL2 and he stated five but Bradford Bulls can only have two .[/quote
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Re: Marc Green statement / Appeal : Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:28 pm  

Richard Cramer said on radio Leeds that he thought we had a decent case and in his opinion we would be most likely to win if it went to the high court.

Re: Marc Green statement / Appeal : Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:03 pm  

Getting more interesting by the day this scenario don't you all think