Quote: Wires71 "OK, let's go with this moot for a bit and counter with...
Is cricket a "toffs game (sic)" ? I've been to OT a lot and it's never struck me as such (to counter the general class argument)
How would you explain the riches of Northern English association football sides and the makeup of the english teams in that sport? Is that Southern money? Are the English players predominantly from more advantaged backgrounds? (to counter the wealth vs north argument)
Was Mike Gregory a toff? He is just one example of a number of prominent RL working class players whom played a lot of RU before signing professional terms (to counter the accessibility of RU to northern working class people argument)
Are we not all a little jealous of (if not bitter to) the sport we consider inferior to be just that more popular, nationally and internationally, than Rugby League if truth be known (moving the argument on)'"
sponsorships and tv rights bring in absolutely millions aswell as multi millionaire owners. I am not jealous 1 bit of Rugby Union as it is more supported due to the fact it is played in all the schools in the south and some up north so has more scope and touches more people, the game is a terrible spectacle and cannot understand these people who spend hundreds of pounds to watch england.