Will never happen, but surely the best outcome would be something like...

Friday 8pm (Sky)

Saturday 12pm (ESPN)

Saturday 2pm (ESPN)

Saturday 6pm (BBC)

Sunday 2pm (Sky)

Sunday 4pm (Sky)

Sunday 6pm (ESPN)

BBC Highlights - Sunday 11pm



Then we can have the video ref at every game. No games would clash. Everyone would have variety. Would this get RL more money or about the same? Would it be better to have more fixtures for the same-ish money and build that up? Doesn't the Aviva Premiership have 4 games a weekend despite having lower TV figures?

in terms of television coverage it would be good to see the tv packages split just like premiership football - whether that be two or three packages (1 game each per SL round) is arguable but it should be no more than that



i would enjoy a Sunday night game preceded by a highlights package of the other six games, particularly on free to air television



exposure to a larger audience should be balanced against income, increased sponsor revenue would surely result from a regular slot on FTA



unfortunately the international game seems to be thrown in with TV deals rather than negotiated separately - the world cup should be on free to air though, i hope that is sorted out as having the world cup on sky would be a disaster

No more teams. The number of players that club produce needs to increase the quality of conditioning/coaching and players needs to improve quite considerably before we even think about adding more teams.



Increase the amount each club receives. Clubs need as much cash as possible.



The new TV deal and sponsors should tell us all where we stand as a sport.

actually, if the RFL can get an increase in funding then I think they should keep it from the SL clubs and use it for central funding, for the good of the game at all levels

All I can guarantee,is that whatever is negotiated,the ill informed on here will shout and complain that its an utter disgrace and that they could have negotiated twice the amout,this dispite the fact that the RFL employ the leading media agency.The comments on here and other sites are truely ludicrous - and I look at the BARB figures every week,not just for the occassional 'big' game.

Raising the salary cap to keep British talent from going to Australia is a blunt tool anyway.



Is James Graham going to Canterbury for a bigger pay cheque or his he going out there because Bondi Beach is a little bit more glamorous than Billinge Lump?



Aside from the opportunity to challenge themselves in what is a very short career, Australia offers young people the lifestyle that the north of England doesn't - raising the salary cap doesn't address that.

Let's dispell a myth - Wigan do no shout moan and scream for salary cap increases.



Our chairmen has consistently asked for 'cost of living '(@3%) rises to the cap since he took up his tenure, he is anti raising the cap (with a passion!) - and so am I, against the current income profile within the sport.



However, having said all of that the point of this debate is that the cap does need to increase, because if it doesnt the quality of our product will decrease (we will eventually become a part time sport) - we cannnot be led by the weakest in the comp, we need to raise the high jump bar not let the game decline.



So...we need to find a way to enable a rise in the cap and this can only be achieved on the back of significant increases in revenue - a key source of which is the TV deal.



Hence we need the RFL to get a substancial increase, if it doesn't the future of RL in this country will be put at serious risk.



I take Speccy's point re the BARB stats - and this will hamper the negotiations no doubt. However it is the RFL's job to come up with compelling reasons for an increase or look for innovative solutions (like splitting the coverage across multiple suppliers).

In the current climate it'd be a success if they manage to get a deal which maintains the current level of revenue. Given that the Football League recently had to accept a large (25%) cut from Sky then I don't hold out any hope of us getting an increase of any kind.

No more Championship football on the BBC - Sky have hoovered those rights up, and to be honest, the money they paid for 13 live games a season (10 league, 2 League Cup semis + Final) was a disgrace.



And onto our Championship, I think people need to realise how lucky we are that the league(s) are on telly anyway.

You wont be saying that next year

It's depressing enough most of the time watching Wakey without inflicting it on the world!

Its when you are travelling up to Whithaven for a 7.30 kick off on a thursday after playing the previous sunday you'll not be happy