WTF is going on there......James Smailes has just tweeted that

Saw that. That's very nice of them, are they going to buy everyone's ground for them

www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/news/558 ... %20STADIUM

www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/news/558 ... %20STADIUM

Shame they never bought the most famous name in the game

The Boulevard

hope the Bulls dont get a SL licence on the issue of stadium quality

Just seems wrong somehow, what about all the rest of the grounds.

Farce. I hope they are paying a commercial rent like we do and not living off handouts like the paupers from the east

Yes we are paying rent. I wish they had done it with Knowlsley Road, The Boulevard (although KC is cracking stadium) and even The Willows. But in all fairness all your stadiums are cracking and ours isn't brilliant but it is steeped in history. I'm not here to gloat or owt or rub it in but the RFL buying Odsal can only be good for the sport.

The cost to redevelop Odsal is far too high. It will never happen. If this is a temporary tactic to stop Bradford going bust and the intention is to manage a transition to a new Wire type ground at some point then fine but if it is genuinely an attempt to keep Odsal because of it's history etc then that is crazy. It's a terrible place and an embarrassment to RL and it's been even more embarrassing over the last few years hearing Sky and the RFL bigging it up as if it's some sort of RL Mecca and an example to follow.

Before anyone starts climbing onto any moral high ground, just remember that the RFL also invested in our club at a time that we needed it.

What utter bullshine, the RFL shouldn't be buying any clubs ground, also ineterested to know how this will work if Bradford were to fail in a franchise bid.

total RFL farce, if I were a Bulls fan I would be embarassed, worse than Wakey and Cas for not keeping promises to develop.

Pleased for Bradford..

Makes a change for them to throw some money at a Northern club instead of the Welsh!

If you read the report, as I did, then it doesn't appear that this is any long-term investment, more a case of keeping vulture developers away. As I said before, we're the last that should be dictating what the RFL can and cannot invest THEIR money in.