Re: SKY at it already!! : Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:52 pm  

jdrocket wrote:

My point was, and you will see in my first post, that just cause they give us the money that they do (which isn't earth shattering) it isn't an excuse for them to take the place of the RFL, which they seemed to be doing at times last year.

no but they are the ONLY people who pay us for these games, and they have the right by doing so, to move the games to fit with there scheduling, we get a great spot on a friday night and also a good one on a saturday, so as i said, they are the ones who pay for the right to screen the games, which is what we as fans want, and they are the ones who then have the right to go and say to the rfl, look how do you feel about moving these games forward or backwards by however long, and the rfl then say yes or no, (generally in a quibbling manner they will say yes). but at the end of the day, this what sky pay for, no matter how much they pay!

Re: SKY at it already!! : Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:00 pm  

THEOriginalWire wrote:

no but they are the ONLY people who pay us for these games, and they have the right by doing so, to move the games to fit with there scheduling, we get a great spot on a friday night and also a good one on a saturday, so as i said, they are the ones who pay for the right to screen the games, which is what we as fans want, and they are the ones who then have the right to go and say to the rfl, look how do you feel about moving these games forward or backwards by however long, and the rfl then say yes or no, (generally in a quibbling manner they will say yes). but at the end of the day, this what sky pay for, no matter how much they pay!

Conceded. I don't mind too much when they move games by half an hour.

I was a little bit miffed last year when they moved the games about so Wire finished on a fizzle at Quins and Saint's new what hey had to do at Cas. Was disappointing. I would like to know how many games Sky moved last year. Bearing in mind they only show 52 (I think discounting MM) during the regular season. I can think of a couple off the top of my head. I feel for the people that buy a ticket and then are forced to miss the game cause sky have moved it. Additionally, last year they waited till very close to the game, after people had bought tickets to move them.

I would also question why Sky move so many games.

Re: SKY at it already!! : Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:33 pm  

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:

oh dear,

its all downhill from here on in

Re: SKY at it already!! : Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:15 pm  

In answer to a couple of earlier posts, I don't work for Sky. I dont particularly LIKE Sky (even though I am a subscriber). If the franchise to screen live RL matches went to another broadcaster, I would cancel my subscription tomorrow ( just don't tell Goldblatt jnr, she'd cry for a month if there was no more Imagination Movers to watch on 611).
The simple fact remains, we (UK RL fans in general) owe Sky TV a massive debt of gratitude, with their input of money and subsequent exposure of our game.
To those of us watching the game before 1989 (when Granada started screening RLLive), they'll remember the BAD old days of Grandstand, whose live RL coverage in the early and mid 80's, was
Lancs & Yorks Cup final live
JPTrophy & Challenge Cup (upto and including quarter final) 5 mins highlights of the 1st half and 2nd half live
Then the semis and final live
GB Tests live
and that was it
Sky give us 70+ matches, the money to buy the cream of the NRL, and people whinge about a fixture being moved by half an hour. Unbelievable!!!!