It's certainly fired up Andrew Chalmers https://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/article ... own-stream I didn't know he had that kind of passion

It's certainly fired up Andrew Chalmers https://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/article ... own-stream I didn't know he had that kind of passion

Quote ="paulwalker71"It's certainly fired up Andrew Chalmers https://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/article ... own-stream I didn't know he had that kind of passion '" Some call it passion, some would call it petulance.

Quote ="paulwalker71"It's certainly fired up Andrew Chalmers https://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/article ... own-stream I didn't know he had that kind of passion '" Some call it passion, some would call it petulance.

The same people who moaned he was anonymous and didn't communicate are now moaning he's said some nasty stuff about Workington. Fair play to him i say. The sports in a a mess and decisions like this is why we struggle to grow the game and get people playing it.

Hmm, I'm not sure the additional statement was necessary to be honest. This has blown up on social media and people are blowing it massively out of proportion.
The ability to watch games online (live or otherwise) should be treated as a privilege and not a right. Twitter updates and radio coverage are fine if you can't make it.

I don't agree with Workington's decision but just accept it and move on.

Some people on twitter were blaming Leon Pryce ffs! Get a grip!

Workington's statement paints us as the bad guys very well. This episode doesn't reflect well on anyone. That statement from Chalmers should've adopted a different tone. "More in sorrow than in anger" works better IMO.

If your real supporters go to the game, Worky are right to say no,.

A few crawling out from under rocks tonight !!!

I go to 90% of bulls games home and away, I can't make to tomorrow due to my son playing at the wakey game, I was going to rush home and watch game. Gutted.

Worky is too far to drag my kids, plain and simple, especially as my daughter has a game in the morning. Consequently I wouldn’t have gone anyway. However, for an area that aspires to having a super league team, surely the exposure would have been hugely beneficial. To the best of my knowledge the bulls are not making a penny from the broadcasts, it is ALL about exposure. And apparently Worky don’t want it, and are happy to stay under their rock. More fool them I say.

I think we were right in this, and as Bullseye said, Workington have done well in making us look the bad guys. However we've just done a poll about the streaming which makes us look amateurish.

I’ve just seen the poll, and I don’t agree. Had it been about tomorrow’s match them I would agree, as there is no need to put out a poll about something like that, which is obviously going to be so clearly polarised and emotive. However, irrespective of the reasons for creating the poll, it is not asking whether tomorrow’s match should be streamed. It is not even asking whether Bulls games in general should be streamed. It is asking whether Championship and League 1 games in general should be streamed. The game needs exposure, and so for me it is a definite YES.

One journo is having a bit of a meltdown (he's a workington fan) moaning about the statement slandering his club, then retweeting some vile posts about us from opposition fans.

The bully boys, big fish argument is lazy and just incorrect. Reason Chalmers wants streaming is to help grow the game as a whole. He's also been put forward as one of 3 representatives for L1 to fight to keep L1 funded.

Bull Mania, you come across as being a bit of a Kool Aid drinker if I'm honest. Not saying you're wrong in your opinions, but you do tend to take what comes out of Bradford Bulls as gospel and I think you are guilty of letting your love for the club cloud your judgement, meaning you naturally side with your club regardless of what comes out.

You may be completely right on this. At the end of the day, there's a lot of "he said, she said" going on. But I've got to be honest, one club is coming across more professional than the other at the moment, and it isn't the one from Yorkshire.

You surely don't think that it was coincidence and it wasn't related to the argument? Those polls came across as quite petty when I saw them.

I'm sure many would feel that the division should be televised/streamed, although personally when I see results like the West Wales Raiders ones, I'm not so sure. I don't think L1 has enough quality outside the top 3 or 4 teams to justify regular TV. But that poll from the Bulls was nothing to do with drumming up support for the division or sport, or sparking debate. It was another little jibe at Workington.

No I don’t think it is unconnected, and would I have started the poll? Probably not.

However, Workingtons stance does raise legitimate questions as to whether people think the exposure generated by proper sport is valuable, and as the polls are currently about 80% in favour it suggests people believe it is.

There is very little money in this league, which is suggest is in no small part responsible for there being some very weak teams, as you rightly point out. But how do we remedy this? Surely shunning free exposure, and potential sponsors on the back of it, is not the way forward.

I would suggest the poll results aren't entirely accurate as it's likely to be mainly voted on by Bulls fans backing the club in their current argument.

The argument itself is absolutely valid and is a very legitimate one to question, I totally agree with you. It's just a shame it couldn't have been brought up at a time when the people asking those questions aren't just doing it to try and score points over the people they're arguing with.

Just for anyone who's missed Workington's response to Andrew Chalmers



So, basically we're not a cash cow, but live streaming might affect the crowd and Bradford haven't done anything to promote the game against Workington.

Why can't the game be shown after 18.00 what is the issue with that

I'm with Chalmers all the way on this one.His response is a reaction to how Workington delivered their ban on streaming live and not even allowing a recording.I don't see an argument against the streaming.At cost to the Bulls/Proper Sport,they are trying to give the game a greater exposure and were succeeding,that's got to be a good thing for the game as a whole.One side is trying to expand the watching of Rugby League,the other is trying to stop it.Shame on Workington and their short sighted stance.

It's that backwards mindset of parochial rugby league clubs and that's why the game is falling behind other sports in this country.

There's no TV deal for teams in this division so any additional exposure for the teams and sport at this level should be encouraged.

I can’t see it altering the attendance that much by screening it live, I’m guessing Workington must be in a very poor state if they believe otherwise

Not at all, the fact its the Bulls is irrelevant. As others have said, the sports in a mess and backwards penny pinching decision like this hold the sport back.

The poll was the most ridiculous thing I've seen. I don't think we've got it right on the statements. Chalmers was clearly angry and maybe should have uses a more "disappointment" tone than anger whereas Workingtons completely fed the "bulls bullying us argument" with social media lapping it up. Many were on our side including nearly every RL journo, but it got lost in the "bulls bullying Workington" social media meltdown lad by mainly Fac fans amd others who missed the point like "it's their stadium they can do what they like" The fact no ones made anything of the fact Workington think we should market THEIR home game says everything.

Just a quick question, hope Im not speaking out of turn, but will the match be able to be seen on the Utube in midweek? Still..

Maybe we should try and do something when they come to our place, I know it’s probably not going to happen, but try and make it so that they finish up losing money out of there trip to us, say charge the home fans pittance to watch the game, that way rugby league wins by giving some of our fans something back for staying loyal and also broadening the audience of our home support

Its their right to say no and I don't agree with their decision! I also think Chalmers hasn't thought it through and its Bad publicity for the Bulls just when we were "whispering it quietly"

One or two will use it as an excuse not to go but I expect plenty of Bulls fans to be there!