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| Quote headhunter="headhunter"It's not who I am, or many other people who follow RL. This is a sport FFS, it's not some weird hobby like Morris dancing that will only ever appeal to weirdos, it's IMO the best sporting product in the world and I'm pretty sure you could show it to anyone anywhere in the world and they would appreciate it. So why is "who we are" a bunch of fat, dumb Northern slobs?'"
It might not be who you are, it might not be who I am, but here's the thing; it might actually be who "we" are - or at least how "we" are perceived by the sort of audiences that Sky is targeting with this ad.
Sky know their audience a hell of a lot better than you or I, and they're an organisation that is pretty good at this marketing lark.
Sky's job isn't to act as the RFLs branding and PR agency, and it isn't to get people to pay £20 to get into Totally Wicked Langtree or whatever it's called. Sky's job is to get people sat down on their sofas next Thursday night. To do that, it's going to have to try and talk to the people who are most likely to do just that and for whatever reason, they have decided that Jonny Vegas is the person to 'sell' that message. As I said earlier, it's very easy to create an ad that isn't believable. You can't levy that criticism at this one.
If you want Super League to portray a more sophisticated image and to reach out to new audiences, that's all well and good. But direct that feedback to the Super League clubs and the RFL. They're the ones responsible for that.
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| Quote SmokeyTA="SmokeyTA"I think you have missed the point. Im not proposing any of these as spokespeople for our game, simply highlighting that 'the northern image' isnt defined as Johnny Vegas.'"
So, despite criticising Sky and Mr Vegas, you haven't given us an alternative.
Come on, name some names and the type of advert that we should have had.
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| Quote wrencat1873="wrencat1873"So, despite criticising Sky and Mr Vegas, you haven't given us an alternative.
Come on, name some names and the type of advert that we should have had.'"
There isnt an alternative. The very concept of a person representing 'Northern' is nonsense.
BTW, if you look back, i havent said we shouldn't have used Johnny Vegas.
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| Quote SmokeyTA="SmokeyTA"There isnt an alternative. The very concept of a person representing 'Northern' is nonsense.
BTW, if you look back, i havent said we shouldn't have used Johnny Vegas.'"
I'm not sure if Vegas is representing "Northern" or just a vaguely famous comedian who has been chosen to front Sky's advert for the up coming season.
He is Northern but, that may not be the point of the advert.
It appears to be trying to convey, just how passionate RL supporters are about the sport and it's trying to say that nothing means as much to him as supporting RL, which to many people on this forum, would be correct.
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| One thing the advert has achieved, it's got people talking about it. Hats off to sky for that.
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| Quote Sir Kevin Sinfield="Sir Kevin Sinfield"One thing the advert has achieved, it's got people talking about it. Hats off to sky for that.'"
It certainly has.
And what's even better is there's only a couple of snobs popped up on here putting the promo and the fans down, which is unusual for something like this
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| Quote SmokeyTA="SmokeyTA" at the very least somebody could have explained to johnny what motor neurons are.'"
"[iA nerve cell forming part of a pathway along which impulses pass from the brain or spinal cord to a muscle or gland[/i."
Not sure what you point is 
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| Quote financialtimes="financialtimes""[iA nerve cell forming part of a pathway along which impulses pass from the brain or spinal cord to a muscle or gland[/i."
Not sure what you point is
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Niether is he
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| Quote financialtimes="financialtimes""[iA nerve cell forming part of a pathway along which impulses pass from the brain or spinal cord to a muscle or gland[/i."
Not sure what you point is
'" The spinal cord cells responsible for movement popping off in my brain does not sound like an enjoyable experience to me. It sounds 'spine chilling'
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| Not just in spinal cord and not just movement, motor neurons are cells that are found in all nerves, there is a clear reference in my quote to "Glands" which in my opinion is a good reference to my vegas's statement in the video, I'm thinking maybe someone needed to explain to you what Motor neutrons are  HTH 
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| Quote financialtimes="financialtimes"Not just in spinal cord and not just movement, motor neurons are cells that are found in all nerves, there is a clear reference in my quote to "Glands" which in my opinion is a good reference to my vegas's statement in the video, I'm thinking maybe someone needed to explain to you what Motor neutrons are
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I think you, like Mr Vegas have confused motor neurons and sensory neurons (still not a great reference but closer) personally I would have thought the names sufficed as an adequate explanation of their differing functions but I guess not...
as always, happy to help.
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| So now the promo is unsuitable because it doesn't provide a biologically accurate description of the human central nervous system?
That's quite a high benchmark.
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