Re: Trinity will Vote Against IMG proposal : Tue Apr 18, 2023 1:14 pm  

lifelongfan wrote:

Exactly my point, it's so short sighted.
Have IMG actually looked at this side of the game, to me its essential and not debatable.

Not sure but i guess there more intrested in how many tweets get put out

Re: Trinity will Vote Against IMG proposal : Tue Apr 18, 2023 1:22 pm  

Luppylad wrote:

The money spent on the academy per year can fund a broadie croft and tim lafai, of course salford leigh york etc are laughing but rugby league wont be laughing in 10 to 15 years time when there wont be enough good players around cos clubs wont keep doing it,if they do they wont pay the lads(somthing that goes on now at some clubs)so lads has they are will walk away from the game

Yep and IMG's deal will be expired by then, so why would they care. They'll have had their cash and disappeared into the sunset, which lets be honest, is what they are in it for. After that it ain't their problem anymore.

Re: Trinity will Vote Against IMG proposal : Tue Apr 18, 2023 1:29 pm  

Just a little side issue.

Last night on coronation street I noticed they were pushing, (can not remember if it was baseball or basketball).

Said to wife, a northern sitcom pushing an American excuse for a sport, that should be Rugby League.

Re: Trinity will Vote Against IMG proposal : Tue Apr 18, 2023 2:53 pm  

BarnsleyGull wrote:

Maybe its because we are a current SL club, that all the other ones would say that - Wakey being petty....
However, having listened to what the guys at Keighley have said and their explanation, I do think IMG have moved to goalposts somewhat.
I also envisage that we may not be the only SL club voting against it.

That article states that Cas will vote against it too

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Re: Trinity will Vote Against IMG proposal : Tue Apr 18, 2023 3:24 pm  

lifelongfan wrote:

Just a little side issue.

Last night on coronation street I noticed they were pushing, (can not remember if it was baseball or basketball).

Said to wife, a northern sitcom pushing an American excuse for a sport, that should be Rugby League.

Didn't Rita once have a boyfriend who played for Featherstone Rovers?

Re: Trinity will Vote Against IMG proposal : Tue Apr 18, 2023 3:26 pm  

lifelongfan wrote:

Just a little side issue.

Last night on coronation street I noticed they were pushing, (can not remember if it was baseball or basketball).

Said to wife, a northern sitcom pushing an American excuse for a sport, that should be Rugby League.

Think it was because one of the characters (Miley) was brought up in the USA.

Don’t think even IMG have yet expanded RL into the US.

Re: Trinity will Vote Against IMG proposal : Tue Apr 18, 2023 4:31 pm  

PopTart wrote:

Didn't Rita once have a boyfriend who played for Featherstone Rovers?

Dougie Ferguson was an ex Trinity player but I don't they ever mentioned the Wakefield part.

Re: Trinity will Vote Against IMG proposal : Tue Apr 18, 2023 5:17 pm  

What the game needs is not criteria it's characters. Players you want to go and watch. We need a British David Fifita or a New Martin Offia or Bill Ashurst. These are only going to come from getting more youngsters to play the game and letting then express themselves in academies. But these criteria put more emphasis on electronic advertising signs round the ground than academies.

Re: Trinity will Vote Against IMG proposal : Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:25 pm  

newcat wrote:

Think it was because one of the characters (Miley) was brought up in the USA.

Don’t think even IMG have yet expanded RL into the US.

Usually have the headphones on when it's on so don't know the story line, just seemed a bit strange to me.

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Re: Trinity will Vote Against IMG proposal : Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:58 pm  

Hopwood wrote:

What the game needs is not criteria it's characters. Players you want to go and watch. We need a British David Fifita or a New Martin Offia or Bill Ashurst. These are only going to come from getting more youngsters to play the game and letting then express themselves in academies. But these criteria put more emphasis on electronic advertising signs round the ground than academies.

Or, we already have them and no one knows because we don't get them in front of the camera......which is what IMG are all about.