Just a couple of quotes from that linked-to article at the start of this thread...







If the tables were turned and it was Gary Hetherington asking you for £100 to save the Rhinos, would you send him a cheque by return ?



I wouldn't.







I know nothing about the club, I know nothing about running a professional rugby league club, I do know something about running a small business and I do know an awful lot about how overheads can very quickly kill a small business when just one piece of the turnover jigsaw is removed - but to me that seems like one hell of a lot of staff for a professional sports club, a hell of a lot of staff, and if most of those are full time employees and not match-day only agency staff then I would be very, very surprised and at the same time not at all surprised that they are in trouble.

It's not exactly a secret that the Bulls aren't flush with cash. Odsal is a huge millstone and falling crowds haven't helped, but did anyone suspect that it was really this bad?

They are a poorly run club. Abosulte joke for super league. To think the abuse Wakey got (me included), but at least they have the excuse of been a smaller club.



I wouldn't want any of their players. Not one could improve us.

No. If the club was in that situation without some sort of force majeure (accidentally becoming s**t so nobody will pay to watch you and wearing out your copy of Cotton Eye Joe doesn't count) I wouldn't be handing over a penny for anything other than a match ticket unless I was convinced it was going to a different and better management team.



The idea of a club run by the fans seems like a good idea, until you read an internet message board.

One other point - what damage did last years season ticket bargain basement sell-off do in the long term ?

Not half.

It shows for sure that the licensing system is a complete and utter farce.

of that sort of size, my thoughts too

if £2.5m is in salaries, that makes a minimum of £0.7m in non playing staff, probably closer to £1m, which IMO seems a huge amount. 150 staff seems a large number



Very sad news, but I guess this is why the RFL had to buy Odsal, in an attempt to give Bulls a chance

Good riddance to bad rubbish.



Won't lose any sleep over it

I thinks time the RFL introduce some kind of deeper accounts checking with EVERYTHING exposed by clubs who want to be in SL.

It's clear this hasn't occured over-night and re-Cut price ST's it's clear they were way out of their depth just as they were when taking on GH.

I also remember the then Bulls board voting the London Broncos out of SL when they originally folded be interesting if there's any kind of vote what the repercussions will be.

It doesn't do the game any good at all too see any team(s) in this predicament. Reading the article it looks as though the bank have reduced their overdraft and it it has happened at Bradford you can bet they are not the only RL clubs affected.