Paul Kent

You know what I mean?

So that does happen.

And the fact is the prime time slot, I think it's from 6 o'clock to 10.30.

And so what they do is they try to get the game to finish as close to 10.30 as they can to keep TVs for as long as they can because that really boosts.

And the other thing too, when people talk about all these broadcast rights and where the game might be played, the reason it is on a Wednesday night –

When all these people say, let's just play three consecutive Saturdays and pause the season.

The reason it is on a Wednesday night is because –

If you win the Wednesday night ratings, now I don't know how this works, but I've had this explained to you when I've had the same complaint that people are asking me about.

If you win Wednesday night, you win the whole week.

You could put the test pattern on for the rest of the week and Origin wins you the week.

And that's what they pay for, the broadcasters.

That's what they pay the big bucks for is to win their ratings.

They are in their own competition.

They're not there for the benefit of Rugby League.

So that's why Wednesday night is important.

And Wednesday night works better than Tuesday night or Thursday night or any other night for origin because that wins them the week.

So there's this...

Yeah, beautiful look at the world where, okay, let's just put it on here and everybody's happy.

It doesn't work that way.

Once the money gets involved, it all changes.