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Author:  LeagueDweeb [ Thu Sep 18, 2014 6:53 am ]
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Interesting on the relative coverage & furore surrounding two very similar instances.

Yorkshire CC Captain Andrew Gale missed his teams championship winning trophy presentation due to being under investigation for making racist comments during a match. Today he has been charged. I watch many news & sports bulletins at various times across all broadcasters & the first I heard about this was this morning on BBC Look North.

Anyone got any idea why rugby league was subjected to far more scrutiny & coverage over Hardaker, yet a much bigger sport, and a county club captain has barely rated a mention?
Author:  TimperleySaint [ Thu Sep 18, 2014 8:54 am ]
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Has it really though? As some people I work with haven't heard a peep about the Hardaker situation.

Perhaps because Hardaker has previous this year? Or maybe because the ECB handled it much better than the RFL and kept it in house and out of the media?
Author:  King Street Cat [ Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:56 am ]
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Maybe Cricket fans aren't as desperate and blood-thirsty to see a player found guilty?
Author:  LeagueDweeb [ Thu Sep 18, 2014 10:01 am ]
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Mike Oxlong wrote:Has it really though? As some people I work with haven't heard a peep about the Hardaker situation.

Perhaps because Hardaker has previous this year? Or maybe because the ECB handled it much better than the RFL and kept it in house and out of the media?


The Hardaker first incident received plenty of coverage. Using BBC Look North as the yardstick, the first mention of Gale was this morning when the charge was made against him. Not a single mention of him being investigated, not an interview or comment from anyone featured on the programme.

Contrast that with Hardaker being mentioned on practically every bulletin first time round, then almost the same again on this occasion.

What drives this difference I wonder.
Author:  King Street Cat [ Thu Sep 18, 2014 5:53 pm ]
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Just seen this on Look North for the first time. The abusive word used by Gale was Kolpak. What next? Will 'overseas player' become a term of abuse? The world has gone PC mad.
Author:  cod'ead [ Thu Sep 18, 2014 8:01 pm ]
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What is obvious is that many Rhinos fans seem to have become the Liverpool of Rugby League
Author:  LeagueDweeb [ Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:39 am ]
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cod'ead wrote:What is obvious is that many Rhinos fans seem to have become the Liverpool of Rugby League


I would have hoped rugby league getting a raw deal from the media would transcend club allegiances. What does the 'Liverpool of rugby league mean'?
Author:  JerryChicken [ Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:54 am ]
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LeagueDweeb wrote:I would have hoped rugby league getting a raw deal from the media would transcend club allegiances. What does the 'Liverpool of rugby league mean'?


It means we speak in strange tongues.
Author:  Charlie Sheen [ Fri Sep 19, 2014 10:27 am ]
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Kolpak is a racist term?
There's not really been any media bias as far as I can tell neither case has been given much attention outside of the north.
Author:  100% Wire [ Fri Sep 19, 2014 4:12 pm ]
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LeagueDweeb wrote:I would have hoped rugby league getting a raw deal from the media would transcend club allegiances. What does the 'Liverpool of rugby league mean'?


Probably means that they think everybody is out to get them, their own players are perfect, and anybody who thinks otherwise is a jealous, horrible, bitter "hater".
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