It needs to be the game of the round ie Wigan v Saints, Hull v Hull KR, Leeds v Bradford, Cas v Wakey/Leeds, Wire v Wigan/Saints/Widnes/Leeds, Salford v London etc

If we pick the pants fixture all the new watchers will see us as a joke sport with no crowds in carp stadiums, get the big games on show and watch the sport take off.

Sounds fishy to me

its a great idea, more rl on tv is always something to be happy about

has to be worth a try ?

Now if Cas got a Monday fixture i would struggle to get there but it sounds ok to me,

RL on TV Mon/Wed/Fri leaving a pretty much full weekend to spend with the family/play sport/watch the team of your choice.

Cant see why it isnt worth a try in the wendyball off season.

Usually can Sky Sports after the NFL- not paying those prices for v+ed RL - im generally doing other things on a Friday and Saturday than staying in watching telly.

This might change that

I think that's the main appeal of it. I reckon I watched more midweek championship games than Saturday evening games that didn't include Wigan last season.

I don't remember all this moaning when the Championship clubs got lumbered with Thursday nights! But oh i forgot they don't count.

haven't had much moaning - most of the posts seem to be supportive

thursday nights count to most true RL fans

They dont to the clubs that lose money on them though

Lets see what Barton looks like with less than 3,000 people in it before making a judgement

true enough but will the new deal with Premier Sports be an improvement on the previous SKY deal for the clubs ?

as an armchair fan of uk RL I don't care if the game is watched by 3000 or 30000 speccies at the ground - I just want to watch a decent contest in the comfort of my living room - end of.

I was disappointed that ESPN didn't get the rights as they would have probably treated the sport (second most watched comp behind football) with the respect it deserves rather than just schedule filler.

Maybe this is the start of something changing for the better

There is no money from PS , there was no money from SKY , we dont yet know if we will retain the Co oP as a sponsor , their input was purely TV coverage based

appears to be another kick in the teeth for C/C1 RL then ?

who is responsable for negotiating these crap deals ?

don't tell me........

It's not about who is the negotiator , if we are worthless , then fine , accept that , we dont go on the box , but stop flogging a dying horse , giving the coverage for nothing

Let us concentrate on doing what the latest SL sponsor is telling us , that sport is for your local club

We need people through the turnstiles who will pay to follow our clubs for life , not our locals going to the pub , or sat at home effectively watching us for nothing