Seeing as the club fought so hard to retain its academy how can it be a requirement? Does academy receive some kind of funding if a player goes on to play super league?Is not much of the cost offset by compensation,Storton/Milne's 100k,Wilson 100k+, Butterworth 35k,Scurr to come? You also get a year or two 1st team seasons out of the good young players for absolute peanuts.

Quote ="M@islebugs"Good for the game. Good for the young players of the area and the community as a whole. Good for Hull KR. /> But good for Bradford Bulls? The supporters. I don't see it. Clubs with smaller fanbases are spending more than us (not necessarily owing to the academy). I think the next 4/5 weeks are pivotal in many ways. Big decisions will need to be made about the coaching set up and the direction of the direction of the club, possibly including the academy, as what's going on at Odsal right now doesn't add up.'" /> What do you mean doesn’t add up?

Quote ="M@islebugs"Good for the game. Good for the young players of the area and the community as a whole. Good for Hull KR. /> But good for Bradford Bulls? The supporters. I don't see it. Clubs with smaller fanbases are spending more than us (not necessarily owing to the academy). I think the next 4/5 weeks are pivotal in many ways. Big decisions will need to be made about the coaching set up and the direction of the direction of the club, possibly including the academy, as what's going on at Odsal right now doesn't add up.'" /> What do you mean doesn’t add up?

Apparently he was in a meeting with Jonathan Ford that day!