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Leyther_Matt wrote:Not necessarily as there are plenty of people on here who are convinced that Jack Dearden on Radio Manchester takes great delight in whenever Wigan lose
That's not bias, that's just being a normal RL fan
Let all the doubters keep doubting and those who believe keep believing.
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No skewed logic at all - lets just say i've been disenfranchised by the RFL and anything they want its fanbase to do i'm against until they start listening to said fanbase.
Leyther_Matt wrote:Not necessarily as there are plenty of people on here who are convinced that Jack Dearden on Radio Manchester takes great delight in whenever Wigan lose
And Salford, supposedly in some warped grudge following the "Manchester" Super League debacle.
Tigerade wrote:No skewed logic at all - lets just say i've been disenfranchised by the RFL and anything they want its fanbase to do i'm against until they start listening to said fanbase.
I can only conclude you're trolling because even a Yorkshireman could not be that thick.
Will be filling out the form giving my views shortly. BBC Radio coverage is one of the best quality outlets for our game at present.
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Tigerade wrote:No skewed logic at all - lets just say i've been disenfranchised by the RFL and anything they want its fanbase to do i'm against until they start listening to said fanbase.
No what you mean is until they start listening to you and do only what you think should be done. You do not speak for the RL fanbase. So why won't you try and help the sport you claim to be a fan of?
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Leyther_Matt wrote:My club in particularly have done very well out of local radio coverage (must have been at least 3-4 home games that were not only given full commentary, but even Radio Manchester's entire sports programme came live from the LSV) but realistically RL gets a disproportionate amount of coverage on there - certainly one of the few occasions where we actually do well as a sport out of such scenarios, but it was never going to last forever. I think what we will see more of is 'shared' commentary, with Radio Manchester carrying the Radio Leeds commentary for, say, Leeds vs Wigan and vice-versa which shouldn't affect things too much hopefully.
Do we really? I'd argue that rugby league is the second biggest sport in the region and a major part of the identity in this part of Lancashire. On BBC Radio Manchester we get one evening a week exclusively for rugby league, a couple of hours on Friday often shared with the one and only professional rugby union side in the region and the Sunday sports programme. During the soccer season the sport's coverage is chopped and changed to accomodate the 11-man code with little to no explanation or warning.
The bigger picture is that local radio provides an essential link and helps overcome isolation and loneliness. For many people, particularly the elderly and those in more isolated areas, their local BBC radio station is truly a lifeline and sometimes their only link to the rest of the community.
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Tigerade wrote:Personnally, I won't "back" anything the RFL wants me to until Red Hall comes to its senses regarding the franchise system. I agree with spreading the game to new areas but not at the expense of established and historic teams.
When I read the OP I knew there was going to be at least one person that is either too selfish, thick, ignorant or lazy to research the history of the game properly and why the RFL have made the decisions they have, and use the thread as an opportunity to spout their self-righteous, ill-informed, non-sensical rubbish.
Catalancs wrote:Do we really? I'd argue that rugby league is the second biggest sport in the region and a major part of the identity in this part of Lancashire. On BBC Radio Manchester we get one evening a week exclusively for rugby league, a couple of hours on Friday often shared with the one and only professional rugby union side in the region and the Sunday sports programme. During the soccer season the sport's coverage is chopped and changed to accomodate the 11-man code with little to no explanation or warning.
The bigger picture is that local radio provides an essential link and helps overcome isolation and loneliness. For many people, particularly the elderly and those in more isolated areas, their local BBC radio station is truly a lifeline and sometimes their only link to the rest of the community.
Second biggest, yes, but by a long, long distance. I know BBC radio shouldn't be about the popularity of sports etc but you could get a total of the attendances of all the Radio Manc RL clubs and it wouldn't match even just a couple of United and City games, not to mention Bolton, Wigan, Rochdale, Oldham, Stockport etc.
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