The Business Side of Rugby League

Rugby League is a highly popular sport in the UK. However, it doesnt attract the huge coporate sponsors like the US sports of NFL/MLB etc, despite the huge physical demands of the sport. The players have to place their bodies on the line every day they step on the pitch, for minimum wage of many sportsmen in the world. It is clear that the players are playing for the love of the game as opposed to money and riches. In the UK Rugby League is a blue collar sport with many people from the Northern working towns playing as opposed the more densley populated and richer South of England