The Future is League Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 23 hours ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said: Involves creating a third body? Surely just merging to form a single body is better? Exactly. One body one building and less staff saving money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man of Kent Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 World-renowned sports industry firm IMG to become rugby league's new strategic partner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 42 minutes ago, Man of Kent said: World-renowned sports industry firm IMG to become rugby league's new strategic partner Thankfully the world moves on and this looks really interesting. Their involvement with RLWC 2017 did not end well. 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...
Dave T Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 4 minutes ago, gingerjon said: Thankfully the world moves on and this looks really interesting. Their involvement with RLWC 2017 did not end well. Didn't we end up in a legal battle with them, or have I dreamt that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 4 minutes ago, Dave T said: Didn't we end up in a legal battle with them, or have I dreamt that? I can't remember the details but they were the rights holder and lost money when rights didn't sell - which impacted the amount the tournament was able to hand over to the world body. No idea how, or if, it was resolved. 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...
Dave T Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 34 minutes ago, gingerjon said: I can't remember the details but they were the rights holder and lost money when rights didn't sell - which impacted the amount the tournament was able to hand over to the world body. No idea how, or if, it was resolved. I have something in my head about legal issues and rights problems in PNG or something. But I suppose IMG are huge and have different divisions, hopefully we partner with a competent one! I know we have used IMG before for tv deal negotiations. Although none were as valuable as Nigel Woods. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man of Kent Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Barney Francis works for IMG. Can’t be coincidence that since he left Sky, IMG are suddenly all over Super League like a rash. Perhaps he saw the untapped potential? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL Sonja Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Sounds like the way the RFL and BARLA used to behave. That too was highly unproductive. "There has never been a Challenge Cup semifinal of 65,000 either individually or combined" - Damien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 12 hours ago, Man of Kent said: Barney Francis works for IMG. Can’t be coincidence that since he left Sky, IMG are suddenly all over Super League like a rash. Perhaps he saw the untapped potential? As said, they've been involved before. I'd forgotten about their attempts with the TV rights but, yup, that was them too. It is a positive but until they actually produce results it's just potential. 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...
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