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Quote: jimlav "One thing that annoys me is fans claiming that the 6 SL chairmen walking out is bad for the sport because 'it makes us look bad'.

I know most of you have a hatred and complex about the other code, but would you know that the same thing is happening in that code? The French and English are refusing to enter the Heineken Cup from next season and trying to set up their own competition due to the need for them to qualify for the Cup but Irish/Scottish/Italian teams get in just by existing and the welsh get 3 out of 4 teams in.

So the other code is having an internal war as well, yet that doesnt seem to be having the same cataclysmic effects that some are claiming this is having to RL.

Being perfectly honest, even the casual observer of RL isnt aware this is happening. I have asked some people about it and they didnt have a clue what i was talking about.

Give over saying things such as 'Its overshadowing the World Cup'. The WC hasnt even started yet, how can it be overshadowing it. Especially when 99% of people in this country will be blissfully unaware of what is going on behind the scenes and will watch the WC anyway. This doesnt change the mentality of new fans to the sport because they dont know its happening. (just as i suspect many on here didnt know the same was happening in the other code)

Sit back, enjoy the WC, hope everything goes well. Then lets see what happens with the SL. At the end of the day, these 6 chairmen have the right to want changes after they have been let down time and again by the RFL. It is quite telling that the 6 clubs are all PO teams.

People are seriously overplaying the ability of a dispute between the SL chairmen to have a massive impact on people who are not already fans.'"


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Quote: Wigg'n "I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.

There was plenty of scandal ahead of the Lions tour of Australia earlier in the year.'"


I'm serious Wigg'n people need to stop being so self ed and think of the game as a whole rather than themselves, their own club or protecting their own reputations. RL people need to adopt a radical new approach of promoting the game first rather than thinking of number one all the time and trying to save face or gain one upmanship. For instance the reaction of some people on RL fans if a club is in financial difficulties or goes into admin is celebrated.

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[quote="dally messenger":1gysl9ow]was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have[/quote:1gysl9ow] [quote="eels fan":1gysl9ow]You poor poor obsessed fat ex vichyballin potato thieving stoaway.[/quote:1gysl9ow]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6679.png



Quote: LoyalFan "99% of people in this country aren't even aware that there is a RL World Cup going on... Now that's something we need to be worrying about.

I'm not looking forward to this tournament.... International RL is farcical... RL is my number one sport by a country mile, and if I can't buy into it... how on earth is the rest of the country going to.'"

careful buddy...you'll have Speccy and the "vast majority" of posters asking the mods to ban you for posts like that....You're not allowed be critical of the sport...it's about hidden agendas and objectives apparently d040.gif

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Quote: Wirecutter "I'm serious Wigg'n people need to stop being so self ed and think of the game as a whole rather than themselves, their own club or protecting their own reputations. RL people need to adopt a radical new approach of promoting the game first rather than thinking of number one all the time and trying to save face or gain one upmanship. For instance the reaction of some people on RL fans if a club is in financial difficulties or goes into admin is celebrated.'"


But do you not think that's what the 6 clubs are trying to do?

We all wear rose tinted glasses when it comes to our clubs, but as someone who has listened to just about every Adam Pearson interview and press release since he bought Hull I genuinely believe that he has the game at heart and wants to do right by the game as a whole. At the forum tonight he talked very positively about the World Cup and the benefits it can bring to the sport, and he also spoke positively about the game as a whole and said how the trouble we are in is very easily rectifiable. However there needs to be some changes made and the clubs have to stick up for themselves and push for better tv deals, sponsorship deals etc.

Walking out might not be the best way around it but at least they have made their point and hopefully things will happen.

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Quote: LoyalFan "99% of people in this country aren't even aware that there is a RL World Cup going on... Now that's something we need to be worrying about.

I'm not looking forward to this tournament.... International RL is farcical... RL is my number one sport by a country mile, and if I can't buy into it... how on earth is the rest of the country going to.'"

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Enjoy the WC.

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Quote: Mr. Zucchini Head "But do you not think that's what the 6 clubs are trying to do?

We all wear rose tinted glasses when it comes to our clubs, but as someone who has listened to just about every Adam Pearson interview and press release since he bought Hull I genuinely believe that he has the game at heart and wants to do right by the game as a whole. At the forum tonight he talked very positively about the World Cup and the benefits it can bring to the sport, and he also spoke positively about the game as a whole and said how the trouble we are in is very easily rectifiable. However there needs to be some changes made and the clubs have to stick up for themselves and push for better tv deals, sponsorship deals etc.

Walking out might not be the best way around it but at least they have made their point and hopefully things will happen.'"


My post wasn't directed solely at the representatives of those 6 clubs. I think it's a much wider problem in british RL and I believe it's existed for decades. It's just a real shame that it's come to this on the eve of the World Cup, creating a divide within british rugby league when our sport needs to show unity and solidarity.

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