Re: Rugby League Gets Big Government Handout : Sat May 09, 2020 8:58 am  

I think the idea of games being on stream if played behind closed doors is a good one however I’m assuming Sky would have to give permission given they own the broadcast rights.

Plus I often find the stream on the OurLeague app is terrible quality and pauses every few seconds. I mostly don’t watch it when it’s free never mind expect people to pay for it.

Re: Rugby League Gets Big Government Handout : Sat May 09, 2020 10:04 am  

goes without saying that SKYwould have to agree to streams, It would have to be a league wide thing. Clubs need to offset the lost match attendance income any way they can for rest of season. Think SL clubs are in a slightly better position as at least their player wages are covered by SKY payment. At our level SKY money doesn't cover player wages bill. Could easily see this season just being written fat every level below SL to cut costs and restart in 2021.

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Re: Rugby League Gets Big Government Handout : Thu May 14, 2020 4:13 pm  

Given the circumstances, I can't think why Sky wouldn't agree to lower league games being streamed, either live or on delay. They pay, basically for SL games, ours is just an add on with little, if any, noticeable cost attached. They have no wish to show them but I'd guess they also have no wish to see our clubs go to the wall. They would gain nothing if that were to happen.

Re: Rugby League Gets Big Government Handout : Fri May 15, 2020 6:57 pm  

Football's league 2 clubs have voted to end the season. Pretty obvious why when you look at the comments of the Stevenage owner Phil Wallace who told BBC Sport: "We have 10 games to play ….. It would cost us £140,000 for the tests, we would have to bring players out of furlough and comply with a 47-page health and safety document regarding sterilisation of stadiums etc.

[Bulliac]

Re: Rugby League Gets Big Government Handout : Sun May 17, 2020 2:01 pm  

Mr Dog wrote:

Football's league 2 clubs have voted to end the season. Pretty obvious why when you look at the comments of the Stevenage owner Phil Wallace who told BBC Sport: "We have 10 games to play ….. It would cost us £140,000 for the tests, we would have to bring players out of furlough and comply with a 47-page health and safety document regarding sterilisation of stadiums etc.

You'd have to think most of that would apply to us - in spades.

Re: Rugby League Gets Big Government Handout : Sun May 17, 2020 10:39 pm  

Bulliac wrote: You'd have to think most of that would apply to us - in spades. And there are plenty of reports on Fauci's assessment on the possibility of the US' American Football season taking place eg https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2 ... spreading/ Plus looking at the Bundesliga restart that's a pretty expensive exercise and Major League Baseball's proposals also look costly and complex https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/291 ... distancing I'm not sure SL can afford to do it properly but I wouldn't be surprised if the Government allow some half harrised plan to go ahead.

Bulliac wrote: You'd have to think most of that would apply to us - in spades. And there are plenty of reports on Fauci's assessment on the possibility of the US' American Football season taking place eg https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2 ... spreading/ Plus looking at the Bundesliga restart that's a pretty expensive exercise and Major League Baseball's proposals also look costly and complex https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/291 ... distancing I'm not sure SL can afford to do it properly but I wouldn't be surprised if the Government allow some half harrised plan to go ahead.