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The Davies Report has recommended that the Rugby League Challenge Cup be removed from the list of free-to-air events. To remove the Challenge Cup from the free-to-air list would mean a huge and very significant drop in exposure for the game, which will severely limit the ability of the sport to grow. For a sport which has proven to have benefits to health and wellbeing and is able to be adapted for almost any person (whether able bodied or not) to play, this could also have serious knock-on effects in health terms throughout the country. Further details of the consultation period can be found [url=http://www.culture.gov.uk/reference_library/consultations/6496.aspxHERE[/url
After the closure of the consultation period, the Secretary of State will make a decision on whether to accept or ignore these recommendations which is being opposed by the RFL, the APPRLG (All Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group) and Supporters Direct. He will take into account ALL available information and views. It is felt by all parties that a large number of responses opposing this recommendation could ensure the Challenge Cup remains on the protected list for future generations to enjoy and I would urge you to show your support for this campaign in one (or both) of two ways:
Firstly, an online petition has now been set up at [urlhttp://www.gopetition.com/online/32754.html[/url
Please add your name to this petition which will be forwarded to Neil Turner, Secretary of the APPRLG a week prior to the closure of the consultation.
Secondly, you can send your response to David Patterson at the DCMS either via email on listedeventsconsultation@culture.gsi.gov.uk or via mail at:
David Patterson
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The Davies Report has recommended that the Rugby League Challenge Cup be removed from the list of free-to-air events. To remove the Challenge Cup from the free-to-air list would mean a huge and very significant drop in exposure for the game, which will severely limit the ability of the sport to grow. For a sport which has proven to have benefits to health and wellbeing and is able to be adapted for almost any person (whether able bodied or not) to play, this could also have serious knock-on effects in health terms throughout the country. Further details of the consultation period can be found [url=http://www.culture.gov.uk/reference_library/consultations/6496.aspxHERE[/url
After the closure of the consultation period, the Secretary of State will make a decision on whether to accept or ignore these recommendations which is being opposed by the RFL, the APPRLG (All Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group) and Supporters Direct. He will take into account ALL available information and views. It is felt by all parties that a large number of responses opposing this recommendation could ensure the Challenge Cup remains on the protected list for future generations to enjoy and I would urge you to show your support for this campaign in one (or both) of two ways:
Firstly, an online petition has now been set up at [urlhttp://www.gopetition.com/online/32754.html[/url
Please add your name to this petition which will be forwarded to Neil Turner, Secretary of the APPRLG a week prior to the closure of the consultation.
Secondly, you can send your response to David Patterson at the DCMS either via email on listedeventsconsultation@culture.gsi.gov.uk or via mail at:
David Patterson
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5th Floor
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2-4 Cockspur Street
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I don't agree that any sporting event should be free to air, why should they be?
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Because not everyone can afford Sky Sports? If you are paying the best part of £500 for season tickets for the family & then have to pay another £216 a year for Sky Sports where you may see your team play 10 times a year - that's a hell of an outlay for dedicated RL fans never mind for the casual viewer of whom there are an awful lot more will flick on to watch the Cup games on terrestrial TV than Sky...
All RL fans should be signing the petition without hesitation.
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| Quote magic piano="magic piano"Because not everyone can afford Sky Sports? If you are paying the best part of £500 for season tickets for the family & then have to pay another £216 a year for Sky Sports where you may see your team play 10 times a year - that's a hell of an outlay for dedicated RL fans never mind for the casual viewer of whom there are an awful lot more will flick on to watch the Cup games on terrestrial TV than Sky...
All RL fans should be signing the petition without hesitation.'" presumably you feel entitled to plenty of free stuff then? i quite fancy a ferrari but can't afford one so surely i should be entitled to at least a subaru wrx for free. |
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Funny.
Most sports with the exception of tossball need to attract new viewers & participants to themselves in order to perpetuate. Yes Sky has probably saved RL in many ways, allowing the development of a professional sport through Superleague, but in order to attract more people to the game there should be an element of free to view within the top echelons of the sport.
England won the Ashes in cricket this year - over 1 million fewer viewers saw the series on tv thanks to it being broadcast on subscription rather than free to view as it was in 05 with Channel 4. The overall impact was considerably less too directly as a result of fewer people being aware of the series taking place not least England's victory.
Sky has a very valuable place in British sport these days, but it should not be the only place.
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| Quote magic piano="magic piano"Funny.
Most sports with the exception of tossball need to attract new viewers & participants to themselves in order to perpetuate. Yes Sky has probably saved RL in many ways, allowing the development of a professional sport through Superleague, but in order to attract more people to the game there should be an element of free to view within the top echelons of the sport.
England won the Ashes in cricket this year - over 1 million fewer viewers saw the series on tv thanks to it being broadcast on subscription rather than free to view as it was in 05 with Channel 4. The overall impact was considerably less too directly as a result of fewer people being aware of the series taking place not least England's victory.
Sky has a very valuable place in British sport these days, but it should not be the only place.'" I don't disagree about the coverage to a wider 'free' audiance. Being off this sacred list doesn't mean that the Challenge cup must become a paid view. It is upto the rugby league if they want to tout it to Sky etc.. for more money, so it's upto them regarding the argument about developing the game with free tho air events. However i don't see why any event sporting or otherwise MUST be kept free. People are just used to having they feel they should be entitled to it. |
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| Quote gary numan="gary numan"presumably you feel entitled to plenty of free stuff then? i quite fancy a ferrari but can't afford one so surely i should be entitled to at least a subaru wrx for free.'"
no but you can see a ferari for free on the TV 
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| Quote Tony Catsmith="Tony Catsmith"no but you can see a ferari for free on the TV
well, top gear/bbc licence fee free anyhoo'"
Well you can look at the outside of the HJ stadium for free but it will cost you to go inside and watch the game. Peolpe get that concept and accept that. It's only habit that outrages them when you apply the same concept to things they have been used to enjoying previously for free. |
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| Quote rchick="rchick"The Davies Report has recommended that the Rugby League Challenge Cup be removed from the list of free-to-air events. To remove the Challenge Cup from the free-to-air list would mean a huge and very significant drop in exposure for the game, which will severely limit the ability of the sport to grow.'"
We hardly get any exposure as it is, Roy. 41 seconds of airtime on a tv station that actually shows RL proved this.
Sorry fella, but I won't be signing the petition. The sooner the CC is moved to a station that acutally gives a rats about RL and won't treat it with the contempt that the BBC show it, the better. And if that does end up being Sky, then so be it. |
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| Quote gary numan="gary numan"I don't agree that any sporting event should be free to air, why should they be?'"
It's not free you have to buy a tv license  so nothing is free and sky is expensive and if the game is to get to a wider audience it needs to be on the beeb or ITV |
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| Quote PADDERS="PADDERS"It's not free you have to buy a tv license
so nothing is free'" Exactly
Quote PADDERS="PADDERS" and sky is expensive and if the game is to get to a wider audience it needs to be on the beeb or ITV'"
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I hope Dave Or Quest buy the rights to show the challenge cup ...how cool would that be... a morning of when sport goes bad, worlds deadliest animals, when sharks attack. then The Challenge cup sponsored by WD40 or something. then wind down after the game with Surf patrol and Super tankers......
No longer should the challenge cup be sandwiched in between the 1.45 queen Eugiene handicap from Doncaster and the South korean ping pong final....
Lets get Rugby League off the BBC..its a channel for Stiffs....home of sports personality of the year and other like minded useless Tat
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so nothing is free and sky is expensive and if the game is to get to a wider audience it needs to be on the beeb or ITV
