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Amazing football is told to get the money from the prem and leave the lower clubs at their mercy while government bails out Rugby including the worlds/universes richest club.
Looks like more cheap/free money for rugby
Does anyone know if the bond holders got their interest payments paid today?
It's virtually all loans-access though, and about 0.75m max of that to Champ clubs (and as far as I can see, about 23m between the several hundred clubs below the top 24).Amazing football is told to get the money from the prem and leave the lower clubs at their mercy while government bails out Rugby including the worlds/universes richest club.
For anyone interested in the Rugby TV deal stuff
It’s never worth £40million they should snap there hand off
40 Mill is what the current contract is. So rugby looks like its a bit to big for its boots trying to ask for so much more. As BT wanted to pay less.
My guess they are trying to hold out for Amazon to pay big bucks. Would be funny if it back fires.
I remember having a discussion with Italia back in the day when he was arguing Wasps games had more exposure than ours and were therefore more valuable in terms of stadium naming rights. The ratings for live games was shockingly low. This was when we were in L1, or possibly even L2, and one live game for us on Sky had more viewers than every Wasps game combined on BT.40 Mill is what the current contract is. So rugby looks like its a bit to big for its boots trying to ask for so much more. As BT wanted to pay less.
My guess they are trying to hold out for Amazon to pay big bucks. Would be funny if it back fires.
Premiership Rugby is engaged in fresh controversy after the BBC was forced to cancel advanced plans to broadcast the Gallagher Premiership final between Exeter Chiefs and Wasps on October 24.
The BBC was approached in mid-September by Darren Childs, chief executive of Premiership Rugby (PRL), about simulcasting the final live with BT Sport and bringing the showpiece event to a wider audience.
PRL maintains they were only “exploratory” talks but the BBC was under the impression it would be broadcasting the game and cleared space for it on BBC Two. The broadcaster had arranged some complicated production logistics, secured a studio and booked a commentary team with two former England internationals due to work as pundits on the game.
Do wasps have to file their accounts for year end 30th June 20 this month, or did they get that rule relaxed when the bond holders voted to relax other restrictions?
They are supposed to report bi annually, it's well overdue but I'm wondering whether they have quietly dropped the reporting requirement now. The bond price has gone up presumably with the possibility of a bail out.
Somehow the rugby authorities seem to manage to make the incompetents at the FA and EFL look good!
They've cut funding to the lower leagues (was that before or after the goverment gave them millions?) and are now moaning that if clubs go down to those lower leagues they'll get less money! Seems not only do they want to ringfence the top division they want to pick who those clubs are.
For a sport whose TV viewing figures are terrible and who are struggling to even get a new TV deal it seems odd to be going out of your way to make a huge chunck of your season meaningless and therefore less attractive to viewers.
Leaves Cov with nothing to aim for or aspire to. Look at how well run Exeter are... a team that came from the lower leagues. The sooner one of these ‘big’ clubs go bust the better.... and we all know which one we want to disappear. Closely followed by the TigersSomehow the rugby authorities seem to manage to make the incompetents at the FA and EFL look good!
They've cut funding to the lower leagues (was that before or after the goverment gave them millions?) and are now moaning that if clubs go down to those lower leagues they'll get less money! Seems not only do they want to ringfence the top division they want to pick who those clubs are.
For a sport whose TV viewing figures are terrible and who are struggling to even get a new TV deal it seems odd to be going out of your way to make a huge chunck of your season meaningless and therefore less attractive to viewers.
No, it's a good sport, but run by utter fucking incompetents.Such a shit sport
Question for you Kneeza as you know a fair bit about rugby; how do you think the concussion claims will affect the game?No, it's a good sport, but run by utter fucking incompetents.
No, it's a good sport, but run by utter fucking incompetents.
NFL is probably bigger than rugby in this country. Or on course to be.
I love RL too. Also run by fucking incompetents.Nah just boring to watch and getting penalised for ‘not releasing’ under a pack of 20 stone men or ‘not rolling away’ in a similar scenario. League is better
I love RL too. Also run by fucking incompetents.
Somehow the rugby authorities seem to manage to make the incompetents at the FA and EFL look good!
They've cut funding to the lower leagues (was that before or after the goverment gave them millions?) and are now moaning that if clubs go down to those lower leagues they'll get less money! Seems not only do they want to ringfence the top division they want to pick who those clubs are.
I think that rugby will be on amazon prime or one of those type things it just doesn’t have enough interest to get sky excited and by have obviously had their fingers burnt with nobody watching.
For a sport whose TV viewing figures are terrible and who are struggling to even get a new TV deal it seems odd to be going out of your way to make a huge chunck of your season meaningless and therefore less attractive to viewers.
That's the 64 million dollar question that everyone in the game would love to know the outcome of.Question for you Kneeza as you know a fair bit about rugby; how do you think the concussion claims will affect the game?
But the NFL are already dealing with the issues by putting in concussion protocols, banning helmet to helmet hits and allowing injury timeouts. They are in a position with the stop start nature to make changes. If Rugby has the same issue then they may has well close it down.That's the 64 million dollar question that everyone in the game would love to know the outcome of.
Mislaid me crystal ball atm though.
We'd better hope it's not too far-reaching though, as the potential for damage to all even slightly physical sport is frightening, and will give impetus for all sorts of claims for Astle-type injuries among others, and could even damage that over-dressed abomination, Gridiron.
That's the 64 million dollar question that everyone in the game would love to know the outcome of.
Mislaid me crystal ball atm though.
We'd better hope it's not too far-reaching though, as the potential for damage to all even slightly physical sport is frightening, and will give impetus for all sorts of claims for Astle-type injuries among others, and could even damage that over-dressed abomination, Gridiron.
Yes, similar to heading in football I guess. I can see that being banned for u18's and then adult players signing some sort of disclaimer accepting the risks.That's the 64 million dollar question that everyone in the game would love to know the outcome of.
Mislaid me crystal ball atm though.
We'd better hope it's not too far-reaching though, as the potential for damage to all even slightly physical sport is frightening, and will give impetus for all sorts of claims for Astle-type injuries among others, and could even damage that over-dressed abomination, Gridiron.
Not sure, rugby is huge in all the nations plus Ireland, especially international rugby.NFL is probably bigger than rugby in this country. Or on course to be.
Sky sports give it their own channel around this time of yearNot sure, rugby is huge in all the nations plus Ireland, especially international rugby.
I think rugga is still Comfortably more popular.. The only time I see anybody talk about NFL within my own life circle is on here, that's not the case with rugby
Just looked up NFL attendances in America... For a country 5 or so times larger In population... It draws a total of 16 million attendances a season compared to rugby's 9 million attendances ove rhere... I think rugby is definitely more popular over hereSky sports give it their own channel around this time of year
I agree it must be close. But I don't really know many rugby fans. Fans of beer and 6 nations sure but not rugby fans sporting wise
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