I like the idea of a club paying for the right to go over the cap.



Maybe a 2:1 ratio



For example if Wigan want to go over the cap by £100k, they have to pay in addition £200k to be shared with the other 13 clubs.



If a £100k player is going to cost them £300k in total, they would really, really need to be sure they want that player. And some money gets shared around the league.

He has been given the all clear to play again

Well, back to the topic, we have 9 first team players OOC at the end of this year.



Included in there is current SL top try scorer Brett Kearney, as well as home grown players such as Langley, Donaldson and Addy. It would be unfair if we lose one of our best players as well as having our academy system once again raided simply because the RFL are dragging their feet over this issue.



I mean, the punishments handed out by the RFL against us already mean we missed last year's play-offs as well as a large slice of our income being denied and handed out to the rest of the league. Are we now to be denied the chance to retain our top players?

Gledhill tweeted earlier that a decision on next years license is due in next fortnight.

Well, as it would be hard to point to any one thing they've done particularly wrong, and as we sit pretty third in the league, and playing some fine rugby, what's to decide?

The catch is that its a non story. The Times, not for the first time, being duped by a bogus story. The Sheikh turned out to be fake.

Hmm, I wonder if there will be any decision about our share of the Sky monies for next season?

Omar has mentioned quite a few times that he has been persistently trying to limit our funding cuts to this season only.

This year it was utterly scandalous but just the blackmail price he had to pay. Nobody has even remotely tried to justify it. The only justification would have been if the RFL had used the money to help creditors of the failed company, but instead every other team just had it large at our expense. There is no way and no chance of robbing us again. Either we get the licence or we don't. I don't think for a minute they will suggest another "tax" but if they did then Omar can tell them to feck right off with my blessing.

Don't think there is much to be fair, but as I pointed out previously they did only give us the one year so, however clear cut, they [ihave[/i to issue some kind of statement. Given our exemplary points deduction and loss of earnings maybe the statement should finish with something along the lines of, "The Bulls are now clear to boldly go where no club has gone before"...

Ross T&A has just tweeted that Bulls are meeting RFL tomorrow to discuss the licence application

It ought to be a formality.



Wonder if next year's TV money will be discussed too?

Thought that had already been discussed - and we were only getting half, same as this time?