Re: Sky losing interest. : Wed Dec 31, 2014 9:01 am  

gutterfax wrote:

The level of paranoia on here is quite alarming

You could well be right!!!

People see/read/hear things and pass them on or comment.

What's that all about?

As another piece of conspiricy, and to keep the Daily Wail types happy, have you noticed that RL ALWAYS follows Union on the Sky ticker at the bottom of the screen and that when RL gets to the front or nearly they go to an ad break.

They seem to do things in alphabetical order but U before L!!!!

Re: Sky losing interest. : Wed Dec 31, 2014 9:39 am  

headhunter wrote:

In fact it actually said "More of the sports that matter", after listing Premier League, Champions League, Football League, Capitol One Cup, Formula 1, The Ashes, International Tests and ODIs, ICC World Cup, US Masters, Boxing, NFL and 'European Rugby'. This honestly seems like a deliberate snub and an intentional slap in the face to RL.

Right.

Because RL is clearly more important than the US Masters. Or Formula 1. Or the Ashes.

Seriously, take your tinfoil hat off and give your head a shake. The SL regular season is not an event in the same way that these are. The only one I might query is European Rugby, given that some of these games will be the likes of Glasgow vs some obscure French side in front of 6,000 people. But even then, the Heineken (or whatever it is these days) Cup final is every bit as big an event as say the SL Grand Final for example.

Re: Sky losing interest. : Wed Dec 31, 2014 9:47 am  

Leaguefan wrote:

:SHIFTY:
You could well be right!!!

People see/read/hear things and pass them on or comment.

What's that all about?

As another piece of conspiricy, and to keep the Daily Wail types happy, have you noticed that RL ALWAYS follows Union on the Sky ticker at the bottom of the screen and that when RL gets to the front or nearly they go to an ad break.

They seem to do things in alphabetical order but U before L!!!!

I havent watched SSN for a few years now,does that still happen?

Re: Sky losing interest. : Wed Dec 31, 2014 3:51 pm  

j.c wrote:

I havent watched SSN for a few years now,does that still happen?

Don't know, the presenters just seem to spend their time nowadays reading out tweets and hashtags from famous sports people.

Re: Sky losing interest. : Wed Dec 31, 2014 4:08 pm  

ThePrinter wrote:

Don't know, the presenters just seem to spend their time nowadays reading out tweets and hashtags from famous sports people.

It always felt like it was on a loop just going round & round.
A pointless channel really.

Re: Sky losing interest. : Thu Jan 01, 2015 12:17 pm  

Reckon Sky Sports News is important, it's often on in pubs and a lot seem to watch it, though it hasn't been on freeview for years. I've never noticed that things are usually in alphabetical order on there.

Re: Sky losing interest. : Thu Jan 01, 2015 12:34 pm  

Perhaps we should be asking the RL press office, just how hard are they working, and just how many clubs in RL have a full-time Press Officer, pumping out stories, the reality is we seem to have a mix of lazy and incompetent people. Newspapers and News Channels are DESPERATE to fill up column inches and spare air-time with some actual NEWS.

OK, I do get that the BBC won't publish/broadcast, but most of the others WILL, the reality is we are S**t at getting the stories, pictures and VT out there. Years ago as a Student (27 to be precise), I worked for Hayter's (the sports news agency) based just off Fleet Street.

Football Clubs, Cricket Clubs, Boxing Trainers/Promoters used to inundate the offices with STORIES, Union Clubs too, but in the five months I worked there I cannot remember a single call, fax (or even Xerox as we had back then) from a Rugby League Club, NOT A SINGLE ONE!

Re: Sky losing interest. : Fri Jan 02, 2015 1:03 am  

RL clubs don't seem to take Marketing seriously at all and yet it's a major part in growing the sport. Infuriating to witness!

Re: Sky losing interest. : Fri Jan 02, 2015 6:43 am  

Andy Gilder wrote:

Right.

Because RL is clearly more important than the US Masters. Or Formula 1. Or the Ashes.

Seriously, take your tinfoil hat off and give your head a shake. The SL regular season is not an event in the same way that these are. The only one I might query is European Rugby, given that some of these games will be the likes of Glasgow vs some obscure French side in front of 6,000 people. But even then, the Heineken (or whatever it is these days) Cup final is every bit as big an event as say the SL Grand Final for example.

Right, so you agree with Sky that RL doesn't matter and isn't an important or must-see sport. But 'boxing' is.

Re: Sky losing interest. : Fri Jan 02, 2015 11:05 am  

headhunter wrote:

Right, so you agree with Sky that RL doesn't matter and isn't an important or must-see sport. But 'boxing' is.

Boxing is a sport that Sky can sell at £16+ per event on PPV (Froch v Groves generated £15.2m in PPV sales). Of course it's more important to Sky than Super League.

It also generates much more betting revenue that RL, something that a company like SKYBet might be interested in.