Re: Lenighan blames West Yorkshire mafia : Fri Jul 13, 2018 8:06 am
The Ghost of '99 wrote:
I didn't state a preference on it, but quoting a loss for "the RFL" as if they were ever solely negotiating Sky deals is misleading anyway.
The clubs always have input and indeed a vote but that input has previously been properly tempered by a grown up in the room who keeps at the very least an eye out for the wider interests of the sport compared to club bosses who as we know mostly value security and as much money as possible.
If you like though we can play the "I see club X have just announced some great financial results" game forever if that's how we're deciding our negotiators. In the end we'll find Gary Hetherington and Adam Pearson in a room with Sky as everyone else will have been ruled out. That would probably work out ok actually as long as our two negotiators didn't come to blows.
The clubs always have input and indeed a vote but that input has previously been properly tempered by a grown up in the room who keeps at the very least an eye out for the wider interests of the sport compared to club bosses who as we know mostly value security and as much money as possible.
If you like though we can play the "I see club X have just announced some great financial results" game forever if that's how we're deciding our negotiators. In the end we'll find Gary Hetherington and Adam Pearson in a room with Sky as everyone else will have been ruled out. That would probably work out ok actually as long as our two negotiators didn't come to blows.
So the last deal was tempered by GH and you thought that was a good move, despite you saying it was a terrible deal handled very badly. Personally I think its a good move that the clubs are taking ownership of the deal and the distribution of the monies, they after all are the very people the TV companies are paying for.
The RFL like the FA need to concentrate on growing the international and grass roots element of the game and trying to do something about the CC which has become an irrelevance with the exception of one game in August.