Championship rights have never been worth a bean. Since the old Northern Ford Premiership clubs pulled out of the original Sky TV contract not one broadcaster has ever paid a penny for the lower league rights - they take them for free but pay for the broadcast costs.

The RFL would be better off putting a little bit of money into OurLeague to raise the standard a little and then show Championship, L1, women's, Academy matches on there. I'd pay £100 a year for that lot, but I would never pay £10 a month to Premier Sports to watch 1 or 2 Championship games and a load of European soccer and monster trucks.

Build up OurLeague, develop our own content, look to increase revenue in a way we as a sport can exploit. Much better than being stuck on a 3rd rate subscription channel that very few people know exists, even more so in an era when viewers are moving away from that model and towards specific content providers.