Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2017 15:39:55 GMT
With the sad news Bradford have gone to the wall (again) I'm wondering if the rest of rugby league in the UK might look seriously if the RFL in it's current guise is fit to run the game? There are reports on line that Marc Green is being investigated for fraud, missing money and false accounting which does beg the question how well vetted for the fit & proper test was he?
Might be fun if the Doc was to re instigate his call for a vote of no confidence in the powers that be right now as I'm sure he would get a much more sympathetic ear from many chairman than last time. I always wonder if another club was near to extinction if the RFL would purchase the ground they play on to alleviate the financial burden as they did with Bradford before they gave Green the go ahead to drag them backwards to an even worse place.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2017 16:32:42 GMT
Apparently Salford are to offer loan player assistance, might be a good avenue for some of the younger players to test themselves.
|
|
|
|
Post by rednotdead on Jan 3, 2017 17:26:27 GMT
It's good Salford are offering to help. I'm certainly no Bradford fan but a small sport such as rugby league can't afford to lose clubs with history like theirs. I do wander if anybody would have offered to help if Salford had folded a few years back though.
|
|
|
|
Post by tony13 on Jan 3, 2017 17:44:20 GMT
It's good Salford are offering to help. I'm certainly no Bradford fan but a small sport such as rugby league can't afford to lose clubs with history like theirs. I do wander if anybody would have offered to help if Salford had folded a few years back though. Possibly not. That doesn't change the fact that you should offer help to a friend (or anybody, really) who finds themselves in trouble. It's the right thing to do, regardless. |
|
|
|
Post by rednotdead on Jan 3, 2017 17:52:58 GMT
Agreed. I was just trying to make the point that it shouldn't be that certain clubs will get help if they're in trouble and others don't. Surely more teams competing can only be for the good of the game in general
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2017 18:06:57 GMT
Can't see how they could have kicked them out of the championship with all the fixtures already announced but the 12 point deduction for me is fully justified.
As others say doubt a Salford or Wakefield would have been given the assistence Bradford have had over the years, them buying the stadium was a highly dodgy business deal for me, as to be fair it appears was giving Marc Green the go ahead.
Salford lending players is a master stroke, Bradford is a RL hotbed so you'd think the club will get to see good young Bradford players first hand and steal a march on any available to sign.
|
|
|
|
Post by rednotdead on Jan 3, 2017 18:15:01 GMT
There's every chance they'll go down at the end of the season. Twelve points is a lot to make up with a side likely to be cobbled together with whoever they can get hold of
|
|
|
|
Post by knightsthatsay on Jan 4, 2017 7:11:58 GMT
 If if we are looking to loan players it maybe on the back off picking a few up too! |
|
|
|
Post by knightsthatsay on Jan 4, 2017 7:26:13 GMT
Oops didn't see this had already been discussed on rumour thread!
|
|
|
|
Post by kreuzberg999 on Jan 4, 2017 17:53:37 GMT
Ex Red Jason Walton the first player to Leave the Bulls ,Gone to Featherstone
|
|
|
|
Post by oldred on Jan 5, 2017 11:13:04 GMT
From what I have read in the RFL rules any delay in paying HMRC over 28 days has to be reported to RFL to retain membership. Given that the failure to pay HMRC has been known about for a long time why has the RFL not taken action earlier and before administration
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2017 14:13:59 GMT
From what I have read in the RFL rules any delay in paying HMRC over 28 days has to be reported to RFL to retain membership. Given that the failure to pay HMRC has been known about for a long time why has the RFL not taken action earlier and before administration Have you ever tried to read something with your head in the sand? The reality is they have screwed up big time with Bradford, twice now people have been given control of a big rugby league club and run it even further into the ground, horrible as it is if anything goes wrong this season I can see Bradford folding permanently. |
|
