Quote: RichieS "Prl]remier League and Championship football, Rugby Union, Formula One, Cricket (inc T20) and now even UFC & Boxingrl] are sports that Sky, BT, ITV, Channel 4/5 will all pay way more for than Rugby League...only really RU, Aussie Rules and maybe F1, Cricket to compete with over in Aus. RL is a much bigger sport for the south, north and east of Australia.
What it seems was our last TV deal was rather rushed, either that or BT were not remotely interested in competing with Sky for Rugby League.'"
yeah they have all that in Aus aswell, aswell as a smaller population, its just marketed far, far better over there and was never neglected and let to sink into the small sport.