Quote espanyolswan="espanyolswan"Ironically if we had been middle 8 you would probably have been able to make every game even those on TV Sky dont seem to want to give up on Thursday but when sides like Cas get half the crowd on a Thursday than they would if that game was on a Sunday surely someone must see something is wrong. I would go for a game on Saturday evening even when Catalans are away in the 5pm slot their homes get and perhaps if they are home have one at 3pm or 7pm as a double header (assuming all their home games on TV is a long term thing).
If we are to have Thursday games perhaps limit it to 12 a season in a 12 week period cup weekends excepted and every club gets featured once at home but no more than once. All supporters would know where they stood and buying a season ticket could be a more informed choice.'"
Everything there makes sense, probably to everyone but Sky, And Sky don't give a Fig what Giants fans ( or anybody else's fans think. They own the game and as the saying goes" he who pays the piper and all that "
Sky don't want you and me down at the stadium watching the game, they want us sat on the Couch with a few cans watching the game.
The RFL sold out to sky when the summer game came into being, In truth they had little or no option if they wanted to keep the game professional, so now the game takes what Sky pays us ( a fraction of what they pay union ) and we think ourselves lucky.
If they say we play at X time of day or night, then that's when we play, if they change days or times, that's tough. They are making a TV circus of the game and the RFL can do nothing about it.
It is truly a sad state of affairs but they are the Daddies, They know it, we know it and the RFL know it, Without them the game would be played at amateur level in no time at all. How many would want that.
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