[url=http://www.sportinglife.com/rugby-league/news/article/480/8935937/smith-absence-may-be-costlySporting Life website[/url are saying that the rfl paid the semi-finalists £25k in total to make the announcement into a "high profile event"...

And..?

You don't understand the post?

Doubt money can be a decisive reason for picking Huddersfield, surely more thro' the gate with the other 2 teams.

Looks like I've confused 2 people now

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I was referring to the rfl wasting £25k organising a press conference for the utterly ridiculous ClubCall.

(ClubCall being ridiculous, not Warrington's decision.)

25 grand is chicken feed. Have you seen how much profit SKY make? They pay about £1bn a year for rights to footie don't they?

I know - I was assuming the rfl had forked out.

governing body in spending money on promotion of their sport shocker....

what next, getting some cyclist to hype us u....hang on

It's called publicity. It doesn't always come free.

When you're running a multi-million pound business, then maybe you'd be in a better position to criticise a £25k spend. Bit I'm sure if you were, you'd understand.

Who cares? Nobody outside of the M62 corridor...... £25,000 is nothing. In fact the whole thing is a joke. Says a lot about the competition that a team would choose to play the team deemed the 'best in the competition' by virtue of topping the league.

Clubcall is unique to the Super League so it makes sense to get it plugged in the media as much as possible.