Yes but you would assume that they ( SKY ) would check that their designated club had their home stadium available first

That is absolute madness and for the sake of the game has to be changed or the Sale game moved.

Who has priority at the stadium?

At the KC, it's whoever's season started first. Should a City and FC game clash in August-October, we have priority. February-May, they have priority.

Moving it to Leigh when they could have had the game at a different time is shocking planning on Sky's part.

In theory the same system is used. Sale's home fixture was already moved from their usual Friday night slot to work round the pre-existing Salford fixture. It becomes a bit tricky when the new clash comes with 5 days notice and the other game being televised too.

If Leigh had been at home home on the Friday, SKY could have transfered it to the Shay as we play on Thursday.

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It's nothing new, Sky have moved fixtures at short notice on the last weekend for years. They put enough money into the game to be able to do that. It's not as if they don't move football fixtures at short notice either!

It's a bit of a mess, and as much as I would like to point the finger at Sale and their megalomaniacal plot to drive Salford from the new stadium, the fault here lies squarely with Sky Sports. With a little more foresight, they could have scheduled the games that were going to have a bearing on the top 8 to be played on the Sunday, and either have a red button option, or a Jeff Stelling style rolling score update on all the matches simultaneously.

There's always more than 5 days notice for a switch in football though.

All games on the last weekend should kick off at the same time anyway, then there is no advantage to any team.

Here in lies the problem.

The Football do it.
Even Rugby Union do it.

Then why can't every game kick off at 3pm on Saturday (to match Catalans tbh). I appreciate stadium problems but these games need to be set in stone when the fixtures are announced in November.

Looks certain to be at Leigh.

While I can accept Sky bankroll the sport and therefore pull the strings, this is hugely damaging for Salford as a club and there are a lot of furious and fed up fans, and it's not like RL can afford to be upsetting and losing fans. I expect there to be more Wakefield than Salford fans at LSV next Saturday.

Not good.

Oh, well that's alright, then. Football fans can get sent from Manchester to Portsmouth on a Tuesday night, but they put money into the game so let them get on with it. And as has already been mentioned, I can't remember a football match being moved for TV at such short notice. People will already have made alternative plans for Saturday, booked time off work and so on.

Sky don't care about match going supporters, only about the TV audience. In football, said audience is big enough and global enough to support it. That's not the same in RL - if we start to lose people through the turnstiles, especially at clubs like Salford where we struggle for support as it is, then the game becomes less profitable, less marketable and starts to die. I'm not against television coverage, but it needs to be balanced with the impact on match going fans as well. Cricket has that good balance, you know when the fixtures are going to be played from the start of the season, but football is on a bit of a whim and moving games 5 days beforehand is just ludicrous, regardless of where the game ends up being played.

Its going to be a small crowd either way.
They didn't know it was going to impact the top 8 until recently
They pay big money

What can you do?

All the games should kick off at same time. How dramatic would that be with three games of top 8 potential. But this sport seems to be killing drama and instead opts for a scenario that could mean that if Rovers and Bradford both loses earlier in the day, Wakefield will play Salford at a neutral venue in a dead duck contest. Awful!

disgrace and a total joke. Boycott needed...on the terrace and on the sofa.