Totally agree with you all . I support Saints , and live down in Devon . Would love to see more games on Sky . Especially the Saints ones

The current deal with Sky lasts until the end of 2011 and includes EXCLUSIVE coverage of all SL and National Co-op league games, including play-offs and grand-finals (as well as some internationals).

The RFL should look to have a game a week on terrestrial TV but the problem is that no terrestrial station would be interested.

which I really don't understand given the ratings for CC games and Sky games. Surely some of these channels are getting very few viewers at certain times (Sunday early evenigns for example) and a sport programme would be a damn sight better than what they are showing now.

re the query of NRL games, majority of them are live. They cut to adverts as scrums are being packed, kicks are being taken etc. Annoying as heck! I rarely watch games of FTA because of the adverts and wait for the replay on Fox sports (Games shown live on Ch9 are shown a few hours later on delay on Fox sports)

Having said that the Oz TV deal is worth about as much a year as the SL one is for the full five years!

Ratings may be higher, but the costs of broadcasting live sport are far more than some American junk or a filler quiz show. If you can't make the money back in advertising, it's not worth it.

What you've got to remember is that NRL is your No. 1Sport, has Football is ours by a long way. The SKY deal for football, one year of that deal is probably worth 10 years of your NRL deal. Super League is a far and distant 2nd/3rd in the sports pecking order for SKY>