Quote THECherry&Whites="THECherry&Whites"Terrible deal. £62 million a season and not even linked to inflation, so the deal gets worse every year. To put it into perspective Man Utd are about to sign a kit deal for £70 million a season! RFL have no balls. We are just coming out of a deep recession where products and services are under valued. Why not sign the best short term deal with whichever broadcaster offers the biggest deal and then go for a long term deal when the economy is on back on its feet.'"
Oh dear
Not sure where to begin with your post. Comparing it to the the world biggest sporting brand, even GF is more realistic than that
I'm not brilliant with percentages but i make it around a 60% increase in money (help me out WE!)
Inflation won't go up that much i'm sure!
Anyone see Microsofts profit this year, compare that to the RFL's, good god what a mickey mouse organisation they are.
I criticise the RFL when i think they deserve criticising and applaud when they do well. This deal is absolutely superb for the sport! Some say we could have waited until deal ran out to allow BT to bid. That's a dangerous game IMO, BT are new on to the scene and are literally throwing money at sports at this moment in time, unfortunately our deal iwas 3 years away from expiring and a lot can change. BT have paid nearly a £1billion for CL rights. If viewing figures aren't great, BT won't be throwing money around like they are now and may not even be on the scene anymore. That means SKY won't have to "up" their bid and we wouldn't have got an offer anywhere near £200million.