email from harry gration : Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:27 pm  

Hello ****

Thank you for your e mail.I won't be able to do that piece as the RFL have banned me, but I will pass on to Tanya and see if she will take it on



Poor day for the game yesterday

Best wishes harry



email i received from harry after asking him to do a further piece on the licensing, the guy has gone up in my estimation by not only replying, but also by the sounds of it being honest.
On the other hand who the hell do the rfl think they are banning the media from showing certain things!

Re: email from harry gration : Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:58 pm  

Yes a poor day for the game indeed and as he has been banned from speaking and the Supporters Direct cannot speak out because they are part funded by the RFL.Our own BODs cannot speak either so who is there to challenge the RFL? Do we just have to let them throw money away at half baked ideas then and say nought.

Re: email from harry gration : Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:09 pm  

Lewis and Wood are two of the most powerful people on the planet. Forget yer Murdochs and yer Packers. These two are the daddy's! It wouldn't surprise me if these two were born in Bethnal Green.

"Crocodiles"

Re: email from harry gration : Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:12 pm  

Time for the independent press to speak out, but we get bugger all coverage in the nationals and the trade press are too scared off upsetting the RFL apple cart.

Re: email from harry gration : Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:53 pm  

rlw wrote:

Hello ****

Thank you for your e mail.I won't be able to do that piece as the RFL have banned me, but I will pass on to Tanya and see if she will take it on



Poor day for the game yesterday

Best wishes harry



email i received from harry after asking him to do a further piece on the licensing, the guy has gone up in my estimation by not only replying, but also by the sounds of it being honest.
On the other hand who the hell do the rfl think they are banning the media from showing certain things!

Like I said before we live a free country and these Dicators should not be allowed to gag the media surely not, come and talk to us face to face fat Boy if you dare???
Bring it on.

This aint Libya.

Re: email from harry gration : Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:55 pm  

Fax4Life wrote:

Like I said before we live a free country and these Dictators should not be allowed to gag the media surely not, come and talk to us face to face fat Boy if you dare???
Bring it on.

This aint Libya.

Fergie's been banning Journo's from Man Utd pressers for years.

I asked a RL Journo why the RL Press wont speak up, he says the publications depend heavily on advertising from the RFL, if they upset the RFL, they lose that advertising. Even RLFANS has adverts for RFL Events on it now, RLFANS could survive without that sponsor, but in the trade press they often take out full page adverts which dont go cheap

Re: email from harry gration : Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:10 pm  

The RFL don't pay the BBC though so how can they dictate him being banned from the Super League Show?

Re: email from harry gration : Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:11 pm  

tommy wrote:

The RFL don't pay the BBC though so how can they dictate him being banned from the Super League Show?

The RFL may have the right to terminate the broadcasting agreement with the BBC in an extreme situation and would then land them in hot water with the Challenge Cup being a 'protected' event etc?

Re: email from harry gration : Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:19 pm  

tommy wrote:

The RFL don't pay the BBC though so how can they dictate him being banned from the Super League Show?

He did present it last week, I think what they are saying is they won't grant any interviews with their officials/employees if Harry Gration is the Interviewer

Re: email from harry gration : Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:23 pm  

The RFL would surely never let go the BBC coverage as it's free Nationally...

Anyway, away from the ins and outs of how they can ban people etc wtf's wrong with Rugby League fans? How can something like banning 'the face' of RL on terrestrial TV go through so un-noticed and reactionless? Shouldn't there be a 20 page thread on the VT questioning why the RFL has banned a TV pundit for asking questions!?

Brew, I asked him on Twitter if he's been banned from SLS and he said yes...well he said 'correct' to be pedantic.