link please ?

[urlhttp://www.wigantoday.net/sport/wigan-warriors/whelan-happy-for-warriors-to-play-at-dw-stadium-1-4507763[/url



Think he means this.



"Premier League regulations mean the game would be unable to be staged at the DW just 24 hours before the Latics game - but Whelan says a Friday night slot would provide an ideal solution."

Seems DW hasnt got a clue there is no rule only that Wigan RLFC wouldnt be allowed to play on the Sunday and Athletic be moved. www.premierleague.com/content/da ... 011-12.pdf

Seems DW hasnt got a clue there is no rule only that Wigan RLFC wouldnt be allowed to play on the Sunday and Athletic be moved. www.premierleague.com/content/da ... 011-12.pdf

I've sent you a PM on the other forum.

Who the hell are you that you know me so personally that I wouldn't reply to a question.



=#FF0000Post tidied up by pemps. I understand everyone's frustration but can we keep insulting posts and swearing to a minimum please?

Is all this because the DW won't pay groundstaff to work overnight?

Is all this because the DW won't pay groundstaff to work overnight?

Thanks Josie. its good to see Radders has acknowledged your email already.



Hope your other half is ok.

Who is there to enforce this '24 hour rule', the police?



The Premier League/Football Association have NO control over the RFL.



Play the game. There is no-way that a Rugby League match in march could render a pitch unplayable. I'm sure it is up to the referee on the day to decide if the pitch is playable and I can't see any PL ref calling a game off because of a minimal amount of damage. There will probably be pitches in the PL that day in a worse condition that only soccer is played on than at the DW.

The issue of the state of the pitch is a " red herring " the pitch is in good condition there will only be minimal damage it can be turned around in 24hrs no problem.

FFS. There is [size=200NO[/size 24 hour rule saying that Wigan can't play.



The rule simply states that the football must take priority. In other words you cannot move a football match to accomodate the rugby, a concert, pie eating contest or wet t-shirt contest. If Sky, the PL, BBC, the Pope or whoever tell Wigan Athletic they are playing at midnight on a Monday morning then they MUST play at midnight on a Monday morning and any other event must be cancelled or re-arranged. That is the [size=200ONLY[/size ruling from the PL that could see a Wigan RLFC game moved.



The so called 24 hour rule is a rule brought in by Dave Whelan because he can't turn the stadium around. Now I presume it doesn't just relate to the pitch or to the stands but to the changing rooms, hospitality, media (there will be a hell of alot more there for a Latics match than a rugby match) and all other behind the scenes aspects. Maybe Omani TV can't set up in less than 24 hours. Maybe it's impossible to run the number of cables needed. Who knows? But this has [size=200NOTHING[/size to do with the Premier League. It is Dave Whelan (saying we can't play Saturday) and the BBC (saying we are playing Saturday) who are to blame.



It would be interesting if the game was moved to hear how BBC reported it. Would Clare Balding say "Hello and welcome to (insert ground here) We should have been at The DW but we stamped our feet and spat our dummy out because we didn't want Sky to show this game so we're here at (insert ground here) and we're quite pleased with ourselves"

And then go to camera shots of a half empty stadium.

Agree with the above totally, it can be MM w/end stadiums have done and are doing it again this year, and the Etiad is larger than DW so more cleaning up etc.

TOTAL FARCE