Leeds, Hull, HKR , Salford and Cas voted against
Widnes, Wakefield, Bradford, Huddersfield, and London voted for.

Wigan, Saints, Warrington and Catalan were not at the meeting.

Echo...

If true its a disgrace that 4 clubs did not have representatives there for such an important meeting, particularly when Wigan and Saints are 2 of the biggest clubs in the game.

If you read the report in League Express, as I have done, the four clubs who didn't attend sent letters expressing their thoughts and preferences. The clubs that voted in favour of Betfair were (according to League Express) Leeds, Hull FC, Hull KR, Castleford and Salford but (according to League Weekly) were Leeds, Hull FC, Hull KR, Castleford and Wakefield. All the rest voted in favour of the Stobart deal.

So rugby league is the second most watched sport on sky sports behind football. We have a whole weekend where Super league dominates the channell for two days. A huge play-off series and grand final which gets massive viewing figures, Stobart will have their name next to all of these events along with everything on the internert, every time the competition gets mentioned... and all we have in return is 100 trucks. I can't believe we havn't got a penny. I could have negotiated a better deal than that, it is a disgrace.

No wonder we are so far behind Union when they are negotiating deals with Aviva worth 20million over 4 years.

The people at Stobart have pulled off the best deal in the history of sports business.

Depends whether or not it's a loss leading exercise in the hope of giving the game some exposure to bigger sponsors.

The RFL are getting money for the deal from secondary sponsors.
Heinz for one are to have their name on the trucks and will be paying for it.
SKY the same deal and other sponsors will follow.
When it comes to "brands" Stobart is far better to be associated with than Betfair, it is a good deal as far as I'm concerned.