Absolutely no one knows who is getting the club. Not even the RFL. There said it.



Deadline for bids is midday on Monday. A new club will be born at some point. The only thing that may change is where they start as timescales and player availability are short. The RFL may have to concede this and it wouldn't surprise me if they have alternative plans already in place if it is decided their original plans won't work.

Bulls supposed to be playing Batley next Sunday too. Can't see that one happening!

Very true.



I'm sure Huddersfield can muster a Bradford Bulls select team themselves



Hope something can be sorted out for Luke Robinsons sake, be a shame if he misses out

Huddersfield can just play with themselves...

Apologies for being blunt but testimonial and friendly games are the least of our worries at the moment.

The question is why would anyone with financial clout take on the Bulls? If they invest in the team, restore the club to its former glories, they end up with a business that will be fortunate to break even or make a small profit. They're not going to recoup the losses they are bound to incur in the next few years. They might do that if they have a genuine love of the club or sport but those indinividuals seem to be in short supply.



It only makes sense to someone with financial clout if there is another angle, such as the ability to re-develop the stadium and surrounding area. If they take on the club and then find that there are too many obstacles to that plan they are likely to lose interest in the rugby club very quickly.

There will be a new directive from the RFL, anyone not named in the other teams 19 man match day squad will be allowed to play for the Bradford Barbarian Bulls on a week to week basis

Yeah. Shame for Robinson though. IIRC he asked for us. That might be worth sticking a tenner in his pot.

Can you have a deadline for something that doesn't exist?



You can due diligence till the cows come home.

Crystal Ball time - 12.01 Monday



No bids received from anybody under the RFL terms.



RFL decide to relegate New Co Bullocks to C1 under a new Company wholly owned by the RFL to play at Odsal under a peppercorn rent for 3 years.



Toronto & Bulls to swap fixtures and make a few adjustments to fit in with Cold Canada weather.



RFL - having managed the 3 year period correctly then open offers again.





Key points - RFL HAVE to have a club playing at Odsal to maintain Lease Regulations.



Stability for new Co for 3 years.



Special conditions for New Players to maintain a decent squad.

They do? Or is it just that they can't use it for another purpose in order to protect an existing team which is about to cease to exist. If there's no replacement the RFL lose their investment and the council are free to sell.



There'll be no RFL owned and run team. There's more pie in that sky than there is with the NRL club set to swoop in.

Or multi millionaire comes in and buys Cooper cronk and the Burgess boys by 1.00pm

I agree. As much as there are bigger things going on, it's still a shame if Luke Robinson missed out on his testimonial game. Just because bigger issues are in play, doesn't mean we have to not be ar$ed about smaller ones.

17 now the proportion to repay must be pretty small now.



That was purely for the 'settlement' money and I'm far from sure there is any limit on the number of games in terms of the general lease. I guess the RFL could set up an amateur team to play at Odsal if they wanted, after all the original business granted the money is long gone.

Bradford Bulls Ex-Players vs Bradford Bulls Future Players

Dang. There is literally nothing about that deal that did anybody any good.

One of the best deals the council ever made, imo.



Of course it took two parties to agree to it, and if our then board hadn't been quite so gung ho about how they were going to get such an unbelievable team, that would attract, oooh, who knows, 50k for home games per week? then maybe they might have gone through the small print little more closely.

How do you know "Recently" Exiled ? Best check my possessions for tags

Or ex-players vs future ex-players.

Re: saying yes to Braveheart being Mark Moore;



Now, now. Outing a poster as someone on the inside all while hiding behind a username yourself is a bit don't you think?

Ah, assumed given it was your first post that you were a recently departed player. It didn't occur to me to check when you first signed up. The kind of due diligence can take weeks.

Particularly when it seems to me unlikely that a player's dad would know that. Makes you wonder who it actually is.

Luke Robinson was on Pulse radio last Wed on RHP show (when Leon did his speech) and he was hoping it would be ok but were working towards Batley as a back up testimonial fixture.



I'm playing catch up so someone may have already mentioned this.

Yeah, the local taxpayer did well. I was thinking in terms of the RFL's behind closed doors decision to take it on, making us the subject of a morality tale that must play out.

. An even better deal for the RFL when, surprise surprise, we went belly up a short while afterwards and if they hadn't taken the loan they'd have got pennies in the pound from admin.