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After reading David Gyngell’s comments towards NRL CEO David Gallop over the weekend, I was shocked that a representative from Channel 9 would use the loyalty card while talking about Rugby League.
David Gallop has made his support for former Channel 9 star Matthew Johns quite clear regarding his television comeback with Channel 7, saying he wishes Johns and the show all the best, and of course he would. It’s quite simple why Gallop is wishing Johns and the show all his best; he is excited that a free-to-air channel bar Channel 9 is doing a show about the NRL.
Now back to the original point, the hypocrisy of Mr. Gyngall is incredible considering it’s his station that still won’t show Rugby League live or even near live outside of New South Wales and Queensland.
It’s hypocrisy when a Current Affair host Tracey Grimshaw went after Matthew Johns in his only television interview since the scandal broke in a biased and unfair away, portraying Johns in a similar manner to how Four Corners did.
Seriously, how much loyalty do Channel 9 have toward Rugby League in general?
Channel 9 has already stated that if they get the AFL television rights, they would show AFL live into NSW and Queensland on ‘GO’, and yet after the Melbourne Storm won the 2009 Grand Final, straight after the final siren, Channel 9 Melbourne went straight to the news, to ironically show highlights of the game.
The successful All-Stars game in February wasn’t shown live outside of NSW and Queensland. They even bought the rights to the English Super League to show one match on Sunday afternoons and the other in the early hours of the morning, when Fox Sports offered both games back-to-back on a Thursday night starting at 6.30pm. Five weeks into the season and not one match has been shown yet.
Perhaps David Gallop will show some loyalty to Channel 9 when the game receives some back.
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