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Whatever you do, don't mention the legacy!

Just 65000 watched prem rugby? With the most popular team, Leicester playing away from home? Say it ain't so!
BT are definitely getting their money's worth there!!

Although there's no issue with banging the drum and it's right to mention the Sky viewing figures, it's utter nonsense to compare this to a new TV outfit (BT) who are just starting to attract subscribers.
Excellent numbers on Sky though

How dare the RFL produce a press release that shows something good has happened!

I've not been his biggest fan, but I'd like to think big Nigel ran IL personally to hear his thoughts on this!

I am sure you don't understand what Koukash and Lenagan are complaining about.

IL response would be "so why have you secured such a small amount of money for the main league sponsorship when we are getting viewing figures that smash rugby union? Obviously we are a main attraction from sky sports, so why panic and accept the first offer? Clearly it is a sellers market at the moment why didn't we wait and capitalise on it? Have you just used the new deal to fund the new league structure, so if it falls flat on its face we still have money? and not actually had any forward thinking."

and the Nigel would stutter and say well i am still in charge here is a 3000pound fine.

By the way they are fantastic figures and it just shows it may be a game from up north but people still love it.

And on that point I completely agree with them! The sponsorship of our great sport is continually undersold. If wire can get Emirates on board anything is possible.
I don't agree with them that the tv deal isn't brilliant though

Good start. The union figures on BT have rarely cracked 150k and plenty sub 100k. So let's get this right, sky offered more than BT paid for union (which traditionally gets a lot more) sky draws a much much bigger audience for RL than BT could provide. And this is a bad deal how?

Personally i don't have a problem with the TV deal either but if those two believe they could have secured better or at least we could of tried i can see that point of view as well. I also think they was more upset with the tactics the RFL used to force it through.

But you can't just keep using every success story as a way to belittle IL and Koukash considering what they are doing within the game at this moment.

Last thing i will say on this topic or it will just go way off topic.

And the short but sweet response would be: "you voted for them Ian"

Ian Lenegan got oustmarted, out politicked and pressured in to a bad decision by Nigel Wood, He needs to be kept as far away from Barney Francis and his team as possible.