Paul Baxter: How Hull FC's Scott Prince deal was scuppered at the 11th hour by dream NRL offer

“Can't believe we are still posting on this story,we didn't sign him so lets move on ,yesterdays news tomorrows chip paper *** !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

“As the Sun said on Friday he was on £345,000 and the deal was never going to happen!!

Of course you know who made the most adnd kept Hull fans hopes alivce as long as he could to sell a few more passes.

Apparently the cruise was good fun.”

“Scott Prince soon realised that the buffoon Pearson could hike up his next deal.

Scott used Pearson like an old Kleenex.

Good luck Scott, at least you may win something now.”

“Male_sports, IMO, two superb posts.”

“Further to this the answer is not simply sell more passes although this will help that particular club but may not guarantee longevity of the game and create a much wider audience which in turn will lead to the creation of more RL teams throughout the UK. Following expansion ntionally only then can we look towards a "real" world cup competition which includes the wealthiest economies of the USA and China as well as the growing economic nations such as Brasil. By the way even the top premiership football clubs also shop in the Eastern European countires because they are much cheaper then the highly rated players of the western euro countries. Unfortunately because RL isnt on the list of the top 5 sports played it means if we can not find hom grown players at the time of need then the only other supermarkets avialable are Aus and NZ Its an expensive shop and most can only window shop.( no more gibes about FC and Prince please, its becoming tedious) In this time of recession it is probably more difficult to sell more passes for any SL club. However it doesn't seem to have affected the top clubs in the Premier Football League. They all have brand identity only made possible through TV and marketing. Go in to any sports shop in the city centre of Hull and you will see all their replica shirts on sale and selling…..Apparantly we are now watching X Fctor!!!”

“We rely on technology to provide us with our entertainment now more than at any time in human history. Therefore in order to be successful and ensure the sport continues in to the future then SL must embrace technology. The solution is TV , TV and more TV. Where would professional snooker be without TV. Where would professional darts be without TV and where would any professional sport be without TV. The problem with SL is that its covered exclusively by SKY. For those non-subscribers of Sky Sports then they will have to go down to their local. This is ok however, venture from the M62 corridor and see just how many pubs show live SL as appose to say union, cricket and of course football.
To ensure SL gets the optimum exposure to the masses then a domestic national channel needs to cover SL. Whether its BBC, ITV or Channel 4. But it can't stop there. The format needs to be slick informative and entertaining (sorry Ray French you don't fall into any of these categories) in order to capture a new audience.
To make a live televised game look like a spectacle rather than some sort of amateur match then the grounds need to be full. If you can't sell tickets then give them away. In televised England Football under 21s the FA allowed kids under 16 in free to ensure Wembley looked full. This may be a tack tic which could be used in SL as the grounds may still generate income from those allowed in free through sales of programs, club memorabilia, food and drink. This in turn may create club / brand loyalty from the youngster with the hope that this will carry on in to "paying" adulthood.
If not a live game then provide a highlights programme but again the programme needs to be slick, lively, informative and entertaining. The Super League Show format just doesn't do it and venture out of YTV area and you probably won't find it listed.
What makes thousands and thousands of youngsters want to play football and go to matches, it's because. amongst other reasons, they want to emulate their heroes which they get to see week in week out on TV
Sorry for the lengthy post guys but Im writing this while the missus channel flicks between Stirctly" and "Take Me Out" oh good grief.”

“Brid, I think the CC gets lost ant the moment and the romance has gone unless you get to the final it's a bit of an anticlimax, as a kid I preferred the CC to the league as it was do or die. I don't know how you revive it I don't think moving it around over the last few years has helped neither gas the big gaps between some rounds. Maybe have a 3 week window for the quarters, semis and then final that might make it a bigger event?
You are right about agents, there sole purpose is to engineer moves to take a cut of that fee so the more moved they make or bigger contracts they get the better for them
Gates hull I would have preferred to have seen France England and England knights in this tournament would have been better”

“the exiles game is a load of rubbish. it only gives England one side to choose from. the game should be between two sides made up entirely of British/English players.and 3 games not 2 or 1. also scrap the so-called magic w/e games, they're a waste of time.that could be used to accomodate one of the extra dates for a proper origin type game,then we would have the three dates for the said origin type matches.
the w.c.c. is something else that needs looking at. why can't both teams play in say Florida?on a date where it doesn't affect our competition,as it currently doesn't have any conflict with the oz season. both leagues are roughly in pre-season etc together , so arrange before or after the season.”

“Early bath,you have some very interesting ideas there,but I think you miss my point,I think crowds would go up with a more even comp,and I see what you say about losing players to aus and ru,but we already are,what happens now is Tompkins of this world earn very good money it's your average players that are overpaid.the status quo is the top four win everything and the smaller clubs rack up debts! The fundamental rule of any business is bring in more money than you spend.”

“gateshull- i think you'll find the aussies have always picked players from most nrl/arl teams because they've always picked form players,and not picked a player because he plays for so n so club. that's one reason they keep winning. and i think , if you look at the age of most of the Australian pack, then certain posters on here would say they're over the hill lol.
i see scott moore has signed for cowboys on a 2 yr deal.”