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And they are- Ticketmaster, Hertz, Marriott, Lottery Funded, Specsavers, Get The Label, Centurion, Vivomed, Gullivers Sports Travel, Cymru Wales and Steeden.

But how many of them I wonder are, in kind (contra) deals? Ticketmaster, Hertz, Marriot, Gullivers Travel, Steeden, perhaps even Cymru Wales for PR we did that in the early years of commercial radio in the UK, until we realised how much we were missing out in real revenue.

The League I agree with - But do any major one off tournaments have sponsors these days?

Probably not, but they do have a list of paying sponsors and partners.
Gullivers Travel/Marriot/Hertz/Ticketmaster/Steeden/vivomed/woodenspoon/Centurion/Moss Bros are SUPPLIERS of Travel organising, Accommodation, Hire cars, Balls, energy supplements, tackle bags, suits for the england squad and a target charity.
Get the label are a Warrington based clothes retailer, so I doubt it's a massive deal and specsavers have a history of sponsoring referees and wont have spent much. The Welsh Tourist Board paid to host the opening ceremony....again, it will be minimal.

The RFL have just said the reason they are failing to deliver on commercials is because they are too busy buying bradfords iconic ground and getting Salford sold off....this is after they had preciously said that lots of small deals were better than one big one?

Let's hope IL and the other clubs manage to carry out the coup and the game can get back on a decent business footing......because like Foxy Bingo and Heinz big soup, the sponsors above in general pay NOTHING for the exposure they get.

I think the next step is for Super League Clubs while member of the RFL go their own way to controlling their own destiny, it has got to be run on similar lines at The Premiership in Football and Rugby Union.