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Quote ="Ste100Centurions"You could say that John Flatcap Dozey of Chorley, or you could say that Phil Caplan of Leeds is the 'real initiator' as it was he brought it to public attention & I merely offer it up as a topic of discussion !
I agree that it is difficult to quantify the value of the Catalans/Sky/Bein triumvirate deal, however, what I believe Caplan to be putting forward was that there was no direct monetary value to Super League or RL per se, morever that the only beneficiaries were the 3 mentioned.
There was also the question *though cloaked* of why the RFL were not willing to divulge this information, the suggestion being that the RFL are still not an open & transparent organisation, which we all know is true. />
Wouldn't it be so much better if the RFL came out at the outset of such deals & say something like ... 'we're going to allow this TV deal or that because it has a wider benefit to the game but there is no monetary payment for it' ? At least this way there is a level of honesty & we don't end up with another =#FF0000'Private TV Deal' like the one at Toronto being questioned ? The RFL really don't help themselves to be respected where everything appears to be smoke & mirrors.'" />
It's not a private deal. Sky passed on the rights to Premier Sports.We don't have a say because we all signed up to Sky or took the £300k sweetner. If all the Championship clubs invested £300k each in a new broadcaster they would be reaping the benefits ten fold now. />
Classic case as per the norm, of waiting for the mountain to come to Muhammad.There has to come a point where we stop blaming others for our own sins.
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Quote ="Ste100Centurions"You could say that John Flatcap Dozey of Chorley, or you could say that Phil Caplan of Leeds is the 'real initiator' as it was he brought it to public attention & I merely offer it up as a topic of discussion !
I agree that it is difficult to quantify the value of the Catalans/Sky/Bein triumvirate deal, however, what I believe Caplan to be putting forward was that there was no direct monetary value to Super League or RL per se, morever that the only beneficiaries were the 3 mentioned.
There was also the question *though cloaked* of why the RFL were not willing to divulge this information, the suggestion being that the RFL are still not an open & transparent organisation, which we all know is true. />
Wouldn't it be so much better if the RFL came out at the outset of such deals & say something like ... 'we're going to allow this TV deal or that because it has a wider benefit to the game but there is no monetary payment for it' ? At least this way there is a level of honesty & we don't end up with another =#FF0000'Private TV Deal' like the one at Toronto being questioned ? The RFL really don't help themselves to be respected where everything appears to be smoke & mirrors.'" />
It's not a private deal. Sky passed on the rights to Premier Sports.We don't have a say because we all signed up to Sky or took the £300k sweetner. If all the Championship clubs invested £300k each in a new broadcaster they would be reaping the benefits ten fold now. />
Classic case as per the norm, of waiting for the mountain to come to Muhammad.There has to come a point where we stop blaming others for our own sins.
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Quote ="atomic"It's not a private deal. Sky passed on the rights to Premier Sports.We don't have a say because we all signed up to Sky or took the £300k sweetner. If all the Championship clubs invested £300k each in a new broadcaster they would be reaping the benefits ten fold now. />
Classic case as per the norm, of waiting for the mountain to come to Muhammad.There has to come a point where we stop blaming others for our own sins.'" />
And where exactly were they going to get £300k from? That's probably getting on for the total income of a few Championship clubs, and a very significant portion for most. Not everyone gets £750k central funding and a £500k bung you know.......
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Quote ="atomic"It's not a private deal. Sky passed on the rights to Premier Sports.We don't have a say because we all signed up to Sky or took the £300k sweetner. If all the Championship clubs invested £300k each in a new broadcaster they would be reaping the benefits ten fold now. />
Classic case as per the norm, of waiting for the mountain to come to Muhammad.There has to come a point where we stop blaming others for our own sins.'" />
And where exactly were they going to get £300k from? That's probably getting on for the total income of a few Championship clubs, and a very significant portion for most. Not everyone gets £750k central funding and a £500k bung you know.......
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| Quote ="Mr Dog"And where exactly were they going to get £300k from? That's probably getting on for the total income of a few Championship clubs, and a very significant portion for most. Not everyone gets £750k central funding and a £500k bung you know.......'"
That's the negativity and one of the reasons the game never moves on. They are all businesses at the end of the day. If the business sits waiting it will never come,you need to get it.
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Quote ="Trinity18"I thought the flatcappers were predominantly Fev fans?
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Leigh is the Lancashire version.
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Quote ="Trinity18"I thought the flatcappers were predominantly Fev fans?
www.rlfans.com/images/smilies//d040.gif" alt="d040.gif" title="CRAZY" />'"
Leigh is the Lancashire version.
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| Quote ="Lebron James"Catalans will never be relegated. Whether fans from leigh or wakefield choose to believe it or not, the vision the RFL and Sky have for RL in this country includes Catalans.
If the worst does come to the worst, they could "do a huddersfield" where you take over a club, sorry, "merge" with a club and sack all their players just to avoid relegation
Regards
King James'"
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