Rugby League Mega Deal Signed : Tue May 10, 2022 1:43 pm  

Rugby League Mega Deal Signed The Rugby Football League (RFL) and Super League Europe today announce a 12-year strategic partnership with IMG, a global leader in sports, events, media and fashion owned by Endeavor, to reimagine Rugby League and its competitions in the UK. The agreement follows the recent decision for the RFL and Super League to realign and form a new joint venture company. IMG has assembled a team of experts across its Media business and the Endeavor network to work with the newly combined entity on strategically repositioning the sport to maximise its commercial potential for long-term growth, build deeper relationships with fans and attract new audiences. READ MORE ON THIS STORY...

Rugby League Mega Deal Signed The Rugby Football League (RFL) and Super League Europe today announce a 12-year strategic partnership with IMG, a global leader in sports, events, media and fashion owned by Endeavor, to reimagine Rugby League and its competitions in the UK. The agreement follows the recent decision for the RFL and Super League to realign and form a new joint venture company. IMG has assembled a team of experts across its Media business and the Endeavor network to work with the newly combined entity on strategically repositioning the sport to maximise its commercial potential for long-term growth, build deeper relationships with fans and attract new audiences. READ MORE ON THIS STORY...

Re: Rugby League Mega Deal Signed : Tue May 10, 2022 3:26 pm  

Death to League 1, thanks Ralph. Potential end of the London, Wales and Midlands experiment.
The big pigs will load the trough by reducing Rugby League to Super League 1 and 2 with only 20 team surviving the cull.
In the current situation teams in trouble would be famous clubs like Bradford and Widnes, historic Cumbrian teams like Whitehaven and Workington and development teams like Newcastle, North Wales, Midland, Cornwall, West Wales and both London Broncos and Skolars are potential lambs to the slaughter.
It is ironic that the highly successful NRL is currently expanding as the UK is shutting down to allow for the spectacle of 5 matches between Wigan and Saints with Sky Sports trying to revive the corpse and get the neutral fans interested.
Leigh and Featherstone are attempting to upset the applecart by the miracle of finishing 10th in the Super League in 2023. Currently occupying dead man shoes for relegation are Leeds, Salford, Wakefield and Toulouse.
Imagine how thrilled RLHQ will be if Leeds are in Super League 2 and Bradford go out of existence.
IMG's other big plans will revolve around, Betting, marketing and merchandising.
All this is marginally better than previous great ideas such as mergers or franchising.

Re: Rugby League Mega Deal Signed : Tue May 10, 2022 4:29 pm  

It's brutal but it's likely to happen. Then again, the biggest shafting is the one for Cornwall's owner and few will mourn his latest failure. Surf and turf holidays off, boys & gals!

Re: Rugby League Mega Deal Signed : Wed May 11, 2022 6:26 pm  

Septimius Severus wrote:

Death to League 1, thanks Ralph. Potential end of the London, Wales and Midlands experiment.
The big pigs will load the trough by reducing Rugby League to Super League 1 and 2 with only 20 team surviving the cull.
In the current situation teams in trouble would be famous clubs like Bradford and Widnes, historic Cumbrian teams like Whitehaven and Workington and development teams like Newcastle, North Wales, Midland, Cornwall, West Wales and both London Broncos and Skolars are potential lambs to the slaughter.
It is ironic that the highly successful NRL is currently expanding as the UK is shutting down to allow for the spectacle of 5 matches between Wigan and Saints with Sky Sports trying to revive the corpse and get the neutral fans interested.
Leigh and Featherstone are attempting to upset the applecart by the miracle of finishing 10th in the Super League in 2023. Currently occupying dead man shoes for relegation are Leeds, Salford, Wakefield and Toulouse.
Imagine how thrilled RLHQ will be if Leeds are in Super League 2 and Bradford go out of existence.
IMG's other big plans will revolve around, Betting, marketing and merchandising.
All this is marginally better than previous great ideas such as mergers or franchising.

12 year plan. Not 30 years.

Re: Rugby League Mega Deal Signed : Wed May 11, 2022 9:42 pm  

atomic wrote:

12 year plan. Not 30 years.

Atomic, have you even bothered to read the proposal. All Rugby League outside of 20 teams will become amateur. Historic clubs and all development clubs will almost certainly cease to be.

Re: Rugby League Mega Deal Signed : Wed May 11, 2022 10:10 pm  

Septimius Severus wrote:

Atomic, have you even bothered to read the proposal. All Rugby League outside of 20 teams will become amateur. Historic clubs and all development clubs will almost certainly cease to be.

S S, his only interest is to get under other posters skin.
Twas ever thus.