Sad but true

when does the TV deal expire? Are BT interested in RL? I'd have thought that anyone with any sense would have been talking to BT with regards to a new deal, so expect to see a new announcement where Sky show our games, we get nothing, but its in anticipation of growing the sports 'brand'

Probably depends what you mean by "interested." TV companies are not really "interested" in any sport. They're interested in viewing figures which boost subscriptions and/or the value of their advertising slots.

What about asking the BBC to have a Tuesday night Cup competition. We could call it "The Floodlit Trophy" and put it on BBC2 perhaps? Maybe we could interest them if we agreed to keep the match to within a 30 minute slot like "Pot Black" where they made the pockets bigger so it could finish in half an hour. We could play touchline to touchline and first to 100 points is the winner.

Jim Davidson as compere, I presume?

Phil Clarke in a garish waistcoat in the John Virgo "Big Break" role.

"Use as many key performance indicators as you can."