gingerjon Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Championship games on a Monday night All Summer Bash Secondary Challenge Cup rights https://www.premiersports.com/rugby-league-announcement 5 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Well I can’t imagine they’re paying for the rights but good to have the Championship on FTA nonetheless. That’s my Monday nights sorted next year. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Good to have a secondary provider showing RL now. I hope it works out financially for the Championship clubs. The Cup games make this more attractive, but not sure it will be quite enough for me to part with another £13 a month on top of my other subs, but I like the sound of the Monday show with highlights of the weekend games. That could work nicely. Premier do appear to be more credible than last time we had RL there. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Eddie said: Well I can’t imagine they’re paying for the rights but good to have the Championship on FTA nonetheless. That’s my Monday nights sorted next year. Not FTA is it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalMrC Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Dave T said: Not FTA is it? No it'll be a subscription. I suspect they will show a sample of games, or replays on Freesport though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share Posted October 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Dave T said: Not FTA is it? No mention of FreeSports (that I could see) so I assume this will be mostly on the sub-based Premier Sports. Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 4 minutes ago, Dave T said: Not FTA is it? I assumed it would be on Freesports on Freeview? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, gingerjon said: No mention of FreeSports (that I could see) so I assume this will be mostly on the sub-based Premier Sports. Ah, I take it back then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share Posted October 6, 2021 8 minutes ago, Dave T said: not sure it will be quite enough for me to part with another £13 a month on top of my other subs Deals are normally available Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man of Kent Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Wary of the 'partnership' word. Are they paying money for the rights? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The storm Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Just now, Man of Kent said: Wary of the 'partnership' word. Are they paying money for the rights? Not in a single report have i seen what this deal is worth. Therefore zero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Man of Kent said: Wary of the 'partnership' word. Are they paying money for the rights? I would be appalled if we have gifted Challenge Cup rights. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impartial Observer Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 No doubt people will complain that players will have to do a day's work first on take a day off to play on a Monday night and if anyone has to travel to or from Cumbria there will be a meltdown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The storm Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 4 minutes ago, Impartial Observer said: No doubt people will complain that players will have to do a day's work first on take a day off to play on a Monday night and if anyone has to travel to or from Cumbria there will be a meltdown How much is it worth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Impartial Observer said: No doubt people will complain that players will have to do a day's work first on take a day off to play on a Monday night and if anyone has to travel to or from Cumbria there will be a meltdown That's a valid consideration. I assume they will get round it through scheduling the bigger teams who are likely to be full time, or games between teams based close together. Edited October 6, 2021 by Dave T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glossop saint Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 It'll be interesting to see when details of the deal get released/leaked. I hope that there is a decent price involved. It will be interesting to see viewing figures as well, especially behind a pay wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 21 minutes ago, Dave T said: I would be appalled if we have gifted Challenge Cup rights. That’s a shift from Sky having them, did they pay for them or were they gifted as fillers to SL coverage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 7 minutes ago, Dave T said: That's a valid consideration. I assume they will get round it through scheduling the bigger teams who are likely to be full time, or games between teams based close together. Or at least give enough notice. I don’t know how RL coped in 70s & 80s when there were loads of midweek fixtures 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleD Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 7 minutes ago, Dave T said: That's a valid consideration. I assume they will get round it through scheduling the bigger teams who are likely to be full time, or games between teams based close together. If Toulouse go up, there will only be Newcastle and potentially Leigh who will be full time won't there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Dave T said: That's a valid consideration. I assume they will get round it through scheduling the bigger teams who are likely to be full time. It's like it's never happened before. To be fair, even getting to home games for around 6 pm is probably going to involve leaving work early. "We'll sell you a seat .... but you'll only need the edge of it!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havenwarrior Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Great for the Spectator, put puts pressure on Part Time players. HW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShropshireBull Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 A poor idea. You have just as many people on OuRLeague that you are supposed to be building up which already has far more subscribers. It will hurt crowds whilst doing nothing for exposure behind a paywall (so no increase in any sponsors) and the viewing figures are woeful. This is a terrible deal, should have had weekly subscription now for ouRLeague and build the app for the World Cup. It´s a vanity deal, nothing more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrewxi Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 10 minutes ago, ShropshireBull said: A poor idea. You have just as many people on OuRLeague that you are supposed to be building up which already has far more subscribers. It will hurt crowds whilst doing nothing for exposure behind a paywall (so no increase in any sponsors) and the viewing figures are woeful. This is a terrible deal, should have had weekly subscription now for ouRLeague and build the app for the World Cup. It´s a vanity deal, nothing more. I'd assumed they would still have our league games on over the weekend, with a game moved to monday for Premier. It does mention "exclusive" in the press release though so I may be wrong. However setanta do have a knack of inaccurately flowering up there PR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCKonstantine Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 14 minutes ago, ShropshireBull said: A poor idea. You have just as many people on OuRLeague that you are supposed to be building up which already has far more subscribers. It will hurt crowds whilst doing nothing for exposure behind a paywall (so no increase in any sponsors) and the viewing figures are woeful. This is a terrible deal, should have had weekly subscription now for ouRLeague and build the app for the World Cup. It´s a vanity deal, nothing more. Have to agree, the ppv ticket system seemed good imo, not going to be paying £12.99 a month for this channel I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Kevin Sinfield Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Will this deal mean League One clubs such as Coventry face less brutal cuts that could finish off several clubs in that division? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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