i'm grateful now and glad it happened but a million quid is quite laughable when you think about it... just think most of the noddies at hull city earn that and more in a year for been bab!

Why do I sense this topic turning into another rovers vs hull topic.

Because we have made a loss.............why else

Two points regarding Quins...

1. The RFL haven't directly funded them, so there's no money to stop throwing.

2. Without a team in London there is no TV deal.

I need to see a doctor, i am finding myself agreeing with you in way too many threads.

So, RL becomes unwatchable, skill less and boring, unfit for TV consumption purely because we would not have a London team ?

Ho many time did Sky broadcast from Quins last season.

SKY isn't interested in the quality of RL as such. Neither is it interested in the quality of the London side. It is, however, interested in viewers outside the Heartlands and specifically which consumer groups those viewers fall into. Viewers in the south of England fall into more of the groups that SKY and their advertisers identify as key consumers of the products advertised. This allows SKY to sell more advertising and for a higher price.

Like it or not, the presence of a London side in SL is key to the deal with SKY.

Wayne Rooney is apparently negotiating a new deal worth £170,000 per week, which is not far off nine million per year. Would more than cover all of SL's losses. 3.48095703125:5