That's the whole point of advertising - to attract your attention.

old farts....................welcome to the 21st century


i guarantee the same people moaning about LED advertising boards are the same people moaning about rotating advertising boards 20 years ago.....

What impact do these ads have on players? Do they distract them too?

Yes - Kevin Penny on the wing really suffered in a few matches last year. Now look at him. Gone.

Down with this sort of thing.

Yes i know that.

Problem is its too bloody good at it.

Static adverts were more subliminal in that you saw them but didnt think much of them, however they still log a record in your mind.
These electronic flashing adverts are very "in your face" and shout out to the human races primeval anti predator defences, causing your brain to perceive them as a potential threat that needs to be observed. As a result you stop watching the sport you actually came to pay for.

I've seen them at Wigan but I can honestly not recall what advert they were playing - so on that basis, why not charge companies to advertise.. seems a masterstroke.

It's some kind of sorcery! Burn them!

Will it be the clubs responsibility to get them insured against theft?

How much will advertising space on them cost? Anybody want to chip in and buy space opposite the commentary team to proclaim 'you don't know what you're talking about, and everyone knows its a wig!'

I am in.

I'm prepared to withdraw my earlier complaint if this happens.

Great stuff. Should increase the sponsor money and it makes our sport look a little more 'big time'.

We have had them at Wigan and they are pretty decent.

I think that they should only be allowed to flash/move when there is a stoppage in play.

Rugby League would be much better if it were played in a locked vault deep under the ocean. Death to technology. Death to the future.

I'm not a good swimmer, and I hate enclosed spaces. Other than that I agree with your post

If Rovers are as bad next year as we were for most of this then at least I'll have something of interest to pass the time.

Does that mean refs will miss even more forward passes?

Would be brilliant if the linesmen helped them out.

I though we had touchjudges?

Yeah, they'll be dead easy to nick. Just shove one under your jumper.

You haven’t heard the one about the electronic scoreboard I take it.

Perhaps their more jumper friendly.

What are these like safety wise? A board is a board, but what would slamming into an LCD/LED display do to you?

You could end up with some of those really cool laser beam eyes like Superman has.

Tackling me are you Mark O'Meley?

KA-ZAP!

Not any more!

Or your skin becomes a quick-change LED too. Think I'm Rob Burrow? *zzzap!* now I'm Feka!

Eliminate this effect by taking a small reel of black masking tape, cut two thin strips of approximately the width of your spectacles glass, and then stick the strips horizontally onto the glass. You may need to experiment with various widths and positions, and obviously you will need to keep your head in the same horizontal plane, but this method will eliminate the majority of the offending glare from your field of view.