What is unfair, if still the case, is that clubs get a payment (was about 20,000) for TV games. Therefore their is an imbalance in revenues being distributed from the tv deal. I know for football every team has to be shown so many times by a certain date. It is only late in the season that restrictions are lifted so key games can be broadcast. A similar system in RL would be better and fairer.

Don't all teams get a fair share of the Sky money?

Perhaps watch the two games Salford have appeared on Sky and re-assess your "entertainment value" comment.

This table doesnt shock me at all. The sky matches are probably all dealt out before the season begins so the clubs have there pick of who they want to be shown against: The 'big' clubs pick games against other 'big' clubs. The middle clubs pick some games against big clubs and some against middle clubs. The smaller clubs pick games against middle and bigger clubs. I could go into a spiel about how parallels can be made between this system and the flow of money in our economy but thats for another time. Its not just in RL, you see it week in and week out in the prem league. Man utd, chelski and Arsenal feature pretty much every week where as Blackpool will prob get a couple on sky this coming season (most probably when they play one of the top three).

I actually dread us being on (inter)national telly. The posts after many (most) games indicate criticism with the way we play and, I have to say, that often these posts are correct. Imagine the game v Wigan (away) or v Cas (away) being shown and put out as indicative of our "entertainment" value. imagine the cameras focusing on our away support at Hull or Wigan. Imagine focusing on the scuffles at Warrington.

I do feel there is a bias against us (the RL papers never praise us and all teams we beat are "having a day off"icon_wink.gif. However I still shudder when I remember some of our past games on Sky (a home game v London paricularily sticks in my mind).

heres the dates matches are decided which indicate not much time for the clubs.

SKY will confirm their selections by the following dates:
Round 15 Selections by April 21
Round 16 Selections by May 5
Round 17 Selections by May 12
Round 18 Selections by May 19
Round 19 Selections by May 26
Round 20 Selections by June 2
Round 21 Selections by June 9
Round 22 Selections by June 28
Round 23 Selections by July 5
Round 24 Selections by July 12
Round 25 Selections by August 2 next time matches are decided and Round 25 begins August 13th
Round 26 Selections by August 9
Round 27 Selections by August 22

with the football all games until the end of November already decided.