It will stay with the BBC as 1) Sky won't want it as it dillutes their SL offering. 2) No one else will bid 3) Due to 1 and 2 will be cheap and the BBC can only show cheap sports now.



As for the expansionist argument...how long has the CC been on BBC out of the last 35 years....?

Several things here:



1) the win in 2005 was notable for the fact it was the first for bloody ages

2) it was one of the finest series ever

3) the 09 series was comparatively dull

4) loads of kids have Sky/Virgin

5) kids can still watch highlights on terrestrial telly either way (which I would have to say I'd prefer my lad to do, rather than veg out in front of a whole day's play. Like his dad).



Blaming Sky for fewer kids turning up at cricket clubs after this year's series is pretty specious, in my view.

Nigel Wood's reaction (taken from BBC Sport):







Channel 4 have also expressed interest in showing sport again, although probably not the cricket. Should this go ahead I can't see there being a lack of channels wanting to show the cup, it'll just be a case of how many fans can actually watch it depending on what channel get the rights.



*Rugbychick

After giving this some consideration, it won't be a bad thing for us Warrington Fans as we will be cheering our players on at Wembley anyway.

This is getting interesting. The England and Wales Cricket Board are now up in arms due to the fact that they will lose a lot of Sky money if this goes ahead, whilst RL fans are moaning because it may not be on the BBC. The ironic thing is that people on this Site have moaned for years about the poor standards of broadcasting when our games are on the BBC, now they don't want it to stop.

We may as well get rid of it if the BBC don't show it.

Why do we charge admission fees to come and watch Warrington?



Surely if we want to increase our exposure to the maximum audience possible, we should make it free entry.



The revenue lost from ticket sales would be more than compensated by the extra exposure....somehow, I think?

...Very mischeivous Sally.



Seriously, its a lot more complicated than that, and I think you know it...





Using your example then.....If Wire decided to charge £35 to watch a match, compared to say a tenner, would we get the same attendance??...



More than likely, for £35 you'd get your real hardcore fans, with virtually no casuals turning up....for the tenner you'd get a lot more casuals.



Of course, its got to be a case of balancing up your budgets....Either take a hit in your wallet in order to gain more exposure, or simply go with your faithful followers and keep the purse topped up.

The League Cup is still well supported and thats on Sky - quite why folk are blaming Andy Burnham I`m unsure as the decision was made by a committee containing such RL illuminaries as Eamonn Holmes and Colin Jackson ...



You can moan about scrapping the CC or whatever but it`s still the one RL trophy that entire communities relate to as proved by 25k plus Wire fans at Wembley ...

rugby league is and always will be a minority sport if the bbc is bringing f1 and the ashes then i'm all for that.

In the case of league it makes more sense to go with your faithful followers, I seriously doubt that any potential new fans are 'recruited' to the game of rugby league by watching Ray French go on about the 6ft 3, 15 stone former Blackbrook amateur going in at the corner

In my opinion i like the coverage on BBC. but if the bbc drop it, what will replace it? Gymnastics? and TBH i think more people would enjoy a good old knuckle scraping game of rugby league than some woman prancing round in a leatard.