Not necessarily , SKY usually tie up all the loose ends and the money bandits from SL install their SKY butt plugs.....End of story.

Doesn't look good for the proposed payments out of SKY monies, to the Championship clubs, in our wonderful revamped competition, next season, does it?

Perhaps the rfl new this and this is why they are hoping to turn champ 1 into some kind of community league with little or no central funding.

Or some kind of community league with central funding , and a Championship with none

Someone on the terrace says preimer sport will be showing some games next season, who are they?

They're a Sky channel who currently show NRL matches and Student Rugby League.

It just shows that the RFL couldn't care less about what goes on outside Super League, they should be fanatically marketing The Championship to counteract the effects of the franchise system. If we want The Championship to be taken seriously then it needs to be televised. Hopefully someone will take it over and market it properly instead of just shoving it on Sky Sports 8 extra red button channel deep down the list in order to put some naff sport on the main sports channels and forgetting about it, sky never took it seriously.

additional subscription required I believe

Indeed. Tenner a month (I think), though that's no different to ESPN.

Sky and the franchise system will kill our game. I have said it from day one.

Don't like the Thursday night matches so won't miss those and if it means having to pay extra for another package I won't be doing that either ,pay enough as it is ,think Fred will be getting more orders if it happens

I must be in a pretty small minority who isn't just getting used to the Thursday games, but quite enjoying having them and still leaving the weekend free.