To be honest I found David Gallop very "forthcoming"...he answered every question as fairly as he could, and they were busy taking notes all day long so there's no doubting our thoughts were being heard. I think the big problem they have is that you have News on one side and then Foxtel (owned mainly by News) and Chanel 9 on the other side, so it's sort of "one master dictating the rules to itself"
He did say that many teams would not survive without News, including Melbourne, Canberra and the Cowboys and he said if we are going to grow the game, grow the revenue from the media that we need this to be a "National" competition.
I think he is genuine about wanting the game to progress and you must admit having this day, and taking "stick" from all of us for quite some time is a gutsy move.
Don't think I am a David Gallop "love child" or anything just trying to convey to you how I read the state of play!!!