That would mean the Championship clubs going out and doing something rather than moaning about anything and everything. Far too many clubs in RL are happy to just take the money from Sky and do nothing else. Those with ambition to grow themselves and the sport (and I don't include the likes of Toronto in that) will be rewarded for it, others won't.

FWIW - I do enjoy watching the Championship and miss the Premier Sports days

Very nice. How many SL clubs would suffer without their big chunk of Sly money?
FWIW, The Championship is a very competitive league despite the the cut in central funding. What's your problem?

I enjoy watching the Championship yes, but as with some clubs in SL there are clubs in the Championship not interested in trying to improve or grow attendances and are just happy to take the sky money and move on.

Interesting views in this post? But are we all missing the elephant in the room? Everyone is assuming that SKY or some other broadcaster is willing to pay. I hope I am wrong but apart from the few thousand devotees of the game is there an interest out there? Union is struggling to make ends meet & they have a much bigger profile nationally/world wide. Even soccer below the premiership is in dire strights.
With the game being now fully professional only teams in large catchment ( big cities) areas can carry on. Even the Hull area is struggling with the local league even having a meeting to see if it is possible to run a competition this year. I am very worried that with a change at the top of SKY (Americans) that there is no appetite for league, add to that murmurings in politics against the involvement of gambling sponsorship in sports An interesting couple of years are in store for all sports not just league.

Ask Mr Lenagan if he would part with Wigan's Sky money? It's also noted that Wigan's crowds have dwindled lately. Where is the growth there?

There is a broadcaster and an online platform interested apparently

I do hope you are correct but will they or the current deal pay what is paid now? & will the BBC want to pay after they are under enormous pressure to cut costs or go commercial? As much as I love this game I am not so sure the rest of the world actually give a toss!

Really, I think this is a myth peddled by some fans of the "big 4" in SL.
Do you really think that any SL club or ANY business out in the big wide world, is not trying to grow their business ??

Most SL clubs NEED the Sky money to sustain their current business and even the stronger clubs in the comp would ned to re shape their business if they were suddenly to find themselves without the Sky cash.
However, to suggest that ANY club isn't trying to improve and grow their business is just plain daft

Well several clubs vote against pretty much every idea to grow the game

Some managed to get into serious peril even with the parachute payment.

Here’s a slightly different take on things....

Let’s say Sky don’t offer the golden egg anymore, Superleague doesn’t get the sort of TV money previously offered, gambling firms can’t sponsor anymore, so effectively the game struggles to stay full-time. What’s the big worry with that in reality?

The sport will still exist, the clubs will still exist, the history of the game will remain, we’ll all still be able to go and watch our teams, the players and facilities just won’t be as good long term. The players will likely have day jobs etc....

So, effectively, we’d be back to how the game looked in the 80’s in terms of financially - I loved my rugby league then (probably even more so as we didn’t have to soften the game), and I’m sure I’d love it again.

Obviously it’s better to have the Sky coverage and the full time athletes, but so what if we don’t. I’ll still go to Headingley every week to cheer on Leeds - and who knows, we might even get rid of the silly Rhinos name and return to the Loiners with our rightful hanging sheep badge....

I’m not sure it’s the disaster people think.

Christ