Re: Steve Parkin? : Wed Mar 28, 2012 3:40 pm  

zapperbull wrote:

Russell Crowe is in the UK at the minute filming les Miserables, surely someone can tap him on the shoulder and ask for a donation to keep a SL team afloat.

Get Russell to Buy the Bulls then he can have a team in each hemisphere he will also be able to move players between clubs Sorted!! [/quote]

Well get Chris Feather, one of your former players, and Rustys personal trainer to have a word and you might be able to squeeze a few pounds out of him, but I wouldn't think that Russell Crowe would want to underwrite the Bulls.

Bombard them both on twitter if you like.

steve parkin : Wed Mar 28, 2012 4:10 pm  

he could be the person to get us out of this mess. thoughts?

Re: steve parkin : Wed Mar 28, 2012 4:11 pm  

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Steve Parkin : Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:51 pm  

This name has been mentioned as a potential new investor.

While I would love him to be involved in Rugby League, I can't
help feeling that the game he has played before indicates that
his real love his football.

He keeps very quiet but has been linked with the Bulls before
and also with my own team Wakefield. He never shows is hand,
so must be a great poker player.

Would love this man on board, whether at the Bulls or Wakefield.

Mr Parkin, I am raising you and calling you... show us your hand.

Rugby League needs you.

[Bulliac]

Re: Steve Parkin : Mon Apr 02, 2012 2:04 pm  

ricardo07 wrote:

This name has been mentioned as a potential new investor.

While I would love him to be involved in Rugby League, I can't
help feeling that the game he has played before indicates that
his real love his football.

He keeps very quiet but has been linked with the Bulls before
and also with my own team Wakefield. He never shows is hand,
so must be a great poker player.

Would love this man on board, whether at the Bulls or Wakefield.

Mr Parkin, I am raising you and calling you... show us your hand.

Rugby League needs you.

I don't like being negative, especially now, and obviously the club will have to speak to any and every potential investor, however I do feel a bit jumpy about Mr Parkin.

Let's be honest; no-one puts money into rugby league or lower division soccer clubs expecting to get a profit from the sporting activity. The truth is that directors in these clubs generally pay through the nose for the 'privilege' and maybe the kudos, of being directors of their local team, but not the cash return.

I wonder at the motives of people who have tried to invest in a few different clubs because you normally can't be a 'fan' of more than one - go on then, I'll allow one soccer and one rugby, so let's say two. Mr Parkin seems determined to be involved with a team - and any team would seem do, it appears. It all suggests motives which are not altruistic to me.

There's nothing illegal in all this of course, people generally have the right to buy and sell shares to and from whoever is willing to trade, but that is not necessarily in the interests of the supporters of sports clubs, since if there is a determination to gain a profit it has to come from the assets; maybe players or buildings or income of various types, which may not then be ploughed back into the playing side of the business.

They have to speak to everyone, of course, and it may be there is no choice; the devil and the deep blue sea, as it were. I may be totally wrong about Mr Parkin, I hope I am, but I'm not filled with the same hope as you, I have to say.

Re: Steve Parkin : Mon Apr 02, 2012 2:13 pm  

Bulliac wrote:

I don't like being negative, especially now, and obviously the club will have to speak to any and every potential investor, however I do feel a bit jumpy about Mr Parkin.

Let's be honest; no-one puts money into rugby league or lower division soccer clubs expecting to get a profit from the sporting activity. The truth is that directors in these clubs generally pay through the nose for the 'privilege' and maybe the kudos, of being directors of their local team, but not the cash return.

I wonder at the motives of people who have tried to invest in a few different clubs because you normally can't be a 'fan' of more than one - go on then, I'll allow one soccer and one rugby, so let's say two. Mr Parkin seems determined to be involved with a team - and any team would seem do, it appears. It all suggests motives which are not altruistic to me.

There's nothing illegal in all this of course, people generally have the right to buy and sell shares to and from whoever is willing to trade, but that is not necessarily in the interests of the supporters of sports clubs, since if there is a determination to gain a profit it has to come from the assets; maybe players or buildings or income of various types, which may not then be ploughed back into the playing side of the business.

They have to speak to everyone, of course, and it may be there is no choice; the devil and the deep blue sea, as it were. I may be totally wrong about Mr Parkin, I hope I am, but I'm not filled with the same hope as you, I have to say.

Why don't you let him know that no one likes him more clearly? Why not ring him up and tell him you don't want him to invest in the club? Then we can all pack in and go watch Halifax. If he wants to invest then he should be welcomed with open arms. I don't think some people realise just what a mess the club is in. Come on board Mr Parkin; please

[Bulliac]

Re: Steve Parkin : Mon Apr 02, 2012 2:50 pm  

DenisJ wrote:

Why don't you let him know that no one likes him more clearly? Why not ring him up and tell him you don't want him to invest in the club? Then we can all pack in and go watch Halifax. If he wants to invest then he should be welcomed with open arms. I don't think some people realise just what a mess the club is in. Come on board Mr Parkin; please

I didn't say no-one likes him. I said that I wasn't sure. That's me, my thoughts, and no-one elses. If you don't like my thoughts that's tough since that's what you tend to get on message boards.

Welcome to the board, btw!

Re: Steve Parkin : Mon Apr 02, 2012 2:55 pm  

Well he's doing alright for Guiseley,he's investing in both the team and infrastructure,with little promise of profit but plenty of success on the horizon,I personally think he would be a great asset to the Bulls.

Re: Steve Parkin : Mon Apr 02, 2012 3:20 pm  

If there ARE interested parties out there, I can see that over the next few days we will see them setting the scenes and promoting their cases by proxy across the social media. We saw that at Wakey, and I'm sure that Wakey was no exception.

Re: Steve Parkin : Mon Apr 02, 2012 3:23 pm  

DenisJ wrote:

Why don't you let him know that no one likes him more clearly? Why not ring him up and tell him you don't want him to invest in the club? Then we can all pack in and go watch Halifax. If he wants to invest then he should be welcomed with open arms. I don't think some people realise just what a mess the club is in. Come on board Mr Parkin; please

I wouldn't necessarily welcome just anybody. I'm pretty sure many Glasgow Rangers fans welcomed Craig Whyte with open arms and look what happened there. As has been said, owners of Rugby League Clubs lose money (average losses are £600k per year), so it seems you'd have to be a fan to invest - is Steve Parkin really a Bulls' fan?