This is a bad thing?

or forearm too cheekbone

we stoped playing midweek wednesday night panasonic knock out cup . not enough recovery time

Oh I will.

It is a question of quality over quantity. Currently a lot of games are unimportant due to the amount of games in the regular season and the ease that some can get into the playoffs. Leeds current form is a symptom of this. The NRL has a fewer number of games increasing the importance of each one.

In the USA major league baseball has the same problem. Each team has over a hundred games in a regular season making each one as an even pretty pointless. The NFL on the other hand has on 16/17 regular season games that make each game intense and very crucial.

The increase in quality is also an increase in intensity so players would still earn their money. Also I doubt they were all given pay increases when the fixture list expanded. With the introduction of the salary cap at a similar time some probably had to take cuts.

If the locals they attracted constitue people from Rugby league areas, then yes. The point here is that the game failed to generate significant interest from people within Wales, which is true.



No it sounds like a sensible distinction between 'difficult' and 'unrealistic,' the latter of which Magic Weekends clearly are when you take into account primary objectives such as bringing the game to a new audience - i.e getting them to attend; potraying a vibrant image of the game - forgive me in thinking that the echo of 5,000 diehards watching Harelquins against whoever at Cardiff does the opposite; and generating significant financial income which the event can hardly have said to have acheived.

Don't let that get in the way of those who have convinced themselves such grandiose, sorry daft schemes are worth it, though.

The NFL is looking to play 17-18 games in the near future and as for Baseball.....the number of games they play has never been a problems for them. In fact the MLB is making a surprising amount of money right now and are getting good crowds despite the number of games they are playing.


The mentality of the British game means that no one really cares enough to change thee current structure. So why should anyone spend their time worrying about the number of games SL clubs play when there are a hundred other much larger problems Poms couldn't give a stuff about.

And the next point is that the weekend hasn't even happened in Edinburgh yet. How about we give it 2 years there and see what the result is before we write it off as a daft scheme?

I'm sure our group is not alone in bringing a dozen or so non-RL fans to the weekend - would be difficult getting the same people along to Knowlsey Road.



How much income does the weekend generate? How much are Edinburgh paying ther RFL? What profit do the RFL make?

Out of interest - did you go to either of the weekends in Cardiff?

1But it's only you and him who've said that was a primary objective. Neither the RFL or those pumping money into it from Wales said it was.

It's like me saying that given that your primary objective was to win the Pulitzer Prize for this post, it's obviously a failure.

[i2[/iThey gave us half a million quid to come and play some games in their stadium. The Scots have apparently come up with an ever better offer. That's not "significant income"?

Keiron Cunningham has joined in the nonsense now..... www.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/sai ... gic_event/ do the players not realise they are paid to entertain, not to whinge.

Keiron Cunningham has joined in the nonsense now..... www.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/sai ... gic_event/ do the players not realise they are paid to entertain, not to whinge.

this is exactly the kind of attitude that appears to be building within the camp - and it is giving Wigan exactly the motivation they need to think they are in with a sniff.

its truly pathetic - and someone within the club should put a stop to these idiots shouting their mouths off, or leave the morons at home and give the shirt to someone who actually wants to play for the club.