Re: Ownership of Club Changes : Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:37 am  

Slugger McBatt wrote:

It's about the perception that clubs are not treated equally.

So you feel you were shat on, so you want all clubs in difficult situations to be shat on? How typically Wakefield.

Re: Ownership of Club Changes : Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:52 am  

Steel City Bull wrote:

Migrated from the T&A - No Arm, No leg if you know what I mean

My thoughts exactly

Re: Ownership of Club Changes : Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:57 am  

tigertot wrote:

So you feel you were shat on, so you want all clubs in difficult situations to be shat on? How typically Wakefield.

No, treated equally.

And we weren't treated badly, if you don't mind me paraphrasing your Cas-speak. In fact, the letter to the RFL is supportive of the RFL position on insolvency. The letter seeks clarification, nothing more.

Re: Ownership of Club Changes : Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:58 am  

Slugger McBatt wrote:

Clarification may kill the issue.

Clarification has such a fine record of killing issues in RL so I can easily see why you might think that's how things will pan out.

Re: Ownership of Club Changes : Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:59 am  

tigertot wrote:

So you feel you were shat on, so you want all clubs in difficult situations to be shat on? How typically Wakefield.

No we believe in treating all teams equally, Bradford appear to want preferential treatment. How typically Bradford.

Re: Ownership of Club Changes : Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:06 am  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

Many of you may believe that there are parallel universes. An infinite number. So, whatever can happen WILL happen in at least one of these universes.

As I, of course, do not have any information from anyone, I thought it would be fun to speculate about one particular possible parallel universe where:
* Bradford Bulls WILL certainly play in SL2014
* the SL licence will be transferred to the new owners
* There will be zero points deduction
* the newly stabilised situation will encourage green shoots of new co-owners joining the present incumbents

I hope it happens to be the universe I live in. Long shot, but you never know.

This will happen in this/my reality - I know that will gripe with a lot of people and I understand their frustrations.

I have no proof but the RFL have been hand in hand with the current Bulls owners in orchestrating this.... I suspect that Mr Khan will disappear quietly into the night once Mr Sutcliffe's role starts getting investigated....

I sincerely hope that the Bulls pay their debts (legit ones) and move forward and become a powerhouse once again

Re: Ownership of Club Changes : Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:07 am  

I see the letter did not also ask why one club that entered administration had £2/3m of its Sky money confiscated for each of two years (and don't anyone trot out the twaddle about it was "volunteered") - AND shared out amongst the other clubs - whereas another club did not?

Very surprised that, in the interests of clarity, that question was not also asked? Since its consequences were far more severe than any points deduction.

Hopefully, in any reply, the RFL will also address THAT point, and explain why one club was treated far more favourably?

Re: Ownership of Club Changes : Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:17 am  

Precisely Adey, in the interests of a level playing field relegation should have been deferred until we had full sky money, presumably all these egalitarians are all lobbying their own clubs the RFL and Superleague to either pay us the £600k this year or defer relegation to next year or is that another of FAs parallel universes?

Re: Ownership of Club Changes : Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:24 am  

For one fleeting moment when reading the fisticuffs on this thread one could almost feel sorry for the RFL.

Half the teams in your premier competition in financial difficulties, bloody minded and parochial chairman and fans to deal with, being asked to deal with a stream of emergency situations with awkward dodgy characters. Where would you draw the line?

Re: Ownership of Club Changes : Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:25 am  

So I assume that seeing as the Sky money was confiscated from the OKBulls that the new Bulls will get it back?

Or will they confiscate the other half?