Because it’s not a good look for a game that wants to take itself seriously

It matters not if it’s only one man & his dog watching, our game is only viable as long as SKY are prepared to put up the money. We had a a well supported game when our teams were full of part time players playing a game that was a lot more exciting than the present offering. Going full time has done nothing for our sport. What has put the skids under our game is the progress in Australia who don’t have to compete with the overwhelming media dominance of football & who have no interest of anything other than the NRL.

This blokes as rough as s

Fax would get 2 or 3 times that many in superleague but we aren’t one of woke rfl favourites!

Edited for accuracy.

Who do you think brought in IMG?
……… careful now whilst you think it through……..

Which sky aren’t. That’s the point. They want out

channel 4 are doing a better job anyway. and will bring the game back to a wider audience if they market it better in a regular slot.
What is not good for the sport is hordes of supporters fighting amongst themselves, bricking coaches, or those saints fans letting off flares or chucking stuff at players on the pitch eh wolfie.......
you can have a go at the numbers at huddersfield but one thing you cant do is have a go at the behaviour of our fans. wakey and salford have fewer fans than huddersfield and still cant behave so you cant argue its because there are fewer.

channel 4 are doing a better job anyway. and will bring the game back to a wider audience if they market it better in a regular slot.
What is not good for the sport is hordes of supporters fighting amongst themselves, bricking coaches, or those saints fans letting off flares or chucking stuff at players on the pitch eh wolfie.......
you can have a go at the numbers at huddersfield but one thing you cant do is have a go at the behaviour of our fans. wakey and salford have fewer fans than huddersfield and still cant behave so you cant argue its because there are fewer.

Forum mistake #101 - feeding trolls.

The size of the ground doesnt help, renting big football grounds was trendy in the 00s but Hudds, Hull, and Wigan are now rattling around in big stadiums.

Not sure what kind of cash Ken Davy has but a 10/12k stadium with terracing would be much more likely to get fans hooked than a cowbell echoing round 20k empty seats.

He sold dbs for 75million and simply biz for about 35 million so he’s not short of a Bob or too- but why should he pay for a stadium? We wouldn’t expect him to- and kirklees council wouldn’t allow it anyway.