www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-league/26049215? Another from koukash. But now I'm confused. If the contract length is too long, how is it a short term fix? It can't be both :s

www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-league/26049215? Another from koukash. But now I'm confused. If the contract length is too long, how is it a short term fix? It can't be both :s

Anyone else noticed the Brian Barwick press release that's just been appended to the rlBBC Koukash link?rl

Things are hotting up.

One thing that seems to have been overlooked in all of this is audience reach.

Sky has five times the number of television subscribers as BT. On that basis, BT would have to offer five times the value that Sky is offering to generate a good deal from that perspective.

As a sport, rugby league craves more platforms to reach bigger audiences. We still haven't got the SLS on national BBC television, so we need all of the viewers that we can get. The idea that we should run off with BT for the sake of a few extra quid seems a touch misguided.

Which is better? There's only one way to find out: FIGHT!

the Lenagan - Koukash Tag team seems an unlikely partnership.

the public -school ' disappointed ' slant from the RFL , is tantamount to a how dare you! they'd have best let it lie , I don't know about the Wigan owner but I suspect that tone of response isn't going to shut up the Salford one.

Apologises if it's been mentioned previously on this thread as I've not read through all of it but......

Upon reading an article about a new Andy Gray & Richard Keys sexism clip scandal last week, Sky defended themselves against claims they were behind it (as Gray had just started with BT the week before) as "they wouldn't launch a dirty tricks campaign on the same day they were GIVING A FINANCIAL REPORT TO THE CITY".

I can't believe how short sighted some people are on this.

Content and rights are king.

The distribution of content is going through a huge change. more players involved, new entrants, just look at Netflix.

The broadband explosion has resulted in much lower barriers to distribution.

All this points to more bidders for quality content.

We know football and union rights are in huge demand. It's obvious this is a rising market.

It's like selling your house in a property boom, even the bloke who hasn't painted it in years will get a big increase from what he paid.

So, this rushed decision, when we are still years from the end of the current contract, before we have tested the market by seriously going to other potential bidders looks crazy at best, and either incompetent or corrupt at worst.

Sky knew some clubs were in a hole, the rfl knew the same. The 300k sticking plaster was too tempting to turn down.

It strikes me this is the same sort of deal as where a property developer sees an old pensioners run down house with a leaky roof in prime development area, offers to move them to a brand new bungalow, with lower heating bill, maintenance free in return for a property that he can develop and make a huge return. Pensioner gratefully accepts as be can't afford the repairs.
The smarter option would have been to say, thanks for the offer, just before I sign, I'm going to speak to a couple of estate agents first.

Anyone who puts a gun to your head in a negation that is clearly not time critical needs to be viewed with caution.

It's a massive deal, a huge increase above anything we could have hoped for, so can everyone stfu please.

Did Brian Barwick tell you to say that?

No your mum did.

@NeilHudgell: Cautious optimism over tv deal. 8 years is a long time. Could have done with more than 2 hours to consider the detail #indecenthaste?

I didn't realise she'd changed your nappy again.

But again the clubs voted for it. To me this just seems like a few chairmen trying to shake the tree.

At the moment we have 1 voting against. That I can respect
1 happy with it but thinks that another chairman is talking sense when he votes for it then critisise it.

I think we can see what would happen if the clubs where back in charge of SL.

WAR!!!!

Those booing always sound louder than those cheering, even if they are smaller in number.

If the clubs ran SL on their own, I could see either a cheaper deal being signed, or no deal at all as the clubs war with each other.

The RFL is far from perfect, but if chairmen are going to be critical, it should be of each other.