They say that but look how quickly we adopted the Sharks theme as supporters. Just a rebranding that takes the emphasis away from which club plays the biggest role would quickly change things. If people love live RL in Hull (which I'm assured they do) then they'd go to the KC to watch it because there wouldn't be anywhere else.

And I just can't see how Rovers can continue indefinitely on the gates they get with the facilities they offer both home and away supporters.

Does a £1m loan not now push the 10,000 'break even figure up? also how would the £6.5m loan from Europe affect this?
Will Rovers need to hit say 12,000 to break even, or more??

I could of course ban you from this forum for a while to think about what you're doing, but I doubt it will have any effect

No idea, a £1m cash injection may even affect the eligibility of the club to recieve the loans from other sources, if I were HCC I'd be asking for my loan money back.

I'm pretty sure you're right, but I think people ought to take a logical stance on this and move on from wha,t in the end, is only history. As Alan Bennett said "history is just one fooking thing after another". Why can't this be just one of those things. After all, we're not called Hull White Star anymore but I don't hear of many people arguing to bring that back (as a cheeky example) because, frankly, none of us remember those times.

You cannot compare the 2 situations.. AT ALL..

I WILL NOT go to a merged Hull team. I would either, as Standee has pointed out, walk away from the game or travel to Cas when i can and support them...

I would much rather go watch Cas.

I think the old boy might just be hedging his bets here. How about the deal for the KC falls through ? Allam then turns his attention to Craven Park. He's ingratiated himself into Rovers good books with a no strings cool £1M gift. How about he re-develops Craven Park and moves City there ?? The site already has a stadium built on it. He buys the lease from the council on the understanding he'll develop the surrounding land like he promised at Melton. Spends a few £M on bringing CP up to Premier League scratch, hey presto, he ends up with his own stadium at what I would expect to be less cost than the either building new at Melton or buying the KC from the council.

Yeah, that's right, bring back David Lloyd and Peter Walsh cos that's only history.

And Alan Bennett is a die hard black and white. HATES Rovers

Unfortunately Money Men do rule RL already. RL is in no different a position now then the position of Ice Hockey you quoted. If Murdoch decides to pull the sky plug RL is dead in the water. As much as we like to think there is an element of self sufficiency if sky decide to half there investment all clubs would go to the wall.

You're all a bunch of reactionary biggots. And I'm obviously being one of those advocates of the devilish variety.

A large part of the investment is in Craven Park - a council owned facility that is leased out to a third party and then on to Rovers.

Could this be construed as a bribe??

With respect good sir, I say that is b0ll0cks. You'd be there with the rest of us cheering on Hull Trojans (or whatever theyd be called) after a couple of weeks of starvation (or watching a floundering Cas propping up the league from an old shed).

Whether or not it could I think we ought to.

interesting thought would like too hear from those who would know what they think..

I can feel a FOI request coming on

I can honestly 100% guarantee you I WON'T..... How i can prove this to you i don't know but i will not support a merged Hull side. Castleford have always been my second team and they would step up to the throne for me!
I may watch on TV but to dedicate my weekends and go to games??? No thank you!!

To be fair call me an old cynic, But maybe AA is just after some votes from a council that are holding the keys to his dream (afterall AP has stated city cant afford to pay any transfer fees for new players due to the more money being needed to service debt which is strange since AA has previously stated he cleared the debt)and he's linked up with Hudge knowing how much bad bad news (Building regs halting the east stand, Willie Mason, week after week of beatings, attendances well down on break even, Golf stand being ready to be condemned .No real sign of the funding for the north stand. Several instances of upsetting the head beaks at the RFL and franchising decisions due to be made). AA ineeds the KC stadium and is desperate to appear to be doing anything to get it.So in short 2 media frenzied men both need a boost and agree to create a Good news story to prop up a failing business model and get the votes for the KC. mmm just maybe.....

I can guarantee that I would not be there.

But, joking aside, I really can't understand why you would not want to support the one and only professional rugby league side representing Hull and surrounding area. The players wouldn't be any less passionate, the income would be higher thus allowing the club to attract a higher calibre of player (overall) and the odds of attending major finals would be better. After all, it's just a name.

You're getting closer all the time...

In the past 12 months, how many private companies or individuals have invested in Council owned (or leased facilities) that have added material value to the asset.

I would be particularly interested in the amounts spent on improving the sports stadi within the City of Hull, as all three are in the ownership of the City Council.

Send!

are you basically just out too wind people up....

We couldn't attract a higher calibre of player - the salary cap still exists. in fact 50% of the current playing roster of our club now could potentially be redundant.

hehe

and another point that people make regarding their opposite set of supporters is that the majority are so-called "fair weather" supporters. Therefore, it's those people that would make up the majority of the crowd if we die-hards abandon our respective teams. And let's face it, many of the die-hards would continue to support a Hul team anyway. There would be just a few fanatics who would cut their noses off to spite their faces.