On a scale of 1 to 10....how much of a load of excrement is it? (I'm voting for 12/10)
Apparently Barrow will rank higher than us on IMG (courtesy of James on twitter) but really....wtf?
Read a piece in the Sunday papers about the demise of London and IMG was mentioned as a driver of interest and growth in the sport.
Why have we got to the point where electronic scoreboards and local authority population count more than league wins?
Hope one of the none Wakey teams (preferably us) wins the play-offs by a miracle to show these absolute cretins who run the game they are hell bent on a future which simply doesn't fit with the strengths of the game.
The IMG "Re imagining RL" recommendations which were voted for the the clubs are a terrible set of proposals. If you actually read them you can see they are set out with the intention of strengthening SL at the expense of every other level of the game.
Since it was announced and I read through the grading areas and points allocated for each area, it's only strengthened my belief that this is all about greed. Which makes it all the more unbelievable that the vast majority of lower league clubs voted for it.
I'm sorry if the above link doesn't work.
At a guess the population of the area of a club is seen by Sky as a potential viewer expansion.
From what we have seen locally very few teams in our category bring travelling support which should, if you are interested in RL as a sport be a black mark. However, Sky would rather they stay at home and watch TV!!!!
IMG will follow Sky because Sky is the paymaster!
Well there are a few Championship clubs who seem ready to spend and if SL is out of sight irrespective of performance, other options will be found because if central funding drops what have clubs got to lose?
@sandgroper IMG aren't following anyone. The RFL decide on each clubs score after the clubs have submitted all the relevant paperwork then an independent auditor, I have no idea who that would be, scrutinises the RFL rating.
@sandgroper They have increased the prize money for winning the Championship GF to 100k, I'd guess to try and keep it worthwhile.
Interesting reading - we need crowds above 3000 average, suspect we lost that this season but made up by league position, but in reality it’s like rearranged the deck chairs on the titanic
the SL clubs do not care and would love Toulouse in there as they will not get any sky money, leaving more for the others with their snout in the trough
time to break free and have a championship and championship 2 with regular promotion and relegation
but really need a tv deal of some description to give it exposure