Quote ="Ferocious Aardvark"Leaving aside that it would (the parachute payment), the [iway[/i the fine is imposed isn't the point.
The first, and seemingly last, new owner to be fined over a million quid was OKB. Why hasn't an equivalent financial penalty been levied against BBNL?
The more relevant way of asking the same question though is: why did the RFL single out OKB to fine over a million quid, at the last minute, agree to this or else?'"
I won't claim to have read every word of the current 349 pages but I seem to recall it being established that the "fine" was negotiated by the RFL as some clubs who had paid their bills considered the Bulls to have an advantage by not doing so. As I saw the explanation, OK offered to forego some tv cash to appease the objecting clubs. If this is the case, the RFL kept the club in SL and the "fine" could be viewed as a sweetener.
My memory is not what it used to be so please enlighten me if events transpired otherwise.