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If it carries on next season it makes having Sunday as your regular home match day impractical.

It also rather cocks up Premier Sports' Thursday night championship coverage.

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sky using us a gap filler, football will be taking up every available evening slot over the weekend once the season starts! football overkill from Friday night football league to Monday night premiership! what happens between February and may next season, will sky order regular season games on Thursdays nights! imo sky is killing off the game, not licensing

time for the SL to find new broadcasters? bt sport or premier sports the only alternatives

I think they will. Them getting 5:30pm Premier League games on Saturdays (for the first time) has basically nicked our regular slot since 1996.




Sky are signed for 3 more years beyond this. So it isn't on the agenda.



Worth noting also that if Sky pick to show Wigan v Leeds - that'll be on a Thursday Night.

Terrible decision – would make it difficult for fans that have a long distance to travel to matches. If the trend continues then our season tickets would not be renewed as it would not be economical, will simple select specific matches to attend. Depends if the Monday / Thursday are limited to say only one game per club per season, then it may be ok. Maybe the clubs / RFL should make some sort of commitment to fans then you can judge if the season tickets are worthwhile.

It may not be as bad for locals but may limit families (school nights etc) if it continues next season.

That isn't an achievable option.

Really annoyed about this, I think it will be bad for the clubs/local economy too. Every time they put big games on Mondays and Thursdays our group get 2 tickets and 4 beers (£50) at the game then home, instead of 5 tickets and 10 beers (£125) at the game plus another 30 beers (£100) in local pubs. Can't imagine that's a unique situation either

And with Wigan they could clash with Latics European games, if they get that far,

Can't see that one having an effect.....

Well they play those games on a Thursday too

Sky always have the capacity to create a skysportsrl channel. If only we had a governing body who knew what they where doing........

I find this highly embarrassing for the sport. Just shows how far down the pecking order rugby league has gone on sky sports.

A growing sport? Yeah right.

When this happens Rugby League means NOTHING

Just go onto one of the Sky Sports channels and press the text button. Then find Rugby League and you'll see how far down the pecking order we are.

Or am I just being paranoid?

i tune in to sky sports on a thursday and moan that theres nothing decent on.
Now ive something to look forward to .

seriously.....its another nail in Rugby League's coffin

Seriously thinking of ditching Sky now, may just subscribe during the football close season and for the playoffs. Annoyed that my money is being used mainly to pay footballers who's ethos and lifestyle is totally alien to mine.

On the 'summer of sport' sky sports advert rugby league doesnt even feature. It shiws a clip from every other sport you can imagine apart from rl.

I've ditched Sky Sports from my package as I only got it for the RL. I think that Premier Sports do a much better job of presenting it than Sky could dream to think of. Also I prefer watching the NRL on TV.

Point being if you dont like what Sky are doing to the sport cancel your subscription to them and tell them (mine was I stopped enjoying watching the rugby on TV due to Eddie & Stevo)

They are guarenteed at least 3 home Europa games on a Thursday night

The 3 Monday night games have got the lad and me under a bit pressure to make these games (time off work wise) . If more midweek games were to become the norm we woulld need to have a serious rethink . Think i would rather not be a supporter (going to games) than a part time one .

Strange way to think about think

No one wants this but SKY have total control over it.
BTW what's replaced SL on FRiday nights at 8pm?

I think it's the Saturday early evening spot that has been replaced by Thursday due to Premier League 5.30 kick offs

I'll be very surprised if Latics are still in Europe come February.

EDIT: Looking at the dates, the only possible clash would be their Matchday 1 game which is scheduled for 19th Sept. That would require a) for them to be drawn at home that day and b) for us to lose in week 1 of the playoffs.

Thats a very 'Knee Jerk' reaction Eric... its no Wigan's fault remember, Wigan jump through the hoop as high as the RFL hold it and the RFL do the same with Sky

Not ideal but hey, were still on the front line (sometimes)