Holy sheet! That's about as serious as it gets, basically begging, cap in hand from their fans. Hope they make it, Rugby League wouldn't seem right without Bradford.

Quote ="Cibaman"We dont actually have much debt, yet. The problem is that there's hardly any cash coming in. Unless there's a decent away following, very little income is taken at the turnstiles because nearly all of our fans have a cheap season ticket. And the money from them has been spent. So not much debt but very little cash to pay the players for the rest of the ">season.'" And that decision, in and of itself, should be enough to dissuade any right-thinking Bradford fan from bailing out the current BoD; my 12 year old manages his pocket money more sensibly than that.

Quote ="Cibaman"We dont actually have much debt, yet. The problem is that there's hardly any cash coming in. Unless there's a decent away following, very little income is taken at the turnstiles because nearly all of our fans have a cheap season ticket. And the money from them has been spent. So not much debt but very little cash to pay the players for the rest of the ">season.'" And that decision, in and of itself, should be enough to dissuade any right-thinking Bradford fan from bailing out the current BoD; my 12 year old manages his pocket money more sensibly than that.

Quote ="Fax Machine"So, less than 2,000 go to the games but, because London have a team, countless thousands tune into Sky Sports to watch and absorb the advertising That's not maths it's some kind of highly illogical ">conjecture.'" National Advertising is more expensive than regional. Regardless of your rather simplistic view, without a team in the SE, the perception of advertisers would be that Superleague is a Local hobby and not deserving of a National ad rate.....

Quote ="Fax Machine"So, less than 2,000 go to the games but, because London have a team, countless thousands tune into Sky Sports to watch and absorb the advertising That's not maths it's some kind of highly illogical ">conjecture.'" National Advertising is more expensive than regional. Regardless of your rather simplistic view, without a team in the SE, the perception of advertisers would be that Superleague is a Local hobby and not deserving of a National ad rate.....

and the only way to measure the influence of your advertising is to look at the teams on the field and where they play their home games...

I can't imagine these companies doing any other research, say into the viewer demographics, before committing their budgets to advertising during Super league coverage or elsewhere.

Quote ="Hopie"and the only way to measure the influence of your advertising is to look at the teams on the field and where they play their home games... I can't imagine these companies doing any other research, say into the viewer demographics, before committing their budgets to advertising during Super league coverage or ">elsewhere.'" You'd be stunned at how lazy some advertisers are, but you make a valid point. I have no doubt Rupert Murdochs lot own the Storm and plough millions into the club because of the 11,000 fans they get or the 90,000 TV viewers........nothing to do with the perception of the entire state being available as viewers.......simply because they "like the idea" of a team in Victoria d040.gif" alt="d040.gif" title="CRAZY" /> The first season of ESL SKY wanted a London team.......since then, their stance may have changed, but when we went to the wall in 2005 we broke no rules and were admitted back into the league by a democratic vote......and the club have never finished in a relegation position. I believe the lack of fans and investors will come to the fore in 2013 if not sooner, at which stage, the club will only have themselves to blame....kind of like Bradford now. The difference being that London won't try and blame everyone other than themselves.........unlike Bradford now.

Quote ="Hopie"and the only way to measure the influence of your advertising is to look at the teams on the field and where they play their home games... I can't imagine these companies doing any other research, say into the viewer demographics, before committing their budgets to advertising during Super league coverage or ">elsewhere.'" You'd be stunned at how lazy some advertisers are, but you make a valid point. I have no doubt Rupert Murdochs lot own the Storm and plough millions into the club because of the 11,000 fans they get or the 90,000 TV viewers........nothing to do with the perception of the entire state being available as viewers.......simply because they "like the idea" of a team in Victoria d040.gif" alt="d040.gif" title="CRAZY" /> The first season of ESL SKY wanted a London team.......since then, their stance may have changed, but when we went to the wall in 2005 we broke no rules and were admitted back into the league by a democratic vote......and the club have never finished in a relegation position. I believe the lack of fans and investors will come to the fore in 2013 if not sooner, at which stage, the club will only have themselves to blame....kind of like Bradford now. The difference being that London won't try and blame everyone other than themselves.........unlike Bradford now.

I'm not sure RBS constitute "everyone other than themselves".