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  1. Statement on Featherstone's Website http://www.featherstonerovers.net/article.php?id=29441 Headlines < Back Rovers back new TV deal and structuresFriday 7th February 2014 Story in brief: Craig Poskitt said "As a club we fully support the new structures put in place and congratulate the RFL Executive..." Featherstone Rovers yesterday were delighted to host the latest Championship meeting at the Big Fellas Stadium. The RFL represented by Nigel Wood, Ralph Rimmer and Blake Solly presented information to all Championship clubs outlining the new structures to be in place in 2015". Featherstone Rovers Chief Executive Craig Poskitt said "As a club we fully support the new structures put in place and congratulate the RFL Executive on securing a record, long term TV deal with Sky that will bring stability to the sport. All at Featherstone are excited by recent developments and incentivised by the new structures being put in place. We are under no illusions that there is a lot of hard work ahead to get where we want to be. "I know as a club we can see the bigger picture and are particularly excited about the commercial opportunities that promotion and relegation can represent." On hosting the meeting Craig added "We have excellent facilities at the Big Fellas Stadium and it is an asset that currently is underutilised. It was a good learning experience too for our Commercial Manager Paul Taylor who observed the meeting. It also provided us with an opportunity to showcase the redevelopment of the Railway End of the stadium and our new Centre of Excellence." Chief Executive of the RFL Nigel Wood said "We would like to thank Featherstone Rovers for their warm hospitality. It was particularly interesting to see the ground redevelopments taking place which is a unique and inspiring project. I was also impressed with the new Centre of Excellence and was given an informative tour by Chairman Mark Campbell. It is good to see a forward thinking club plan for the future in a sustainable fashion."
  2. This will be my last post on the subject, the negativity from the forum "experts" is starting to affect my mental health. Rugby League is on the up, which I'm sure will be a disapointment to some of you miserable old sods. We had an amazing world cup We've got semi pro teams in places you couldn't have imagined 10 years ago, with hopefully 2 more to come. We've got a structure that gives all clubs something to play for and room to grow. We've got a title sponsor for both competitions now and they paid hard cash too. We've got broadcasters competing for our rights for the first time ever. But lets all have a moan and try to bring it down shall we?
  3. I can't remember it's exact title, but I think it was Championship Play Off Champions. So yes, I think they will. They'll be playing for an increased disbursement too. And of course they'll be needing to avoid relegation to C1. Plenty to play for.
  4. I guess the clubs can spend it how they choose. Although if they don't invest at least some of the money in the playing budget, they will quickly find that next year, they won't get as much due to the tapering off of the distribution, which is based on league position.
  5. I think you're right, straight forward P&R would make promotion much easier. But it would do the game a dis service. Under 3x8 only a club that has demonstrated it can beat the worst SL clubs in the play off will go up.
  6. Anyway, must dash, off to Post Office Road to top up the Rovers' finances and see some action. UTR
  7. Parky, you're correct that Martyn's prediction of doom regarding overspending to stay in the 12 isn't going to happen. I don't think the expose of Featherstone's finances tell us anything one way or the other. They are nothing but a limited snapshot on an abitrary date in the company's year. Without the context behind the numbers, they are utterly meaningless. For example, I'm lucky enough to have a reasonable holding in two small companies, one has liabilities of around £300,000, the other has liabilities of around £15,000. One of them is likely to close down this year, the other is in rude health. Which one do you think is which?
  8. Some very good points about the media there. We have two weekly papers, neither of which do much to further the cause of Rugby League. I would suggest that both of them need to develop a more positive attitude towards our game. It's very easy and very lazy to snipe and tell us all what's wrong. I stopped buying League Express some time ago becuase I don't like the style and feel of the reporting and editorials. League Weekly, while a little more positive isn't much better. RLW is a better read, a magazine is perhaps more suited to the behind the scenes stuff that we RL anoraks like to lap up. That said, there could be a big difference made to the two papers if the tone was lifted a bit. Until the in house press start to big up the game, we can't really expect the nationals to give us a fair crack, IMVHO.
  9. Martyn Thank you for your concern. I am well aware of the potential pitfalls, all of which you describe in the post. As someone who knows our chairman, all I can tell you is that he knows all of the above too.
  10. If I was Sky, I'd be on the blower to the RFL wanting at least the middle 8 games in addition to the regular season and top 8 play off series. There promises to be some humdingers in that series. Sky love a bit of giant killing, it's no suprise that they picked the Fev / Cas and Fev / Wigan games for the challenge cup a couple of years ago.
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