Latest Sky Sports Super League fixtures announced : Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:03 pm  

http://www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=14424

http://www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=14424

: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm  

not being on sky can only help our gates. got a sneaky feeling we might have requested not to be shown for a while.

: Thu Jun 18, 2009 6:59 pm  

mat wrote:

not being on sky can only help our gates. got a sneaky feeling we might have requested not to be shown for a while.

You can't every clubs at the whim of Sky.

: Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:28 pm  

They wouldn't listen to us if we did.

Sky coverage is a double edged sword. Sometimes it affects crowds but there's no denying that having your team appear on Sky is one of the things which attracts sponsorships and also helps to market your club to a wider audience.
How many people saw their first RL game on the television and decided to give a live game a try?

If two good teams are playing and the weather is good and the timing is right then there will be a decent crowd with the cameras there or not.

I bet all our best attended games in SL have been on Sky. All of them will have been against Leeds for one thing. Only one game against Leeds in SL was not on the television and that was at headingley.

: Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:30 pm  

AndreaB wrote:

How many people saw their first RL game on the television and decided to give a live game a try?

Scrumdown converted me!

: Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:31 pm  

Does the fee for being on sky still not apply, I recall hearing it has been re introduced?

: Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:35 pm  

All clubs get an equal part of the Sky appearance money I think. At least that used to be the case.

: Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:18 pm  

mat wrote:

not being on sky can only help our gates. got a sneaky feeling we might have requested not to be shown for a while.

You cant believe that seriously. Sky pick the games. Clubs dont have a say.