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| Quote: Judder Man "Red Hall need to get off the backside and sell the game to where the money investors are be it Russia, India, China even the USA. The game can'r raise its profile without money and media support, thats the be all and end all, we need something now in a similar process when Sky and Uncle Mo discussed and fast tracked the super league concept.
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Raising the importance of internationals is OK but we need a complete overall of Superleague it lacks quality, intensity and the sky presentation is stale. The Yorkshire v Lancashire re introduction is a good start but give it a lot more weight like the origin games, re badge it as Wests v Easts to get rid of the North of England (M62) vision. The RFL need to take a risk with the Challenge Cup and send it out for broadcast tender with a balanced fixture of rounds with the final in July away from the season starts of football and Union.
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The magic weekend should be a 9's comp over 3 days involving more clubs in a seeded preliminary couple of rounds and set in the Newcastle or Birmingham areas well away from any rugby league hot bed area. The RFL are just not dynamic enough to change things quickly and seem to be scared of all the eggs falling out of the one basket. Nigel and Brian are not the ones capable of taking the game forward with purpose and haste, the stobart deal was just one piece of proof of that fact.'"
We don't have a big enough 13-a-side game to change the Magic Weekend to a 9s comp.
As it stands Magic Weekend is our third biggest weekend of the year so it must remain in the form it always has been. I know non-RL fans who have gone down to Magic Weekend each year when it was at the Etihad (they never bothered with it moving up to Newcastle last year) who never attend another RL game all season and who just watch the CC final and GF on tele. They really enjoyed what Magic Weekend was. They liked the rivalry in the stands too. With it being a meaningful table game it's really intense with the fans of the clubs too. Move that down to a 9s comp and fans interests will be far less intense.
In fact, i reckon that attendances would plummet if we made Magic a 9s comp.
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| Quote: Willzay "The problem with using the Sky money is that Nigel Wood probably has eaten a large percentage of it already'"
Richard Lewis also had his big slice of cake, then he did a runner as they was going to announce the Sport England Funding was going to reduce the payment to RL by just under a million quid (950k), for lack of participation in the sport. I summize Brian Barwick saw the "gravy train" potential a year later whilst in the meantime they couldn't fill the media manager position for the same period.
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| Quote: Him "Though really the RFL don't get enough of the TV money to adequately run a governing body doing all the things we want them to do including costly expansion plans.'"
True.
Expansion-wise, I think the method of brining in clubs into League 1 is a good one, allow them to grow organically and build their own networks, with eventually the cream rising to the top (even though it may take a while to do so).
Toulouse have started brightly with two good wins, I've got high hopes for them.
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| Quote: Doom&Gloom Merchant "True.
Expansion-wise, I think the method of brining in clubs into League 1 is a good one, allow them to grow organically and build their own networks, with eventually the cream rising to the top (even though it may take a while to do so).
Toulouse have started brightly with two good wins, I've got high hopes for them.'"
Agree with that. Unfortunately League 1 operates only just above that of amateur clubs, but we have to give them time. Something that RL is very bad at, constantly wanting a quick fix rather than long term, consistent investment.
League 1 gives these teams at least an opportunity to develop and it'll be interesting as aren't the Canadians due for entry in to League 1 next season?
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| I always thought making Super League games PPV on sky would be a good thing as I for one struggle to warrant getting sky sports just for rugby. It may hurt attendances slightly but it would get bigger coverage overall!
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| Quote: casben "I always thought making Super League games PPV on sky would be a good thing as I for one struggle to warrant getting sky sports just for rugby. It may hurt attendances slightly but it would get bigger coverage overall!'"
That would only appeal to existing RL fans, and would massively reduce the viewing figures, as generally, fans would only pay to watch their team and maybe the odd big fixture. Can't see many neutrals or non RL-folk paying out to watch Wakefield v Salford.... (No disrespect meant to those teams)
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