Charging £60 a season ticket is appearing to be a mistake. They claimed they shifted 10,000 and therefore they were getting the same return as when they were charging normal prices but that probably wasn't true.



The lack of transparency in RL means we will probably never know what has caused this financial crisis at Bradford. Bradford normally go bust every 40 years or so I wouldn't worry too much and barring total meltdown they will still be in Super League next year.

I feel for the Bradford fans.



Their cheap season ticket policies may not have helped them. The attendances they claim seem to include the total number of season tickets sold before they add on those paying at the turnstiles.



I recognise that Salford and Castleford are not the wealthiest clubs in the game but I fail to see why their names have been included in the title of this thread.



If I were a Bradford fan I would want the people running the club to explain to me why there has been such a massive overspend in recent years. Perhaps we're not so badly run after all.

Perhaps Salfords name has been included due to the fact that they have issues with HMRC.

However the deeper picture should be under what criteria was the franchises checked last season when clubs should have submitted robust business plans and cash flow forecasts, surely Bradfords would have stood out like a sore thumb. in fairness they do state that their bank has changed it's lending criteria but surely this just meant that they were an accident waiting to happen.



The sooner they scarp this ill worked franchise system the better, after all what will bradford get a points deduction...so what they will still remain in Super league, look at barrow last season they ended up relegated on the back of their financial mess.!!

is there any Bradford players we would want, as I think we are one of the few teams with space under the cap.

maybe all those who in the last few weeks have called for the club to give free tickets away and to sign top players who we can't afford will now accept that all clubs should operate within a sustainable budget

Only said the other day that Bradford must lose a fair bit of cash as a result of Bradford fans offering away fans the use of their spare season tickets for a tenner. It seems a pretty popular practice so a substantial amount of revenue is surely being lost at every home game.



On the other hand, with over 11000 + fans in their the other day (B******t), it's perhaps surprising that they're so short of cash.

well if that includes the 10,000 who bought the £60 tickets that is only £600,000 which is a Million shy of the full salary cap perhaps that is why they are in dodo's shoes, plus the council don't bail them out each season now.

I think Barrow - well,owner Des Johnson did slightly more than breach the salary cap which resulted in a massive points deduction leading to relegation and him being banned for 8 years.



All the latest news does is question why some clubs need to go to the expense of a brand new stadium just to meet the Licensing Criteria for Super League.

It's probably due to the graded super league licence. We've been issued a grade C licence, as have widnes, wakefield, London and castleford. So widnes, wakefield and London should also be in the thread.

Bradford had a Grade B licence I think!

The Grade C seems to have been allocated to those clubs who did not have the stadium to the required criteria,

attendances or branding at the time the checks were made.

[url=http://www.superleague.co.uk/page/licensing/375Licensing 2012 - 2014[/url

Interesting. If you read the Salford licence it quotes " solid commercial marketing and media plans". So to put it in Lehman's terms " we'll be marketing our new stadium and club in our local rag, and a local DJ MS will get us lots of coverage on a Local Radio station.

Thats the only solid marketing media campaign i've seen. Eat your heart out.