Pure speculation but are we to take it that the Bulls are in trouble, the local council know of this and want rid of the ground and the good old rfl steps in to save the day?
Joined: Jun 12 2003 Posts: 4022 Location: Kingston Upon Hull (East)
Nothing against Bradford what so ever and I am grateful that the RFL want to save clubs but it has to be fair. Hunslet and Keighley have been shafted let alone Gateshead and Crusaders as soon as the going got tough!
This is without even touching on the struggles we have had and the time it has taken us to get where we are through sheer hard work.
On the flip side Odsal in a few years time could be worth a bob or two and the RFL could make a tidy sum selling it allowing more money in to the game.
Joined: Jan 15 2007 Posts: 11924 Location: Secret Hill Top Lair. V.2
Seems strange, I'd like to know an awful lot more about this before I was pass judgement.
As far as I understand, Bradford City Council own Odsal, they are the most hopeless council ever (Item 1. Raze the city centre to the ground and then realise you've got no money to rebuild it) and it could be argued have been holding The Bulls back. The RFL coming in and buying the ground and then renting it Bradford at market rate doesn't seem that disimilar to our own arrangement, just a different sort of landlord.
However, as I say, it will be interesting if we we ever get to see any of the finer points of this.
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Joined: Jun 06 2006 Posts: 170 Location: EAST HULL IS WONDERFUL
The difference being, the RFL own Odsal, giving them a vested interest in whoever plays there. Whats the chances of Bradford getting a licence next time round? I will bet my mortgage they get one. If they had money problems (and rumours were rife towards the end of last season that they did), surely the RFL would have had a sniff a while back. If thats the case, why did they get a licence?
Joined: Mar 05 2007 Posts: 13190 Location: Hedon (sometimes), sometimes Premier Inn's
nick hkr wrote:Nothing against Bradford what so ever and I am grateful that the RFL want to save clubs but it has to be fair. Hunslet and Keighley have been shafted let alone Gateshead and Crusaders as soon as the going got tough!
This is without even touching on the struggles we have had and the time it has taken us to get where we are through sheer hard work.
On the flip side Odsal in a few years time could be worth a bob or two and the RFL could make a tidy sum selling it allowing more money in to the game.
Bit like the banks, some are too big to fail.
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Joined: Mar 05 2007 Posts: 13190 Location: Hedon (sometimes), sometimes Premier Inn's
PAC wrote:I really lost faith in the rfl over Chase playing for England.Then they accept Stobarts instead of betfair,Gleesongate it just rolls on and on........
Lost faith in them many years ago TBH, just enjoy watching the action.
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Not got a real problem with this, suppose it depends on teh Ts & Cs and what they would do for other clubs in a similar position. It does definitely throw up a lot of questions around franchising and vested interests. Still I would rather see this than watch a team go to the wall.
I suppose one 'gripe' I do have is that if the Bulls are in financial trouble, which is a valid thought and the RFL are assisting them by this action then surely they can't virtually give away season passes like they have last season. If they do are the RFL subsidising the fans to go and watch.
Joined: Mar 05 2007 Posts: 13190 Location: Hedon (sometimes), sometimes Premier Inn's
barham red wrote:Not got a real problem with this, suppose it depends on teh Ts & Cs and what they would do for other clubs in a similar position. It does definitely throw up a lot of questions around franchising and vested interests. Still I would rather see this than watch a team go to the wall.
I suppose one 'gripe' I do have is that if the Bulls are in financial trouble, which is a valid thought and the RFL are assisting them by this action then surely they can't virtually give away season passes like they have last season. If they do are the RFL subsidising the fans to go and watch.
Good point, especially when they happily watch lower league clubs struggle and go under (Bramley). They did sweet FA to help us when we were close to going out of business, which is ridiculous considering they had just ben given millions by Sky and allowed the top clubs to carve it up for themselves (ironically, led by Chris Casely of Bradford)
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