Great deal for the entire sport. Top superleague clubs down to championship clubs will see a real benefit.
How long til the anti salary cap people start up now?

Does anybody know what the Union boys get in TV money?

Quote: theblondebomber "Does anybody know what the Union boys get in TV money?'" www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/s ... -broadcast £152m for Aviva premiership + whatever European competition there is for English clubs in 2014

Quote: theblondebomber "Does anybody know what the Union boys get in TV money?'" www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/s ... -broadcast £152m for Aviva premiership + whatever European competition there is for English clubs in 2014

wow lets hope the reported £200mill is correct then.

www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/3760 McManus: "At a stroke this ensures solvency for all Super League Clubs for the foreseeable future."

www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/3760 McManus: "At a stroke this ensures solvency for all Super League Clubs for the foreseeable future."

I would stress that the RU deal is over 4 years. I think ours is over 5. But even given that it's a better deal.

What RU still has in the bag is internationals and sponsorship.

It is a great figure. However I do hope the clubs don't sit back and take the money thinking great we are solvant.

They need to push on from this and keep trying to generate more money.

We sat on that first deal thinking we where the bee's knee's as TV had given loads of money. But did not progress off field.

I think clubs should be looking to match the TV money by looking to improve attendances, but not through cheap give aways.

I think it will be a big help. Assuming some adjustments are made to the salary cap then we should be able to compete to keep the best British players over here and possibly attract some higher calibre players from the NRL than are currently coming over. As long as it's managed sensibly by clubs then this deal should help to create a buzz around the game.

It probably equates to an average increase of 1,500 - 2,000 spectators per home game. That could easily be lost if the new format doesn't work.

For the big teams, who will play each other more often, it's win win. We get bumper gates against our biggest rivals and more tv money. For the lower clubs the tv money might make up for less fans watching perceived lower opposition

What's your maths on that?

Increase of £600,000 a year say (1.2 --> 1.8 I believe) £20 a ticket is equivalent to 30,000 lost supporters per season (potentially) - 13 home games a year 30,000/13 ~ 2300 fans per home game.

All figure rounded. Of course as been said, the new structure will see an increase in home games probably negating this anyway.

I was working on a £400K increase over 13 games with an average of £18 per ticket.

2013 Wigan gates were down by around 1,500, Saints by around 2,700, not sure about Wires.

McManus is on Try time tonight I cant wait to hear his thoughts