How did this man get into RL?

The owner of the london broncos once stage, was he a passionate league fan or was it just another buisness venture for him?

From what i remember he went along to a game one time and enjoyed it so he bought the club. Think it was losing him a lot of money though

I think his son was a fan, that's how he got involved.
He got involved around the start of SL which probably looked like a good time to make an investment. Hindsight probably shows that RL (even most sport in general) is not a great investment if you're in it for the money.

Shame he pulled out, really. He injected a lot of the trademark Virgin feelgood factor into the club, and it coincided with Martin Offiah and Shaun Edwards being at the club, and their appearance at Wembley. I for one thought the club was really going to go places.

But, as said above, it lost a lot of money, and I don't think Branson really saw the situation getting any better, in the main due to the lack of a proper home ground which, of course, goes hand in hand with your ability to pull in a loyal fan base.

Imagine if Harlequins were able to attract Virgin now?

why? what would happen to harlequins if they did attract virgin?

I think Quins would be happy to attract virgins or slappers, in fact anyone who is willing to pay to watch them!

Branson was after a quick buck and when it didn't arrive, he dumped us. I wouldn't want him back in the game..........he spent money on players but didn't market the game at all. I think they call it "field of dreams" marketing...if you build a good team they will come

From what I remember, when he left he paid of your debts.

Doesn't sound too bad too me.

If BRANSON can't make it pay what hope have they got

And that is the spin we were given, turned out to be wrong though.

From what I recall, the debts owed by Broncos when their parent company liquidated in 2005 (?) were what was left after paying off half the debt the company had when the previous bearded owner walked out

you have heard correctly.
He didn't understand League at all. Unlike his other businesses, he did pretty much no research and just assumed that the ANZACS would roll up every week. When they didn't, he lost interest and buggered off leaving us financially weaker than when he arrived.
One thing about Mr Branson and I have met him proffessionaly, is that he doesn't take criticism in any shape or form. When he realised that flogging RL to a union/footy audience was a long term job, he bottled it.
As much as I don't agree with David Hughes stance on marketing (or non marketing if you like) he is a saint compared to the bearded wonder kid.

It's about time time Harleyqueens and CC merged! Two useless clubs!

Seeing 17 hulking great RL players running onto the pitch with 'Virgin' emblazoned on their chests used to make me chuckle, though

Bless, hows your campaign to remove the red devil from Salfords logo going?