Oh they did. It just after a while made them look stupid. The same as it would with Koucash

Couldn't believe what i'd just read, needed to check I wasn't dreaming.



If I ever get in bother I want you to defend me, your ability to defend the indefensible is truly staggering!

If Mandy Koukash has her own money and her own credit lines not guaranteed by her husband, then there's no significant conflict of interest.



If she doesn't then there absolutely is. Salford and Bradford would be owned by the same business/financial source/person and there's no major sport in the world that would allow that with two competing clubs in the same league.

Because the Heatherington's don't own either club outright do they ffs give the twaddle a rest - your SL dream is in tatters and no amount of spin can hide the corrupted state the sport is now in.

Because the Hetheringtons are employees not majority owners. Nobody cries conflict of interest when the Grix brothers play against each other either.

Another big city club with a rich owner AND its got your panties in a bunch? Great work Mr and Mrs Koucash!

personally i love it, the clique that out numbers Koukash is now 1 less short. Not to mention if he pumps enough money and runs bradford correct it should be another strong team to the comp in 3 years how is that a bad thing?

Im not sure where this idea of an anti Koukash clique seems to have sprung from, he didnt vote with the same people in the restructure debate as the marquee debate.



It seems he just has his own ideas, im not sure anyone is particularly getting together against him.

so they don't have sway within there clubs? give over if Garry Heatherington says to his wife you need to vote this way she is going to argue with him? Didn't think so.

She might not, im pretty sure the people who own the club she works for might. Similarly im pretty sure Paul Caddick didnt build businesses worth hundreds of millions by letting his employees run his companies as their personal playthings.

He doesn't OWN the club. It's an entirely different thing. Owning two clubs in the same league is an invitation to financial and sporting malpractice which is why it's outlawed in every serious sports league in the world.



Say Salford play Bradford on the last day of the season. Salford are safe but a win keeps Bradford up. If Bradford lose the Koukash family stand to lose seven figures. Who wins the game? Is it due to a conflict of interest?



There's no equivalence with the Hetheringtons there because there's no massive personal financial stake.

This is the nub of it. No one really knows anything about Koukash's finances so it's difficult to speculate but I have my doubts she is independently funding this.



Another nightmare scenario for Chapeltown Road. They'll be desperate to end the Bradford saga and they'll be hammered if they block any deal. Similarly, they've got to protect the integrity of the competition and should scrutinise the takeover. No doubt they will also get hammered if they wave this deal through.

Let's go back in time!

Are you really this naive? You don't think there is potential conflict of interest regardless of owner of very snr exec managing a club? Please do me a favour the potential is no different.

Honestly? I don't have a problem with any chairman or coach using the f-word. None at all. If it had been a family day, or if he'd sworn at the local junior RL club event he recently attended, you would have a point. At a press event? In a post match press conference when emotions may be running high? No, I don't buy it. And this isn't because I'm a Salford fan, it's because I can't stand the prude-like nature of some corners of society. "Ooh, look at the bad man using naughty words, children might hear it, it's a disgrace!"



As it is, rules is rules so he gets the fine. That doesn't mean people can't point out how ridiculous it is, though. You hear swearing at these things on a fairly regular basis, but it's usually brushed over pretty quickly. I remember some scouse boxer squaring up to his opponent saying "I'm going to f**k you up, you little rat" in a press conference and all that happened was that the sound got turned down and Sky Sports News apologised. Was forgotten soon after.



Any comment on swearing amongst the crowd, yet?







I guess you wouldn't, after all, it may prove you wrong.







Bullsh*t. (Ooh, sorry, I swore, better wait for the fine...) Have a dig back on here. Have a look at posts on the Turkey. Go a bit further, delve through posts on Facebook and Twitter. The vast majority of rugby league fans are lining up to see it fall flat. It's pathetic.







Again, if you could point out where I've suggested he's being victimised by the RFL, it'd be much appreciated. Pointing out that it's a ridiculous outcry isn't a claim of victimisation, by the way. As it is, I think it's just another case of the game being run by a bunch of dinosaurs.

What?



You'll be telling me the FA aren't based out of Lancaster Gate in a minute.

One more thing. Which Koukash is buying Swinton again....

His twin brother.

Maybe one of his horses could buy the Broncos, naaaaaayyyyyyy

Which two clubs do the Hetheringtons own?

Why is ownership the issue? THey both sit on the boards of clubs and have before.



Oh sorry that doesn't fit in with your anti-Bradford stance

Bradford play Salford. Bradford need to win to stay up. Do you think he loves wifey enough. Or should that be do you think he loves himself enough

More like, Bradford become more successful than Salford, the doc cuts the money he lets his wife spend, so Salford overtake them.

In my teenage years, I used to play quite a bit of 'Championship Manager' on the computer.

Just to make things easier, I would invent another manager and 'take over' Man Utd. This had a number of benefits:

1) If any of my players turned out to be rubbish, I could 'buy' them as the Man Utd manager, giving me more money at Leeds Utd for the wages of other players.

2) If I couldn't afford a player, I'd 'buy' him for Man Utd and then at a much cheaper rate make the transfer from Man U to Leeds. Sometimes it was worthwhile buying good young players and leaving them at Man U for a while, a kind of "feeder team" before I brought them to Leeds if and when they were good enough.

3) I could reley on 6 points every season, with a big scoreline to boot.

4) IT WAS CHEATING.

What you worrying about Cas are a top team now.