Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Sun Dec 18, 2016 11:02 am
Maccbull_BigBullyBooaza wrote:
Why won't RFL include the leasehold then?
My source is very real. Yesterday he was watching some Americans or something he's involved with play Brighouse Rangers. I met him and his friend who used to have something to do with Leigh I think in the wyke lion after.
Anyway he told me that due to some quirk in the rules if the Bulls fold Hull KR would still have to kick off at summer bash to be awarded the points. Like when Scotland played Estonia or whatever it was in that World Cup qualifier. Imagine it a half full stadium of KR fans watch one team come out on the pitch. The hooter goes - they kick off and the ball is not brought back. Under RL rules, however, they have to keep playing until someone scores a point. KR regather, kick the goal and they are awarded a 1-0 win. Unless they kick it out then there isn't anyone to tap it on the 20metre line and they'll be there all night.
Imagine the coverage in the press, tv news might actually mention the sport, you tube hits, tweets etc etc. The sport desperately needs a boost in this area and Nigel knows it. There can only be one explanation!
My source is very real. Yesterday he was watching some Americans or something he's involved with play Brighouse Rangers. I met him and his friend who used to have something to do with Leigh I think in the wyke lion after.
Anyway he told me that due to some quirk in the rules if the Bulls fold Hull KR would still have to kick off at summer bash to be awarded the points. Like when Scotland played Estonia or whatever it was in that World Cup qualifier. Imagine it a half full stadium of KR fans watch one team come out on the pitch. The hooter goes - they kick off and the ball is not brought back. Under RL rules, however, they have to keep playing until someone scores a point. KR regather, kick the goal and they are awarded a 1-0 win. Unless they kick it out then there isn't anyone to tap it on the 20metre line and they'll be there all night.
Imagine the coverage in the press, tv news might actually mention the sport, you tube hits, tweets etc etc. The sport desperately needs a boost in this area and Nigel knows it. There can only be one explanation!
To be serious though, to the best of my knowledge, and from the mouth of former chairman Hood when we were told about the sale of the lease, the responsibility for ground maintenance and improvements remains entirely with the club and not with the primary lettee [RFL] nor he landlord [Bfd Met]. So, my reading of that fact means the club already has the right [even responsibility?], enshrined in the lease agreement to build on the land and to improve the stadium. If this means allowing parts of the stadium grounds to be used for other purposes, and if this is the enabling factor for improvements, then I don't really see the RFL's ownership of the primary lease to be an impediment to that being done. Indeed, it would be perverse if either party objected in a matter which is contractually delegated to the club.
