Bulls chairman Chris Caisley has reacted angrily to comments made by Huddersfield Giants chief Ralph Rimmer suggesting Bradford should be forced to "reorder their priorities".

Rimmer made the comments following the AGM of Super League clubs at which club bosses discussed slashing the salary cap from £1.8m to £1.4m, while offering dispensation to clubs who produced international players.

Rimmer told the Rugby League Express that if clubs were rewarded for producing international players then "teams like Leeds or Wigan would be greatly rewarded whereas perhaps clubs like Bradford, with all of their overseas stars, would have to reorder their priorities."

Caisley, a long-time opponent of the salary cap, drew a line in the sand over the latest proposals, saying they were anti-competitive, an unlawful restraint of trade and would be met with a legal challenge by the Bulls.

But he reserved his sternest criticism for Rimmer, saying: "Who is he to tell me how to run my business?

"When he was at Sheffield he merged them with Huddersfield, which was a farce. Now he's running Huddersfield and they can't get a crowd to save their life. Quite frankly, if rugby league is going to be run the Ralph Rimmer way, then we are all in bother."

Caisley did not attend the AGM and was unhappy the salary cap issue had come up for discussion.

He said: "On the face of the agenda the meeting was simply to deal with the accounts and deal with auditors' appointments and what have you. But it seems they've turned it into a salary cap meeting.

"They seem determined to slash the salary cap but we'll see about that. It's unlawful to start with."

The restrictions were supported by local rivals Leeds Rhinos because it suited their purpose to back

measures that had a negative impact on their greatest adversaries, said Caisley.

"It really makes me annoyed when I listen to all of this. Players shouldn't have their earning capacity restricted by regulations these clubs are wanting to impose purely and simply because they cannot get themselves up off their backsides to improve their own positions without having a help up along the way."

l Bulls media manager Stuart Duffy has dismissed suggestions the club boycotted Tuesday night's Super League Marketing Awards in protest at restrictive practices imposed by the RFL.

He said: "It is preposterous to suggest we did not attend for those reasons.

"As a club we regard the awards, whereby the clubs pat themselves on the back and awards are shared out for no other reason than to give everyone a feelgood factor, as a waste of time and effort."