Better coverage for 2nd tier

But we really need coverage on TV, not just a podcast that only that about 2,000 people - probably all already fans - watch.

The National League Review Show gets that many views.

We need an hour a week on BBC, ITV or Channel 4, possibly covering Championship and National leagues.

Just having the results read out on Radio 2 would be something.

Don't think (m)any people are saying this is an ideal situation CQ, just that it's a whole heap better than what Champ formerly had, movement in the right direction.

It's not a podcast and anyone with access to the web can watch it - there've been 13k views so far since it went up at 7pm. The Nat Lg Show broke new ground - great initiative and served as a spark (along with articles like Sam's and various people within the league shouting about the need) to actually get something off the ground.

Yes some national TV coverage would be good, the idea to sell the Champ rights to the BBC for £1 to show games online was one I liked, but there'd still be logistical/funding hurdles I expect.

Sports results on Radio 2 - wow, there's a throwback!

It's good until right at the end - 28 years of a professional top tier 'and if we get this right everyone below will benefit' and we're now supposed to swallow 'if we sort out the Championship everyone else below will benefit'?

I love his idea that people below the Championship will be saying 'what about us?'

Too right.

We can all see what the problems are in rugby, the need for a whole-game solution to the pyramid (in terms of spectators, player numbers, club sustainability, and wider public awareness continues to be the large, neon, elephant in the room. Unaddressed since the game went pro, and apparently now on a quest to close the gap between levels 1 and 2 by widening it between 2 and 3 - and if that's not going to be consequence (intended or otherwise) of raising the profile of the Championship, then I'm sure the other 2000 clubs in the country will be all ears. But not if the answer involves any form of trickle down....

People knock the credibility and integrity of the RFU and the Premiership clubs but then again and again 'we need to promote the Championship' gets trotted out, as though some gelt being shovelled into the mouths of the Championship clubs does anything other than slightly expand the tiny number of haves and let the have-nots go hang.