Re: Games to be played behind closed doors? : Sun Apr 26, 2020 3:59 pm  

They don't show all the games though, do they? They could still pick the games they want to show and the clubs stream the rest which sky can show highlights of. Which is exactly what they do now.

Re: Games to be played behind closed doors? : Sun Apr 26, 2020 4:28 pm  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

They don't show all the games though, do they? They could still pick the games they want to show and the clubs stream the rest which sky can show highlights of. Which is exactly what they do now.

no they dont they chose the games they want to and they have paid for the right to be the only people to do so, clubs could show the games 24 hours after sky as thats what wigan do and must be the legal time frame, sky havent paid 100's millions of pounds just to let other people do it for free

Re: Games to be played behind closed doors? : Sun Apr 26, 2020 6:15 pm  

If allowing clubs to show their own (non-sky) home games means that sky will actually have a game to show and clubs won't go bust I'm sure a compromise could be made.
Clubs could agree to advertise sky as part of their streams.
Obviously sky are in a better position financially than SL to get through this, but they're also desperate for live sport to resume so people will resume their sky sports subscriptions, so whenever we resume both sides will have to take a hit and make concessions or the pro game in this hemisphere will not survive.

Re: Games to be played behind closed doors? : Sun Apr 26, 2020 9:57 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Sky are losing £millions as most people have temporarily suspended their sky sports subscriptions. As soon as live sport is available those subscriptions will automatically start again. They could also stream the other matches (other than the two or three contracted ones) on a pay as you view. Say they charge between £10 - £15 per game. That's a lot cheaper than actually attending, especially if you're a family.
Maybe they could find some way of giving the home season ticket holders free view for their games?

The clubs become a rival to sky (no matter how small it is) the instant they start to strike out on their own.

And if for instance a streamed game is say at the top end of your range it have to be sky like quality because thats a serious chunk of change when most won't have a great deal of money to throw about.

Sky have paid serious money for the sport and have done untill is it June? so all talk of streaming is a little premature isn't it?

Re: Games to be played behind closed doors? : Sun Apr 26, 2020 11:03 pm  

The season is as long as it is is because the majority of clubs require at least 14 home games to generate enough revenue to survive. If games are going to be played without a crowd (which they likely will be until the end of season at least then either clubs ask fans to give them the ticket money anyway, or they find an alternative, or be given freedom by sky to explore other options like streaming their home games, or sky or another messiah pulls a wad of cash out of thin air to help keep the game alive.

Re: Games to be played behind closed doors? : Mon Apr 27, 2020 6:45 am  

A lot of people have STs as a family group and are charged per ST. If the ST money was refunded, and games were streamed, I doubt they'd all individually pay a subscription to watch the same TV set in their house.

Re: Games to be played behind closed doors? : Tue Apr 28, 2020 2:31 pm  

French PM has announced no games even behind closed doors until September. That throws a huge spanner in the works for RL with Catalans and Toulouse.

Re: Games to be played behind closed doors? : Tue Apr 28, 2020 2:56 pm  

Same goes for Canada too, but i assume they'll just remain in the UK for the rest of the year.
Catalans may have to relocate, but if not then they should be exempt from relegation at least (assuming there even is any)

Re: Games to be played behind closed doors? : Tue Apr 28, 2020 4:26 pm  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

Same goes for Canada too, but i assume they'll just remain in the UK for the rest of the year.
Catalans may have to relocate, but if not then they should be exempt from relegation at least (assuming there even is any)

I agree, with Toronto already here anyway it shouldn't prevent them playing games should the season manage to resume. The two French clubs will either have to relocate to somewhere in the UK in time for any resumption or if that isn't possible should maintain their places in SL and the Championship for 2021.

I should think this makes the need for the RFL, SLE and the clubs to find out whether or not we as a sport can resume at any point this year even more urgent as the French clubs will obviously have a lot to sort out if they were to relocate here for any period.

Re: Games to be played behind closed doors? : Tue Apr 28, 2020 5:24 pm  

Sorry but you can’t pretend that Catalan aren’t in the comp when the comp has already started,it makes a mockery of the sport,even given the times we live in that’s a step too far.