Re: SL going to 12 : Mon Dec 14, 2020 2:15 pm  

Be interesting to see how little Sky offer for the next TV deal.

I don't see too many other broadcasters fighting for the rights. The game has become a bit to Parochial i suspect for most & this decision does nothing to address that.

Re: SL going to 12 : Mon Dec 14, 2020 2:24 pm  

Deadcowboys1 wrote:

Be interesting to see how little Sky offer for the next TV deal.

I don't see too many other broadcasters fighting for the rights. The game has become a bit to Parochial i suspect for most & this decision does nothing to address that.

One of the selection criteria was supposed to be maximising the value of the TV deal !

Re: SL going to 12 : Mon Dec 14, 2020 3:12 pm  

Im Shocked.....(Im not). RL really does deserve to disappear up its own backside. Im glad we never made it, we would have been battered week in week out, but what a farcical situation and farcical choice. Small minded northern sport.

Re: SL going to 12 : Mon Dec 14, 2020 3:30 pm  

Honkytonk wrote:

Im Shocked.....(Im not). RL really does deserve to disappear up its own backside. Im glad we never made it, we would have been battered week in week out, but what a farcical situation and farcical choice. Small minded northern sport.

Was it not part of our submission, players were ready to be signed if we were promoted?

Re: SL going to 12 : Mon Dec 14, 2020 3:38 pm  

jaybs wrote:

Was it not part of our submission, players were ready to be signed if we were promoted?

Ive no idea, ive not seen it. But unless we are talking 8/9 SL Quality players, we wouldve been in trouble. In the same way we are in trouble if we do not bring in 6/7 Championship quality players now.

Re: SL going to 12 : Mon Dec 14, 2020 3:40 pm  

RL has to be the poorest run sport out there.

Re: SL going to 12 : Mon Dec 14, 2020 5:04 pm  

Easy option to give it to Leigh.

We need to look forward now and push for promotion and a full funding when we go up.

What I found interesting from the announcement was that the Lord said they had met 4 times, in total 8 hours. How long does it take to read a 400+ page submission before you move to the other 5?.

Re: SL going to 12 : Mon Dec 14, 2020 5:50 pm  

wire-quin wrote:

Easy option to give it to Leigh.

We need to look forward now and push for promotion and a full funding when we go up.

What I found interesting from the announcement was that the Lord said they had met 4 times, in total 8 hours. How long does it take to read a 400+ page submission before you move to the other 5?.

I'm still working through my Janet & John book so i'd say Leigh's 460 page novel would have taken much longer than 8 hours. Maybe they saw the size of it they thought they can't be bothered with the others. In any event even if they took them home to read in bed, i would expect far more time to be spent considering it including talking to each club to check out what had been written was true.

Haven't looked to see but i suppose its too much to hope the process is transparent enough for a public explanation of the decision. Is it still a secret as to what weighting the panel were to give to the various criteria?

Re: SL going to 12 : Mon Dec 14, 2020 5:53 pm  

From watching the announcement, Im not sure I would trust the panel to run a bath

Re: SL going to 12 : Mon Dec 14, 2020 6:11 pm  

Honkytonk wrote.

From watching the announcement, Im not sure I would trust the panel to run a bath

From watching it. It sounded like it was being broadcast from a bathroom.