You're not usually that deluded WQ? Where do you get the idea 13m people will be vaccinated in the next 5 weeks when there are currently only about half million doses of vaccine in the country?

Who is going to pick up the tab for the testing that will be required? The cost of putting on a game behind closed doors could be prohibitive. Can't see how a club can fund all of that & player wages IF the only income stream is ppv (how much would the RFL cteam of the top for using their platform) & sponsors unless Amazon, Alphabet or Google are signing up tomorrow?

Two things that are required are leadership & planning. Depressingly the RFL & SL are incompetent at both.

To your list of incompetents you could add the Government.

That goes without saying i think!

The season is planned to start end of Feb(Pre lockdown) currently with live streaming for fans. That won't change due to the tier 4 - lockdown change. Nothing changes. The Govt said 13 million vaccinated by mid feb https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55540679

The season is planned to start end of Feb(Pre lockdown) currently with live streaming for fans. That won't change due to the tier 4 - lockdown change. Nothing changes. The Govt said 13 million vaccinated by mid feb https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55540679

Aaaaah the Govt say a lot of things & they mostly get turned on their heads in no time at all. Do schools ring a bell?

Like to know if there are any estimates of how much the streaming of games will generate. Anyone want to offer up how much they want to pay per game? £5, £10 or what £20? Perhaps ML might like to tell us how much it costs to put on a behind closed doors match. Don't think that should be a state secret but knowing Broncos perhaps it is.

Quote The season is planned to start end of Feb(Pre lockdown) currently with live streaming for fans. That won't change due to the tier 4 - lockdown change. Nothing changes. The Govt said 13 million vaccinated by mid feb https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55540679'" The Tiers, London is in Tier 5 is to be reviewed on 15/2/2021, not necessarily ended. M Gove said on Today on Radio 5 that lockdown was likely to continue till March. Furlough funding continues till April - is any business going to throw away 80% funding on a possible resumption of business, but with no (or very little funding)? I just cannot see it. The 13million vaccinated is just another throw away promise/prediction which this government makes, and then doesn’t deliver. I would love to see the season start, and get to games, I like your enthusiasm/optimism, but just don’t believe it I’ll happen........

Quote The season is planned to start end of Feb(Pre lockdown) currently with live streaming for fans. That won't change due to the tier 4 - lockdown change. Nothing changes. The Govt said 13 million vaccinated by mid feb https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55540679'" The Tiers, London is in Tier 5 is to be reviewed on 15/2/2021, not necessarily ended. M Gove said on Today on Radio 5 that lockdown was likely to continue till March. Furlough funding continues till April - is any business going to throw away 80% funding on a possible resumption of business, but with no (or very little funding)? I just cannot see it. The 13million vaccinated is just another throw away promise/prediction which this government makes, and then doesn’t deliver. I would love to see the season start, and get to games, I like your enthusiasm/optimism, but just don’t believe it I’ll happen........

If National League South can play in football I see no reason that Championship RL should not operate. Of course it may need to be behind closed doors but the game needs to adapt.

They are part-time. At National League level the league is regional but other elite level football requires national travel. If RL lacks the ambition to overcome these issues than don't be surprised if some fans learn to live without it.

Seems training outside of SL has been suspended for 2 weeks on RFL safety committee recommendations

The RFL has advised clubs in Betfred Championship and League 1 to pause their pre-season training programmes for the next two weeks, in recognition of the national crisis, and with more than seven weeks until the scheduled start of the 2021 season. https://www.rugby-league.com/article/57 ... gby-league

The RFL has advised clubs in Betfred Championship and League 1 to pause their pre-season training programmes for the next two weeks, in recognition of the national crisis, and with more than seven weeks until the scheduled start of the 2021 season. https://www.rugby-league.com/article/57 ... gby-league

So then WQ obviously nothing has changed. Season start will be delayed as will first rounds of the challenge cup. My money will be april before any championship rugby league is played