You must be a big fella if you can do the work of a whole gang!

White City BBC London is 6 miles from the stoop and has had No effect on the Union bias of the sports staff there. Hope You have more luck.

So let me get this straight, lets look at the facts, that's the Stoop, home of Harlequins RU for 45 years which is across the road from Twickenham, the home of English RU since 1909? Whereas RL has only hand any real foothold in London for less than 30 years, you think there's much in that regarding the bias?

I know what you're saying but I'm sure you can see how this is different. I'm sure the BBC moving [ito[/i Salford, less than 3 miles from the Willows within much of the heartlands of RL country, we'll have a little more luck.

And who said that RL supporters have an "us against the world" mentallity

Beaten before we try and we wonder why we fail so much, get out of your village and understand that not everyone has got it in for us.

I'm sure the Beeb moving to the North West will benefit RL.

Indeed it will. Pity the RFL couldn't get a base in Manchester either.

RFL too close and cosy with Red Light area in Reds, they don't know where it is in Manchester

what a load of s**t.

BBC sport moving to salford.

Salford RL club playing in a brand new stadium before big crowds.

Result - increased RL coverage for the sport.

if salford get their ground it will be massive not just for them but for RL.

You really must stop thinking about me that way... you know it isn't good for you.

I think that quite simply the fact that BBC journos will be taken away from their Public School and London bubble they will get a better pciture of what people are interested in ourtside of their previous shell. In the North West, RL is a comfortable second behind football in terms of people watching and cultural/community significance so it can only help the sport.

the way they push union is a joke.

if RL got a fair treatment by guys like these it would be a massive boost for the game.

thats why salford could be a big thing for RL, but the new ground is crucial.

at the kids xmas party on thursday,
john wilkinson said it will take 62 weeks to build, and we will be in it, in 2010, but not for the start of the season.

The move to Salford has already had one impact Roger Mosey BBC's head of sport will not be taking up his position in the north and is moving to pastures new. www.brandrepublic.com/News/84605 ... ndon-2012/ A new head of sport is required.

The move to Salford has already had one impact Roger Mosey BBC's head of sport will not be taking up his position in the north and is moving to pastures new. www.brandrepublic.com/News/84605 ... ndon-2012/ A new head of sport is required.

Why are the BBc creating a whole new department just to cover one sporting event? how much will this cost us?
Are not the Olympics Sport so therefore lie with the remit of the head of sport.
There will be nothing to do until 2011 DEcember at the earliest because most of the stadia will not be ready until after then, so camera and Tv boxes positions can only be planned after they open.
It looks to me like a lot of the sports staff don't want to move north and this will be the reason, the BBC will in effect have two sports departments and hence double the cost because southern jessies are too scared to come North.

Not strictly true fella my company are one of the main sponsors, I forget now but it's something like one of the main eight sponsors who've paid the MEGA BUCKS (multi millions) for this priveledge and we have had a team of shall we say company "high rollers" projected to London 2012 for over a year now already. It's safe to say there is plenty going on behind the scenes.

I'm sure there is, but that is nothing to do with the BBC. The job of BBC Sports is to cover sporting events and broadcast them on the BBC. There might be a few docementaries leading up to the Olympics showing the athletes' preparations, but there is absolutely no need for a separate department to be set up at the BBC (using licence payers money) until 2011 at the earliest.

I'd guess that a department already exists within the sports department to cover the Olympics anyway, its only every 4 years so why wouldn't there be.

Anyway lets get back to topic - NEW STADIUM

why don't we put a running track around it and offer it to London for 2012, that would save them money and give us a state of the £150m stadium, saving London over £1billion it will cost for a stadium which will be built down there and knocked down after the event.
A few more events could be staged here as well, cycling and swimming to name but two, there i have saved the Olympic committee nearly £2billion and i have not even thought about all the events. They could just stage it in Manchester and save £8billion, but Seb Coe wants it all for them down south and will spend other people's money to get it as his legacy.

Of co you forgot to add in your opinion.

Everything I post is my opinion, so I don't feel the need to declare that.

Celtic have put through plans for a Sports Village type affair. Odds on them being finished before/at the same time as us?

Quote ="Diavolo Rosso"Celtic have put through plans for a Sports Village type affair. Odds on them being finished before/at the same time as us?'" True and sounds good if they can get it all sorted news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 777104.stm

Quote ="Diavolo Rosso"Celtic have put through plans for a Sports Village type affair. Odds on them being finished before/at the same time as us?'" True and sounds good if they can get it all sorted news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 777104.stm

The fact is, as long, drawn out and depressing as the process has been for us so far - we [uare[/u a long way down the line and we [uwill[/u see significant movement soon.

Is that a fact?

Or just an opinion?