Quote: JENKY "You can't have a TV operator advertising a game it intends to charge people to watch and make money without them having the decency to actually contact the club whose ground its at (and who could lose revenue because of it), a well run TV business should have discussed this with all parties affected by a TV game wherever its at.
I can fully understand Derek asking them to discuss financial arrangements.'"
Fact-the Championship/Super league clubs handed their TV rights to the Rugby Football League to negotiate a deal collectively.
Fact-the Rugby Football League sold the rights to Sky Sports and Sporting Club Leigh Ltd like all other Championship/Super League clubs receive an amount of money out of that income.
Fact-Sporting Club Leigh Ltd like all other Championship/Super League clubs have given their individual TV rights to the Rugby Football League therefor DB cannot negotiate a private deal with Premier Sports neither can Premier approach DB to do a deal. Premier have done the deal through the Rugby Football League and Sky Sports and DB knows this.
Fact-Everybody in North America with and interest in Rugby League now knows who owns Leigh Centurians.