Championship TV deal
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Topic: Championship TV deal
Posted By: Raider999
Subject: Championship TV deal
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2022 at 19:28
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I have just read that Rugby League's Championship has a TV deal in place - why is it not possible for Rugby Union's equivalent level to have a similar deal? Surely someone is failing to do their job? ------------- RAID ON |
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Posted By: kempstonblue
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2022 at 19:45
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The deal is with Premier Sports. ------------- The older I get, the more the RFU leave me confused. |
Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2022 at 21:10
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I recall a discussion of a potential deal for Premier Sports to show the Union Championship, but it meant Thursday evening games, and the clubs felt the exposure was not worth the loss of Saturday revenue. http://leaguerugby.co.uk/broadcast-deal_topic18723.html" rel="nofollow - http://leaguerugby.co.uk/broadcast-deal_topic18723.html ------------- Sweeney Delenda Est |
Posted By: Raider999
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2022 at 23:30
Thanks for the info - the article I read didn't specify who was paying to cover it. I just find it incredible that the RU Championship which has a much higher profile than the RL equivalent are unable to get a deal for TV coverage. Whenever, any deal is brokered there will always be some compromises to be made - I would have thought the teams could have agreed to 1 home game a season on a Thursday evening. If they were that worried about loss of weekend revenue they should have agreed to have 14 teams this coming season. ------------- RAID ON |
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