Re: Players meeting with new owner today : Fri Jan 06, 2017 11:18 am  

Mirfieldbull wrote:

The guy from Halifax is getting his knickers in a twist isn't he

Strange people from there, don't think a 12 point deduction, loss of central funding and losing a good number of our best players is a punishment. We'd need to be hung drawn and quartered at the Shay to get our just desserts in some people's eyes

I've got a question, is Rick from Halifax able to ask a question without having a go at Bradford? So far he's had 3 attempts and failed miserably.

Re: Players meeting with new owner today : Fri Jan 06, 2017 11:21 am  

Sensei-Bull wrote:

I've got a question, is Rick from Halifax able to ask a question without having a go at Bradford? So far he's had 3 attempts and failed miserably.

Don't be ridiculous. The answer is clearly no.

[Bullseye]

Re: Players meeting with new owner today : Fri Jan 06, 2017 11:25 am  

Scarey71 wrote:

Interesting stipulation in the new bids piece nicely tucked away..... People of INFLUENCE must pass the fit and proper test. Apply this here and Green is well within rights to be a silent shareholder

Define "influence". Like I said it depends on whether his shareholding is enough to have any influence. If not then no big deal. If yes then no deal.

Re: Players meeting with new owner today : Fri Jan 06, 2017 11:28 am  

Scarey71 wrote:

Interesting stipulation in the new bids piece nicely tucked away..... People of INFLUENCE must pass the fit and proper test. Apply this here and Green is well within rights to be a silent shareholder

Depends the %age of shares he has against the biggest one. If he has say a third if the shares he's an influence, les than that, he's noise. Let's face it, there doesn't seem to be any previous link between Green and Richardson, so I don't see how he could have been in a strong negotiating position to demand a big share.

Re: Players meeting with new owner today : Fri Jan 06, 2017 11:29 am  

KCNBABT wrote:

What is going to transpire is that Gary pettit rejected a bid approved by the RFL, only then to have accepted one this 11th hour one from Green Thorne Richardson. With Green Duffy Thorne taking steps, behind the scenes, to stymie any other realistic options so that themselves are in a position to hold the RFL to ransom over accepting this new ownership. I fully expect the players who selfishly know all this to take action against me but at least the truth is out.

To be fair to the players you can't blame them if they feel this gives them the best option of maintaining an income at the contracted salary they had agreed previously. I am sure we would all do the same with families to provide for and bills to pay

Re: Players meeting with new owner today : Fri Jan 06, 2017 11:31 am  

God I must sound like a broken record but nobody is clarifying my point...

The criteria outlined yesterday were for a NEW rugby club to be admitted were they not? We are talking about an EXISTING club, so those criteria may very well not even apply to this scenario!

Secondly, if we are to believe that Chalmers and Lowe's bid was approved by the RFL, then they supposedly passed the fit and proper persons test despite their past dealings, so who's to actually say Green wouldn't pass? Who knows what the criteria for the fit and proper persons test actually is?

Re: Players meeting with new owner today : Fri Jan 06, 2017 11:37 am  

Players "selfish"? WTF?

On what basis would a player being effectively offered continued employment at the club where he plays be "selfish" to sign up?

What would they suggest? "No way, not unless the people who got the last company into administration pay off all that company's debts, I prefer to lose my job and my house and send the wife down the dole office, cos I'm not 'selfish', me. Never mind that the deal complies fully with English law and is passed by the RFL, there's a guy on the internet who would call me selfish if I keep my job so no, that's a red line for me, that guy".

Re: Players meeting with new owner today : Fri Jan 06, 2017 11:38 am  

Mirfieldbull wrote:

The guy from Halifax is getting his knickers in a twist isn't he

Strange people from there, don't think a 12 point deduction, loss of central funding and losing a good number of our best players is a punishment. We'd need to be hung drawn and quartered at the Shay to get our just desserts in some people's eyes

Shaw is a total and utter kn0b typical idiot halifax inferiority complex, moron

[Bullseye]

Re: Players meeting with new owner today : Fri Jan 06, 2017 11:39 am  

Bullmans Parade wrote:

God I must sound like a broken record but nobody is clarifying my point...

The criteria outlined yesterday were for a NEW rugby club to be admitted where they not? We are talking about an EXISTING club, so those criteria may very well not even apply to this scenario!

Secondly, if we are to believe that Chalmers and Lowe's bid was approved by the RFL, then they supposedly passed the fit and proper persons test despite their past dealings, so who's to actually say Green wouldn't pass? Who knows what the criteria for the fit and proper persons test actually is?

Good points. I sort of expected the criteria that were online yesterday wouldn't be too different to what they were working to previously. You'd kind of expect them to be the same or similar.

Point about Chalmers is well made considering his past of failed businesses and people being left out of pocket. If he passed the fit and proper test then the test isn't really that good and we can't assume Green would fail it either based on what's known.

Why didn't the RFL publish the criteria for the fit and proper person test? We could speculate...

Re: Players meeting with new owner today : Fri Jan 06, 2017 11:43 am  

Bullmans Parade wrote:

God I must sound like a broken record but nobody is clarifying my point...

The criteria outlined yesterday were for a NEW rugby club to be admitted where they not? We are talking about an EXISTING club, so those criteria may very well not even apply to this scenario!

Secondly, if we are to believe that Chalmers and Lowe's bid was approved by the RFL, then they supposedly passed the fit and proper persons test despite their past dealings, so who's to actually say Green wouldn't pass? Who knows what the criteria for the fit and proper persons test actually is?

No you don't, but there are still many on the forum saying "Green can't be involved", so just wanted to point out that for Newco the RFL have left themselves a nice little loophole to jump through to refer to if Richardson can bring us out of admin...

Fax Fan "Argh!!! Green's involved!!! 24 points!!!! Sacrifice the Tea-Lady naked on Rooley Terracing and start in the lowest pennine league div!!!! Anything else is favouritism!!!!!!"

RFL "We are satisfied he'll have no influence. Move along now..."