Re: SL 2011 for WIDNES? : Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:23 pm  

johnny freeman fan club wrote:

"He stated that without the London team in Super League Sky would not be interested"

So really the game's flagship competition is built on foundations of sand. One day Sky will pull the plug.

Re: SL 2011 for WIDNES? : Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:37 pm  

littlerich wrote:

So really the game's flagship competition is built on foundations of sand. One day Sky will pull the plug.

If they do do you think the Championship clubs would fare better than the Super League ones ? We have been used to not having much money from the RFL or do you think they would just ditch us alltogether.

Re: SL 2011 for WIDNES? : Sat Nov 06, 2010 12:25 pm  

johnny freeman fan club wrote:

If they do do you think the Championship clubs would fare better than the Super League ones ? We have been used to not having much money from the RFL or do you think they would just ditch us alltogether.

Quite the opposite. The SL clubs would collapse en masse and the plebs (Championship clubs) will rise. Mind you, we'd have to go through a franchising process to let SL clubs into our competition. The criteria would be on-field performances. Widnes would struggle

Re: SL 2011 for WIDNES? : Sat Nov 06, 2010 7:17 pm  

JHF wrote:

They pay a small price and get a reasonable return viewer wise.

They want more than just viewers, they want to be able to screw more money out of advertisers. I also disagree about RL being just a filler, it’s one of their flagship sports.

JHF wrote:

As for the demographics, I can't believe branching into a small South Wales town as in the original plan would have made any differance.

In isolation no but, as part of the bigger picture of further expansion, it is. I've always thought that they would have moved the Bridgend club to Cardiff at some point, and that Bridgend was merely a primer that was chosen because of a sudden opportunity there at the time.

JHF wrote:

Reckon this is all the RFL's doing

They are certainly responsible for the whole mess, but so are the Super League chairmen and, imo opinion there was, and continues to be, pressure from Sky Sports to further expansion too.

Re: SL 2011 for WIDNES? : Sat Nov 06, 2010 9:25 pm  

How much of an endless pot do the RFL have left?Bailing out teams all the time, and it is obvious they pumped money into london aswell.Give Widnes a chance now.

Re: SL 2011 for WIDNES? : Sat Nov 06, 2010 9:52 pm  

OFFTHECUFF wrote:

How much of an endless pot do the RFL have left?

Nigel's given up the biscuits.

United Biscuits Plc's loss is Harlequins gain.

Re: SL 2011 for WIDNES? : Sun Nov 07, 2010 11:26 am  

littlerich wrote:

Nigel's given up the biscuits.

United Biscuits Plc's loss is Harlequins gain.

I like that one Rich.

Re: SL 2011 for WIDNES? : Fri Nov 12, 2010 12:21 pm  

http://www.crusadersrfl.com/article.php?id=3131 The RFL are in for one though 6 months!

http://www.crusadersrfl.com/article.php?id=3131 The RFL are in for one though 6 months!