Super League clubs this week voted to keep 14 teams in the competition.

At a meeting in Bradford on Monday, club representatives decided to maintain the structure established last year, when Salford and Crusaders swelled the league’s ranks.

The Bulls are thought to be one of three teams, alongside Hull KR and Wakefield, who backed a return to 12 clubs, driven by questions over standards and the current economic downturn.

A return to the previous structure would mean the central funding pot being split between 12 clubs rather than 14.

Although Bradford chairman Peter Hood refused to confirm whether his side voted for a change, he did question the current state of Super League.

“It was something under discussion, the size and the whole framework of the competition,” he said.

“I will not confirm whether Bradford was one of the clubs who voted against the plans but it’s no secret we’ve been open-minded to the concept that 12 is the right number.

“I’m sympathetic to the view that we may have started to run before we’d learned to walk in terms of expansion.

“Some people have said the number of teams has contributed to a decline in quality in the competition; that there aren’t enough quality players to go around.

“If we don’t provide quality on the pitch, you won’t get fans coming to watch the games.”