Re: Sky Sports and Superleague restructure : Wed Aug 04, 2021 9:22 am
We need to improve our position with regards to TV rights I think that's fairly obvious, we have done a poor job tendering TV rights in the past (Especially the last time round, not even looking at other options seriously and just renewing with the incumbent) right now we seem to be in a monopoly but the market we operate in is not a monopoly and certainly will not be going forward as we see more development of other digital platforms such as Amazon etc but to do that we need to use our leverage and actually put the work in upfront. The ball is in Sky's court right now and it has been for a long time, we have become a sport that in a business sense they can exploit as much as they want as we seem so reliant on them, they say jump we say how high, they moan about viewing over the last couple of weeks dropping, well TBH there have been that many changes, playing games on Monday nights, Wednesday Nights, Sunday nights that I have watched very little rugby over the last few weeks purely on the basis I have just completely forgot.By the way, I agree with comments on commentary but we have been saying it for years, somehow this group make Eddie and Stevo look brilliant, well they do to me anyway. I seriously doubt these blokes are the best for the job.