One thing's for sure Meast - [iwe[/i won't be allowed to be bottom of the pile for four successive seasons before the plug is pulled, unlike some in the past..mentioning no names..

Why? Have many of them moved since the last time we were in div 2?

Its not as if there any Championship standard grounds in SL - well perhaps I could think of one not far south of Odsal?

You actually think that did us any favours? We were begging to be relegated rather than getting hammered and losing week after week. You can see what its like with your fanbase getting less and less week after week. Imagine that going on for 4 seasons!! Relegation was the best thing that ever happened to us back then as every Giants fan will tell you. Dont try kid yourselves that the RFL did us any favours in keeping us in SL. We had to build again after getting promotion and the fanbase is gradually getting better.

Well said. And if I remember correctly didn't one of our best players move to Bradford, Brandon Costin, when we were relegated? Although he came back when we were promoted again. Eorl stayed with us and I think you'll find it's more likely to be the local players who will stay and play to get their hometown club back up. How many of your current squad are from Bradford?

They were the first ones out.

Oh Sorry I didn't know that. You was that?

Just checked and it appears we have 1 player from Bradford in Nathan Conroy. Of the regular first teamers, Danny Addy, Tom Olbison, James Donaldson and Adam O'Brien have come through our academy system. [size=50I'm going to keep quiet about the exact number of academy players in our 25 man squad just in case the RFL still have rules for this sort of thing.[/size

[urlhttp://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/squad/first_team[/url

but in a league format you're pretty much asking the impossible.

There's no detail yet.

Will the championship salary cap be increased? Or a floating charge of 50% of income?

The relegated SL clubs will have parachute payments for the first time ever.

Will SL loan players be allowed in the mini-league?

What about if they've been loaned since the start of the season?

Quota players?

Assuming that the SL clubs won't have to fit championship salary cap restrictions just for the minileague, logically the championship clubs will be allowed up to the SL cap for that 7 weeks (8 clubs, play each other once).

How will that work?

Where will they get the players from?

I'm sure the RFL will look at it....









After our appeal, of course.

They will come to a decision in time for the start of the 2021 season I am sure.

nail on the head!!!

NOW it's unfair?! Was it unfair when you were cheating your way into winning silverware and we got to play you three times? Don't remember any calls of unfair back then.

love these hammerings we are giving out to bradford, used to be the other way round

Wow - The pain runs deep in this bitter town!

Wood,conroy,brooks,Mellor, bates and Roberts count towards total too. Thing to remember is there's a lot of lower numbers missing in our squad eg 6, 8 and 10 due to late departures of sammut, scruton and Carvell. Don't think loan players count on 25 man squad either.

Even more painful given they still haven't won anything of note despite the millions Davy must now have put into the club to fund the side.

I think the ratio is that for every sensible flying prop that comes over there's a further three flying cocks.

I never said he was poached did I? And no you're correct, he wasn't a Hudds Junior he is an Aussie.
I came on here for a sensible conversation but looking at some of the bitter comments on here I'm obviously in the wrong place.

jools and brearley never stay long though.

at least he has got millions to pump into the club unlike certain recent owners of bradford bulls


but as FP rightly says , finishing bottom 4 years on the trot did our club no favours whatsoever, we had to go down ( eventually) and build our way back up,with a far smaller fan base than yours, which we have done quite nicely over the last 10 years.
im pretty sure given the right people in charge bradford will do that..

If the new SL format does not see any promotion or relegation after 2-3 years and SL teams just stronger and stronger than the lower league i's not sure it will remain around for long.

As I understand from what I've read, the SL cap goes up to around £2m and the Champ to a bit less than half of that. Not sure about parachute payments as, if the usual applies and SL contracts at relegated clubs are voided, then, unlike say soccer, there is no real financial need anyway as the big money contracts 'disappear', though it is vital to maintain the academy.

Again, to the best of my knowledge, Championship clubs will still be allowed just the one overseas players and I've heard nothing to suggest there will be any difference for the mini-league, though as you say, and particularly with four clubs on the search, it would be difficult to find players to bring in anyway.

It would be good to hear something different but the system was brought in to maintain the status quo, imo - and it will do a pretty good job.