Wakefield Trinity • Have sky lost the plot
The greatest damage done by SKY IMO is to pretend that nothing exists outside Superleague. 20 years of dismissing and ignoring the lower leagues has caused a real divide in the game between Championship Clubs and Supporters & Superleague as a product.
The greatest symptom of this is the Challenge Cup, once it was Rugby Leagues day out and fans from every club flocked down there year after year, often booking for next year before checking out of their hotels. Now it’s almost confined to the two participating clubs and a few diehards. I know there’s some other factors but I think this is the biggest cause of the split.
Eddie Hemmings once tried to rewrite history by announcing Sir (ffs) Kevin Sinfield as the highest ever pointscorer. This was the pervading attitude of SKY broadcasters.
The greatest symptom of this is the Challenge Cup, once it was Rugby Leagues day out and fans from every club flocked down there year after year, often booking for next year before checking out of their hotels. Now it’s almost confined to the two participating clubs and a few diehards. I know there’s some other factors but I think this is the biggest cause of the split.
Eddie Hemmings once tried to rewrite history by announcing Sir (ffs) Kevin Sinfield as the highest ever pointscorer. This was the pervading attitude of SKY broadcasters.
Statistics: Posted by The Avenger — Sat Aug 31, 2019 11:14 pm — Replies 18 — Views 2542