challengpe cup on tv : Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:30 pm  

Just watched news and it looks like the challenge cup may lose its status within the so called crown jewels that mean certain events have to be shown on tv and not on sky etc. I hope the rfl challenge this and not be swayed by their paymasters Sky. Not everyone as access to them and do their best to allow the majority of rugby league to watch on terrestrial tv, sadly I do not believe they have the interests of fans at heart.

Re: challengpe cup on tv : Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:34 pm  

girl power wrote:

Just watched news and it looks like the challenge cup may lose its status within the so called crown jewels that mean certain events have to be shown on tv and not on sky etc. I hope the rfl challenge this and not be swayed by their paymasters Sky. Not everyone as access to them and do their best to allow the majority of rugby league to watch on terrestrial tv, sadly I do not believe they have the interests of fans at heart.

Read in a news report a couple of weeks ago the RFL only knew about this at the minute as the report was being finalised but did indeed object.

: Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:13 am  

It would be a great shame not to be able to see the only great working class sport left on free to air tv.

A sky monopoly of the sport would leave us at their mercy.

: Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:25 am  

We are already at there mercy.
You take away the SKY money and the game would be over.

Sky have done a fantastic job. There coverage is great.

Just watch a BBC game to see the difference.
They treat it like a game of union. The camera work and angles are crap.
As for Ray French, he is rubbish cant keep up with the game and keeps getting players mixed up.

At least Sky know what they are doing.
They took the gamble and put money into our game. Love them or hate them we have a lot to thanks them for.

: Fri Nov 13, 2009 2:23 pm  

guess who wrote:

We are already at there mercy.
You take away the SKY money and the game would be over.

Sky have done a fantastic job. There coverage is great.

Just watch a BBC game to see the difference.
They treat it like a game of union. The camera work and angles are crap.
As for Ray French, he is rubbish cant keep up with the game and keeps getting players mixed up.

At least Sky know what they are doing.
They took the gamble and put money into our game. Love them or hate them we have a lot to thanks them for.

Couldn't have put it any better!!

: Fri Nov 13, 2009 2:57 pm  

The post was highlighting the fact that rugby league has been damaged because it is deemed to be not as important as other sports. The fact that sky have done a good job is not the issue really the majority do not have access to sky. This is 1 reason some events have been guaranteed free to air.

: Fri Nov 13, 2009 5:14 pm  

How has the sport been damaged by SKY?

Terrestrial tv has the CC.

Terrestrial tv would not show two games a week.
Terrestrial tv would not have shown any NL games.

: Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:08 am  

Whilst I agree sky money is good for the game, Rugby League is never going to grow unless it is seen by the maximum possible audience.

This is why losing the CC to sky would be detrimental to our game.

I'd like to see a tv deal along the line of what the Football League have got with BBC where they show the odd game that Sky don't cover live on a weekend.

: Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:28 am  

Surely, the best approach would be to email Ben Bradshaw at: http://www.benbradshaw.co.uk/ That abject failure of a football journalist and former FA executive (David Davies) has not only proposed protecting 5 football competitions out of a total of 12 'Crown Jewel' events but, apart from proposing the delisting the Challenge Cup, he's also proposed that the Winter Olympics be delisted!

Surely, the best approach would be to email Ben Bradshaw at: http://www.benbradshaw.co.uk/ That abject failure of a football journalist and former FA executive (David Davies) has not only proposed protecting 5 football competitions out of a total of 12 'Crown Jewel' events but, apart from proposing the delisting the Challenge Cup, he's also proposed that the Winter Olympics be delisted!

: Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:07 pm  

Stealth Comic wrote:

Whilst I agree sky money is good for the game, Rugby League is never going to grow unless it is seen by the maximum possible audience.

This is why losing the CC to sky would be detrimental to our game.

I'd like to see a tv deal along the line of what the Football League have got with BBC where they show the odd game that Sky don't cover live on a weekend.

I wonder how many people watch a CC game on tele and think, i wonder where my local team is, after watching that i might just go and watch a game.