Because StuM and some other Saints fan are crying that they play all their games on a Friday so moving to a Saturday will disrupt them.

I note that you conveniently ommitted the loss of income too which I mentioned. Whether you think its crying, pathetic or not I'm not fussed. The fact remains that we could be affected for something which is not our fault.

Ok, I can see how this one is going. Read what you want (even tho he's not said that) and argue with yourself.

How strange - the only people overreacting here are a few Wigan fans.

Frankly I doubt Sky give a monkeys which Semi they get so no doubt they will be encouraged to pick Wigan for the Friday if this transpires and it will be sorted.

Of course they can. Like I said have we just got lucky that Utd didn't get a home game on the day of the GF since 1998. What about concerts that are booked in 12+ months in advance too?

What loss of income?

Clearly didn't read my post then.

A Saturday lunch time kick off (if this happens) means that there will be fans who won't go because they are at football games, given its a full fixture list that day. Also the amateur RL season is nearing its conclusion so there will be players and fans also not able to attend.

A Saturday lunch time crowd compared to a Friday night could be considerably less and therefore a loss of income.

You can ASK to play away. Doesn't mean you will. There are a multitude of things that going into compiling a fixture list including policing and which other teams are at home. If you could simply say when you wanted to play away and it happened then a fixture clash weekend would have never happened.

Ticket sales are split between the clubs involved as it's an RFL event (sure I read that, but if I'm wrong I take it back) so would only be food sales which nobody really knows how they will go.

Huddersfield Town are also at home on that Saturday!
As for revenue loss doesn't all the play off monies go into the prize pot (after deduction of expenses)? It used to.

I think Bilko said that something like six of the last eight grand final winners have come from the 2nd semi so the extra day preparation argument doesn't appear to be any advantage.
Sky will decide when the games are played to suit their agenda.
No need to get stressed about it.

I'll tell you why I wrote what I wrote, and why I thought it initially when Stu posted it.

Because as it stands its a non story

Once play off positions are known we can discuss with the relevant info
As the article says "That system rewards the highest placed team with the potential of an extra day's preparation for the Grand Final - should they win"
The main word being "Potential". Could that be interpreted as potential meaning potentially if SKY choose that game?
Could it be a terrible press release from the RFL that's been interpreted wrong?
Could it be the article is wrong and assumes incorrectly?

As Bilko pointed out, the league leaders only benefited once in the last 9 years so hardly historic evidence that this has always been the case etc.

Does it say anywhere in the SL rules or RFL info that Sky have to pick the league leaders game or the League leaders will deffo get that date?
Aren't play offs and the income distributed differently, so the financial element is not as big an argument as is being made out.

I can see you've related it back to the old Latics situation and it's their fault which is what IMO they wanted to do.

How can the league leaders be guaranteed the Friday game in one breathe, then say that Sky get the pick???
Both can't be right.

As

Wigan fans over reacting?
Yet its saints fans started it and in the main throwing out all the potential problems and what an injustice it will be!!!

As for the.last part, yip, I suspect you'll be right, and just like previous years the world will move on, the teams will play and the paranoid will have something else to worry and blame and get their excuses in.

All this about something what might or might not happen.

Regardless of which game Sky picks, we potentially can't play on either of those dates. We don't play the night before Latics and we can certainly can't play at the same time as them either.

It's a potential headache that we don't need.

Hopefully IL doesn't see it like that and actually has a plan for most scenarios, as we're only like a month away.

You're right tho, let's just stick our heads in the sand and pretend it won't happen.