kobashi wrote:
Kinda strange you excluded the BBC and there promotion of rugby league.
I know you are excited about the C4 coverage but saying it has done more for the sport than Sky has for 30 years is way OTT.
30 years ago RL was a pretty big sport.
Sky pumped money in but then messed it around in terms of when games were played which massively undermined some clubs .
It presented the game in flat ,parochial manner and never invested in presentation or selling the Game ( there were odd highlights with some of the adverts ie with Bradley Wiggins)
( all of that was compounded by the ridiculous RFL, super league chairmen, IRLF, and probably made worse by the clubs themselves) in the last 15 years RL has gone backwards year on year, crowds publicity money everything.
Tell me how having JJB does anything for presenting RL to new people or opening up to casual fans .
SKY want to get RL as cheap as possible and it really feels like they are happy to run it down to help with that
I take your point about the BBC
