Quote ="Chorley Rhino"As a sport we dont want to sell out to the Sky pound. Yes, the tv money is useful but the fans surely must come first!'"
The fans will turn up irrespective of the fixture day. That's why Leeds switched to Friday nights - tell the gullible supporters its all for their convenience often enough and they'll believe it, when in reality its simply that they learned from the Tykes the value of corporate attendees - who would attend Friday but not Sunday.
Take away Sky's tv money and what do you replace it with? Which channel/company would give similar quality and breadth of coverage? Where would the money come from - several thousand fans who'll suddenly start attending every club's games because they can feel secure the date of a game might not be altered once in a blue moon despite there no longer being any decent national tv profile for the sport?
Percy is right. Sky have long since 'owned' RL and whilst I'd happilly see games on Sunday afternoons, in winter, preferably with a restored 5m rule - it'll not happen because Sky call the shots and pay the bills.
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