Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Lord Addington (Liberal Democrat). It was answered on Monday, 11 January 2010.
Sport: Rugby League Challenge Cup Final
- Question
- My Lords, does the noble Lord agree that the case for the Challenge Cup final is odd in that Rugby League wants its position as free-to-air viewing reserved rather than, as is normally the case, the sporting body itself saying, "No, we will try to make as much money as we can out of this", to support its own internal programmes? Does he agree that we have something unique here and that it is not a run-of-the-mill example?
- Answer
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The noble Lord makes an important point that the Rugby League lobby is different in those terms and shows its commitment to its sport. He will also know that the argument on the other side is that the extra resources that can be generated from competitive bids from television companies give sports the opportunity to develop their programmes for the enhancement of youngsters learning those sports.
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- Oral question
- Reference
- 716 c286
- Session
- 2009-10
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- Supplementary
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- House of Lords chamber
- Subjects
- Television Rugby (sport)
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