Quote: tb "Another factor, apart from the ludicrous growth of football since its spread to pretty well every TV channel, is the fact that newspapers have been on a bout of sustained cost and staff cutting for a good 20 years now.
Regionalised editions contain far less differences than they used to - because all regional offices have been cut back on in favour of freelances and stringers - and the concentration of printing (nearly all papers are now printed by one company) leaves much less flexibility in edition times.
The RFL has many powers, but it doesn't actually control that.'"
But what came first the cuts leading to a lack of interest in the game from the media or cuts because of the lack of interest.
I just believe if the game had been managed/marketed better than it has then its profile would be bigger/better than it currently is.