Wooden Stand wrote:
How utterly arrogant of the Bradford Bulls directors:
a) "we're not going to pay a penny" (to the major creditor) and
b) we're not going to sell ANY of our first team squad.
For a club that's just gone into Administration (again), I can't think of a more clear cut case for a 6 point deduction.
Again, Rubbish.
(You really are getting quite good at this Rubbish business, you know).
Your "Major Creditor" is in fact the former owner of the club. He chose to lend the money to the company, not to buy shares. Although he did not disabuse anyone who assumed he did the latter. His company lost a load of money. He lost his investment. Sh it happens. Same result for him and for everyone else whichever method of "Investment" he had chosen - he loses his money regardless.
Show me an example of where a points deduction has been deemed appropriate just because an owner lost his money, and maybe we can have a sensible discussion?
Provided the normal rugby etc creditors are sorted out, I can't see any reason for a points deduction. After all, we are not the only club to go through some form of financial restructuring of late, and the same applied there? The form of restructuring is irrelevant; the issue is whether a club secures an unfair financial advantage by so-doing. So lets wait and see what they sort out?
As for "we are not going to sell any of our first team squad" being a "clear-cut case" for a points deduction - get over yourself. If the board can maintain the club with no loss to normal creditors, what actions it then takes are irrelevant. If it cannot, then a deduction - which would then be appropriate - would reflect that fact, not subsequent actions.
A few less hissy fits, and a bit more objective reasoning would not go amiss, you know.
