Quote ="Duckman"Taking these and coulbys comments at face value today am I right in thinking that these dreaded all evil "conditions" that the rfl won't even contemplate (although they have already considered them...) are actualy these;
1) Pay the RFL £1.5m, which includes a tidy profit, for the lease.
2) An agreement that we retain (not get a new one) our licence for this franchise period and be reassed along with everyone else at the next round.
If so I really can't see the problem...which I suspect is the real problem, what are we not being told? What decisions have already been made?'"
We don't know anything about the £1.5m "offer" though - if they are offering £1.5m straight up in cash, fair enough, if they are offering it over 5, 10 or even 20 years then it becomes much less attractive, and carries more of a risk to the RFL.
Similarly it was made clear at licence time that clubs could have their licences revoked at any time, they can't now give a guarantee that Bradford's is safe when others don't have that same security?