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Quote: Chemicz "<Snip>'"

You won't be an embarrassment to the game, but I doubt you’ll change anything. RL is becoming more and more marginalized in Britain. We used to have a very good national profile, before the Super League era. I think, with the advent of Professional RU, the media have decided there is only room for coverage of one pro-Rugby code. That was always going to be a code with a better national and international footprint.

I think, at some point, our top RL clubs may end up having to make a very unpleasant decision – whether to stay in RL at all at a pro level and jump in bed with RU instead. If RL's status and profile drops any more, I cannot see BSkyB broadcasting it for much longer.

That is why I hope you’re successful.

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What time does the picket start?

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Quote: Chemicz "What will be embarrassing is to only have two flags - at the mo I have a Hunslet and Widnes Vikings flag. Will some other fans please lend me their flag? I promise to look after it and return it. My email address is in the first posting above. Although the comments in response to my request have been mildly ridiculed here I genuinely have had a lot of people email me direct with words of encouragement.'"


Being seen in possession of Hunslet and Widnes flags only increases your embarrassment.

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Quote: Pepe "I think, at some point, our top RL clubs may end up having to make a very unpleasant decision – whether to stay in RL at all at a pro level and jump in bed with RU instead. If RL's status and profile drops any more, I cannot see BSkyB broadcasting it for much longer.'"
One of Rugby League's biggest problems is that its fans have no belief in their sport. Super League represents one of Sky's biggest rating sports, picked up fairly cheap. Why on earth would they stop broadcasting it? Why on earth would RL clubs move to RU when their fans, who still represent the vast majority of their income streams, would be almost uniformally against it?

Crazy talk - and dangerous if it reflects the misbeliefs of more than a tiny sliver of RL fans, which I fear it does.

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Quote: MjM "One of Rugby League's biggest problems is that its fans have no belief in their sport.'"

So, all RL fans have to do is say [i'I believe, I believe'[/i and the sport will take off, just like that? Just like wishing for fairies?

Err...'kaaay rl

This makes me wonder how many complaints the Telegraph is getting but more to the point why it does nothing improve? Another fan has pointed out that Telegraph.co.uk does not list rugby league in its sports section in the toolbar unlike other newspapers websites. Convenient for saying you don’t get many people looking at rugby league stories online and justifying little coverage in the paper? Ignorance or, as some think, malice?

If you live in the north west I could possibly collect your team flag or banner, further afield you’d need to post it to me. I will return everything of course (but make sure I have your address). Drop me an email to the address above. As you’ll see from today’s blog I already have a Hunslet flag. Thanks very much Pat, it will be an honour and privilege to display the pride of Leeds at 111 Buckingham Palace Road Thursday next. I hope it serves to educate and enlighten the workers at the UK’s supposedly leading quality newspaper.

Thank you to those fans that have emailed me their best wishes.

Stuart'"


Good luck with this - an innovative approach, fingers crossed for you. This thread is currently right next to another on the forum entitled "Still no Sponsor for Super League".... the sport's flagship competition, and we can't get a sponsor.... surely in part due to the lack of mainstream media coverage. The media hype up any old crhap these days, and make it 'popular'..... but refuse to touch Rugby League - which was for years the nations second spectator (team) sport.

Look forward to hearing how you get on.
Quote: Chemicz "I am picketing the offices of the Daily Telegraph in London next Thursday 1 December. You can see a video of me explaining why I am doing this herehttps://www.thelifedept.co.uk/livelonger/footer-featured-c/the-daily-telegraphs-coverage-of-the-rugby-league/rl

There will be two or three of us in attendance with other London based fans saying they’ll try and bob over for a while.
I have already had a quite a few messages critical of media coverage and I am going to print them off and display them outside their offices. This will show that many people are fed up with the shameful coverage our sport gets. If you have something you want to say to staff at the Daily Telegraph please email me at rl

This makes me wonder how many complaints the Telegraph is getting but more to the point why it does nothing improve? Another fan has pointed out that Telegraph.co.uk does not list rugby league in its sports section in the toolbar unlike other newspapers websites. Convenient for saying you don’t get many people looking at rugby league stories online and justifying little coverage in the paper? Ignorance or, as some think, malice?

If you live in the north west I could possibly collect your team flag or banner, further afield you’d need to post it to me. I will return everything of course (but make sure I have your address). Drop me an email to the address above. As you’ll see from today’s blog I already have a Hunslet flag. Thanks very much Pat, it will be an honour and privilege to display the pride of Leeds at 111 Buckingham Palace Road Thursday next. I hope it serves to educate and enlighten the workers at the UK’s supposedly leading quality newspaper.

Thank you to those fans that have emailed me their best wishes.

Stuart'"


Good luck with this - an innovative approach, fingers crossed for you. This thread is currently right next to another on the forum entitled "Still no Sponsor for Super League".... the sport's flagship competition, and we can't get a sponsor.... surely in part due to the lack of mainstream media coverage. The media hype up any old crhap these days, and make it 'popular'..... but refuse to touch Rugby League - which was for years the nations second spectator (team) sport.

Look forward to hearing how you get on.


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Good luck to you Stuart. I can't think of a single picket that's changed anything of late, but it doesn't mean you shouldn't do it. Having said that, there are many ways to skin a cat, and this would seem to me one of the least likely to achieve what you're after here.

Still, any publicity you can get is all good for the Life Dept. icon_wink.gif

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I see the Daily Telegraph's sports section has a brand new sport added to the top section today.

But no, the protest achieves nothing does it?

Great achievement, well done! I don't expect the volume of reporting will go through the roof but I'd settle for the columns bashing us from union journalists to be removed as they are just uncalled for.

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I have to take my hat off to you - a good result.

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Why whats happened?

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Well done Stuart.

I just happened to catch your interview on BBC Radio Manchester the other day regarding your campaign.

Well done and thank your for your endeavours.

The media have long been dismissive of our great game. Mainly due to what used to be called 'class bias'.

Your campaign will show that we RL fans are not happy with the mass media, and how they ignore/treat our sport.

'Fight the good fight' my lad ! a014.gif

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Quote: justarugbyfan "Why whats happened?'"


I'm assuming it's the fact that there is now a link for Rugby League at the top of the main sports page, along with the other major ones. Last time I looked at the Telegraph web pages it was a bugger to find the RL stuff as there was no direct link to it.

It could have been put there in the three weeks or so since I last looked but I think it was as a result of this protest.

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