When you're talking cricket and bowls, at least you're talking the elite level of those sports. The elite level of our sport already has a lot of TV coverage; it's been on Sky every week for the past 30-odd years, it's been on the BBC for 60+ years, and SL games are now on terrestrial TV 12 weeks out of the season, as is the Final. And Internationals. And the World Cup.
No-one is going to watch Championship RL. If we didn't live in one of the towns involved, we wouldn't give a monkey's. Generally speaking, people don't. Get over it.
The best Championship teams will ever be able to do it self-streaming platforms. Look after ourselves, market it, sell it, etc. Unforts, I don't even think we have to money to do that. Shame but, reality bites.
@scouseviking55 there we go, why don’t we look into this as a great example. If all championship clubs did this we could bring more money through sponsorship deals, then the possibility of a tv deal
Sponsorship deals of what? Double digit YouTube views? I honestly don't see how you think you're going to monetise something almost 0 people outside of the sport & probably not even that many inside the sport would watch? IF Widnes could get £1,000 per match, which is absolutely not going to happen what would 20/25k a season get? An average part time player?
@mckviking I would only imagine it's a Geographical reason. TOxiii probably get no funding from the RFL so are allowed to sort themselves out. I think they still have to assist in the away teams travel expenses. @jdgsport will know.
Paulie xx
All Championship clubs are permitted to stream their games, in the absence of a TV deal. Bradford stream theirs behind a paywall. Barrow have streamed a couple of theirs so far.
The reality is that the production costs, even for the clubs to stream it themselves, make it difficult to stack up commercially.
Channel 4 didn't even pay anything for Super League rights (just covered production costs), so they wouldn't go anywhere near Championship.
@torn-sock-1 I’m not going to do anything, I was simply raising a topic so the forum members can discuss and give their opinions, I assume someone from the club reads this forum and it could generate some interest/momentum from the board. As flash says it’s ok for championship clubs to stream games. If Bradford/York and barrow can do it why can’t we? The games are always being filmed, flash and his colleague already do the commentary why not combine the two and charge £20. If 100 pay that’s £2000 per home game which would generate more revenue and possibly if more clubs started doing it that might lead to a tv deal
@mckviking Nobody is interested in watching on tv or paying for a stream and certainly no broadcaster is interested in lower league rugby even the challenge cup games on bbc have gone to red button which only some RL know fans know about.
@torn-sock-1 I’m not going to do anything, I was simply raising a topic so the forum members can discuss and give their opinions, I assume someone from the club reads this forum and it could generate some interest/momentum from the board. As flash says it’s ok for championship clubs to stream games. If Bradford/York and barrow can do it why can’t we? The games are always being filmed, flash and his colleague already do the commentary why not combine the two and charge £20. If 100 pay that’s £2000 per home game which would generate more revenue and possibly if more clubs started doing it that might lead to a tv deal
I am not sure how many people would be interested but possibly fans from Australia and America like yourself? I would not mind for £10 a stream because i live 200 miles away from Widnes on the South coast. Might be worth seeing if it generates money for Barrow/York and Bradford? Say £1000 earn per away game this will generate over £10000 a season it is not a bad idea.
@begg yes exactly, for widnes fans unable to get to the game, elderly, ex pats, the fans who can no longer get to the game in person. The people I have shown over here in the states actually like rugby league as a spectacle
You have to have a balance when streaming, will it be to the detriment of people coming through the turnstiles? What's to stop Leggies/Bowler putting the stream on their big screen, less than 100yds from the ground, and thus creaming 50 or so, off the Gate?
Paulie xx
To start it might take a few off the gate but once people start watching the game they become invested in the team, some fans who stopped going might return.
To start it might take a few off the gate but once people start watching the game they become invested in the team, some fans who stopped going might return.
Hey would it matter if they just did away games because the main income for supporters is at home. But it also may get some armchair supporters to turn up obviously not yourself in America. 🤣👍