Bradford : Thu Jul 11, 2024 10:21 am  

I see Love Rugby League are reporting that Bradford have won the race for a lease on the hole in the ground having sold the lease to the RFL for £1.2m in 2012.

Looks like £100k up front with £160k spread over 5 years. What it doesn't say is what Bradford might be paying if anything after year 5 but the RFL will take 50% of any money raised if the lease is sold on within 10 years.

I suppose having their "own ground" will give them more IMG Points but you could see selling the lease on would be a way of raising money in the future perhaps when they might be in SL & those "own ground" issues may be less important.

Given that it apparently has cost £190k pa in upkeep fees, Bradford seem to have done ok out of all this.

Re: Bradford : Thu Jul 11, 2024 2:03 pm  

Deadcowboys1 wrote:

I see Love Rugby League are reporting that Bradford have won the race for a lease on the hole in the ground having sold the lease to the RFL for £1.2m in 2012.

Looks like £100k up front with £160k spread over 5 years. What it doesn't say is what Bradford might be paying if anything after year 5 but the RFL will take 50% of any money raised if the lease is sold on within 10 years.

I suppose having their "own ground" will give them more IMG Points but you could see selling the lease on would be a way of raising money in the future perhaps when they might be in SL & those "own ground" issues may be less important.

Given that it apparently has cost £190k pa in upkeep fees, Bradford seem to have done ok out of all this.

On the flip side they signed Meadows! Into every life a little rain must fall.

Re: Bradford : Fri Jul 12, 2024 3:26 pm  

BigTime wrote:

On the flip side they signed Meadows! Into every life a little rain must fall.

He’ll come back and score against us next season- just wait and see!

Re: Bradford : Fri Jul 12, 2024 7:52 pm  

RfE wrote:

He’ll come back and score against us next season- just wait and see!

Most of our opponents score against us whether they played for us or not.

Re: Bradford : Fri Jul 12, 2024 11:33 pm  

[quote="RfE"]He’ll come back and score against us next season- just wait and see![/quote
“He sure will” said in a Karl Amor voice.

Re: Bradford : Sat Jul 13, 2024 8:52 am  

In fairness he was pretty lively against Cas. Not sure he’d have won man of the match this time although as I understand it Sky are contractually obliged to give that to Mark Snead even when he doesn’t play.

Re: Bradford : Sat Jul 13, 2024 2:50 pm  

Meadows was on crutches after the game last night.

Re: Bradford : Sat Jul 13, 2024 4:29 pm  

Victor wrote:

Meadows was on crutches after the game last night.

I was a bit surprised Westerman wasn't given the last rites after being demolished by a gentle tap in the back. His collapse would have been a thing that Bruno Fernandes would have been proud of.

Re: Bradford : Sun Jul 14, 2024 10:33 am  

Victor wrote:

Meadows was on crutches after the game last night.

Butler took him out early in second half.

Re: Bradford : Mon Jul 15, 2024 9:20 am  

Deadcowboys1 wrote:

I was a bit surprised Westerman wasn't given the last rites after being demolished by a gentle tap in the back. His collapse would have been a thing that Bruno Fernandes would have been proud of.

Yep, that was rather pathetic. We don't need that sort of play acting in RL.