Tough.
You cannot have a team with 2 comp points won against a team that does not exist in the league.
As an example Hull FC lost in Manchester so they have got to accept that they don't get 2 free comp points but Leeds do?

Another 'hypothetical' scenario for all you SL goers.

Lets say that the Bulls cease to exist, and are not in a position to start 2013, many think that the RFL will look at replacing them with lets say.... Halifax (i for one dont think they will look to fill the void).

but as we all know the RFL are an unpredicatable creature at the best of times!

now from my point of view Halifax wouldnt be ready for SL(like all current Champ clubs atm, oh yeah!! and Widnes)

But if the unthinkable was to happen, and Fax were installed in SL2013, then who would compensate the teams left in the Championship?

Halifax have biggest away following in the championship, and i would say take close to 600 fans to most away games. Quick maths that is roughly £12 per head entry = £7,200.

Plus any money that is spent through food/drinks on game days, lets say another £1000.

Just by Halifax not been in the Championship next year Championship clubs would loose out on that income each, £8-9000 a year is alot for a Ch club!

times that by all the away fixtures that Fax would (hypothetically) have fullfilled and you'll be over £100,000 that the Championship as a whole would loose out on - if Fax were moved up of course! who would foot this loss??!!

i like this hypothetical stuff! gets ya brain going!

That made me chuckle.

Me too , but this isn't the place or time , plus it would be like the violin players on the Titanic argueing who was the best

Very true.....

As a bulls fan once told me when i mentioned all the free tickets they gave away in their glory years will come back to haunt them one day - " we can afford to give free tickets away cos we live off our prize money and sponsorship deals which will continue for years".......i'd love to meet him again,and all the others who said 'my little club will never be anywhere near competing with the mighty bulls, on or off the field'...........could see the bouncy castle going down right then

In other news, "The Pope is Catholic" and "Big bears do in the woods"

I suspect the Bulls are less operationally loss making than Huddersfield RLFC so I'd enjoy your schadenfreude while you can.

Short but to the point

I don't know what the league know and when they knew it, but , in hindsight, it looks like a brilliant move to take ovet the lease for Odsal and so keep it away from any creditors. Now there is a ready made, debt free ground for any new Bradford club, or a post administration Bulls, to play at.

Apart from the fact that the RFL will be looking for rental income "at current commercial rates"

and it is a dump and costs a fortune to run

Time of season is irrelevant. Wakey/Cru got 4 because they took on some of their previous debts to honour.

Time for a singsong to raise the spirits..........

ISTBC but I seem to recall someone from the Bulls saying in an interview that the RFL had changed the rules on clubs going into Administration from the start of this year and that there were no defined limits as to the extent of any penalty.

This compares to the maximum 6-point deduction when Crusaders and then Wakefield went into Administration. Crusaders got a 4-point penalty because their main creditor was the RFL and Wakefield's penalty was the same as the total debts were less than Crusaders (although I'm sure all at Red Hall would have loved to twist the knife even further).

Overall, this is a very sad day for RL and although I do have some sympathy for the fans who dug deep into their pockets to try to help the team they love, it's also true that there were many others who warned that it was only delaying the inevitable.

The saddest thing of all is that the Bulls directors have (allegedly) been able to use the fans money to remove any Personal Guarantee obligations to the club's bank. If this is true, then I hope that they are investigated by the relevant bodies (may not be a crime and therefore not the police) and that they get the heaviest possible penalties against them as individuals.

Wouldn't want this to happen to any club. Hope the sake of lifelong Bulls fans (more so than those who jumped on the bandwagon in the early 00's before jumping off again) that they get out of this.

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If administration fails and the company is liquidated then I would expect that there is not SL status to be marketed. Liquidation is a closing down sale - everything which can be sold, will be sold even if it is just for a penny. If SL status can be sold then Leigh (my team), Fev, FAX etc could buy it...