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Seeing as the RFL have invested in the iconic Odsal are we actually surprised?
The game is a farce, the sport is brilliant but it is just being run in a bizzare fashion, RFL kissers may think differently but it beggars belief to think how incompetent the RFL are. I am slowly losing interest in Super League altogether.
No rules about ineligible players in the Challenge Cup, the Wigan points deduction / Salary Cap farce, Crusaders, no sponsorship money this season, buying the lease on Odsal, franchising blah blah blah, how boring. Bradford Bulls seem to do as they please because they dug themselves a massive hole and the RFL are bricking it, even the Leeds Rhinos (their biggest rivals) are bailing them out with charity donations  icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing" /> At least Andrew Glover bought the club fearing that we may slip into the Champo.
What do Wakefield have to play for this season now? Nothing, boring. Its just not the same anymore, I know the stadium news is great for the club, but I will miss Belle Vue immensely when we finally do leave, I wish we could stay there.
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Seeing as the RFL have invested in the iconic Odsal are we actually surprised?
The game is a farce, the sport is brilliant but it is just being run in a bizzare fashion, RFL kissers may think differently but it beggars belief to think how incompetent the RFL are. I am slowly losing interest in Super League altogether.
No rules about ineligible players in the Challenge Cup, the Wigan points deduction / Salary Cap farce, Crusaders, no sponsorship money this season, buying the lease on Odsal, franchising blah blah blah, how boring. Bradford Bulls seem to do as they please because they dug themselves a massive hole and the RFL are bricking it, even the Leeds Rhinos (their biggest rivals) are bailing them out with charity donations icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing" /> At least Andrew Glover bought the club fearing that we may slip into the Champo.
What do Wakefield have to play for this season now? Nothing, boring. Its just not the same anymore, I know the stadium news is great for the club, but I will miss Belle Vue immensely when we finally do leave, I wish we could stay there.
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Bradford incurred a tax charge for selling the lease to the RFL.
If the RFL sell it on to ABC they will also incur a further tax charge so the cost of the lease should also place this tax burden onto ABC newco, not be borne by the RFL.
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ABC have now increased their offer. They've included Naans, a salad and a little polythene bag of some dressing.
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I can understand this consortium wanting to guarantee the next two years in S.L, however, it appears they also want to buy the lease back.
Now, do they want to buy it for a lot less than the RFL paid for it, somewhere in the region of £1.5m or perhaps they will pay it back on the never-never a bit like the plan the old regime had with the RFL.
You known the one, where they borrowed £700k a few months after receiving a Grade B licence & failed to pay back a penny piece, hence the purchase of the said lease, not forgetting in the region of another £800k plus the £500k in pledge money, all fritted away!
The RFL are up to their necks in this shambles, no wonder Lewis went off to pastures new. They should insist in recouping all the cash they’ve pumped into this ‘Icon’ via the purchase of the lease & not be philanthropic to a cobbled together consortium who may only be around for a couple of years.
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Quote ="The Devil's Advocate"The RFL are up to their necks in this shambles, no wonder Lewis went off to pastures new. They should insist in recouping all the cash they’ve pumped into this ‘Icon’ via the purchase of the lease & not be philanthropic to a cobbled together consortium who may only be around for a couple of ">years.'"
I couldn't agree more.
A journalist has just Tweeted that the RFL will not accept a 'conditional' offer to purchase the Bulls, so maybe they are attempting to play hardball?
From a reputational perspective, I don't see that they can do anything else; if they roll over and flog Odsal to the newco on the cheap, effectively robbing the game of over a million quid, I think that would signal the end of the road for Big Nige and possibly others.
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Quote ="The Devil's Advocate"The RFL are up to their necks in this shambles, no wonder Lewis went off to pastures new. They should insist in recouping all the cash they’ve pumped into this ‘Icon’ via the purchase of the lease & not be philanthropic to a cobbled together consortium who may only be around for a couple of ">years.'"
I couldn't agree more.
A journalist has just Tweeted that the RFL will not accept a 'conditional' offer to purchase the Bulls, so maybe they are attempting to play hardball?
From a reputational perspective, I don't see that they can do anything else; if they roll over and flog Odsal to the newco on the cheap, effectively robbing the game of over a million quid, I think that would signal the end of the road for Big Nige and possibly others.
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someone on bulls site hinted it could be the hetherintons putting 2 and 2 together is this why the free tickets have been given ?
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icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing" /> At least Andrew Glover bought the club fearing that we may slip into the Champo.
