Re: Players meeting with new owner today : Fri Jan 06, 2017 8:59 am  

At the risk of more abuse it was told yesterday the administrator was at the meeting with the players and staff in which he has sold assets like the Bradford Bulls logo and web domain to Richardson Thorne in the hope of challenging the RFL for the license that they have bought the rights. This really is Green's last roll of the dice. Green is confident of pulling this off hence why everyone met the players yesterday.

Re: Players meeting with new owner today : Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:01 am  

KCNBABT wrote:

At the risk of more abuse it was told yesterday the administrator was at the meeting with the players and staff in which he has sold assets like the Bradford Bulls logo and web domain to Richardson Thorne in the hope of challenging the RFL for the license that they have bought the rights. This really is Green's last roll of the dice. Green is confident of pulling this off hence why everyone met the players yesterday.

Do you have any idea when the RFL and the administrators are meeting pal?

[Bullseye]

Re: Players meeting with new owner today : Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:03 am  

Can't help but think it's a bad move to circumvent the RFL process since it embarrasses them publicly. They're unlikely to take that lying down.

Re: Players meeting with new owner today : Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:05 am  

bentleberry wrote:

So you think it's ok that someone has been threatened to the point of being fearful of using social media then?

Depends who it is. If it's you I'd say it's entirely justified.

Re: Players meeting with new owner today : Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:06 am  

Bullseye wrote:

Can't help but think it's a bad move to circumvent the RFL process since it embarrasses them publicly. They're unlikely to take that lying down.

But at this moment in time the administrator is still in charge, granted the RFL may reject the bid.

Re: Players meeting with new owner today : Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:09 am  

So Green driving this?

This doesn't sit right with me.

[Bullseye]

Re: Players meeting with new owner today : Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:09 am  

Indeed. You can't win vs the RFL. You have to work with them.

Re: Players meeting with new owner today : Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:15 am  

GUBRATS wrote:

Up to this point I fully appreciate the difficult situation the Bulls seemed to be being forced into , but it's getting silly now , seems li7ke too much smoke and mirrors by all concerned , it won't end well IMO

Mate. It's an administration. Ten years ago this would have seemed like a surprise last minute bid if it went through and then we all found out about it.

There's nothing silly about it, bar the detail. Detail is always silly for those to whom that detail does not apply.

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:15 am  

Godiswithers wrote:

How will fans of other clubs cope???
Reading this part of the RFL statement

It is hoped that many of the supporters and stakeholders of Bradford Bulls would naturally, in the absence of any other Bradford based RL club, switch their allegiance to the new RL club.

Most of the insults won't work anymore
You're not a big club anymore- err no we are new
You're not in super league anymore- err we never have been
And so on and so forth
It will be a club with no history
It may be called Bradford and play at odsal but will have no links to previous Bradford sides

But you could have said that in 1964 when the club was re-formed then having gone bust in 1963, but as far as I can see "Bradford Bulls" has always claimed all the history back to 1863.

Personally I have no problem with any Bradford "NewCo" claiming all the Bradford history from 1863-2016, why would you not?

I just wish the "NewCo" all the best (except when playing Fev obviously) especially for the Bradford fans. We are (or at least we should be) one big RL family, okay we bicker from time to time, but we all morn when one of our own is afflicted.

Re: Players meeting with new owner today : Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:17 am  

That said. An orchestration of this by Green in which he remains involved worries me.