George Riley did a good job on the Widnes match today
All those listed above aren't commentators though
No without TV money the whole infrastructure would crumble which is true of any major sport. SKY have enjoyed an almost cartel like hold over RL TV rights negotiation for years due to Woods and Barwick self serving back scratching and abject failure to negotiate with other worthy providers. In this time RL has been the guinea pig for many cringeworthy ideas that no other self respecting sport would have gone near or involved in its negotiations.
SKY are' nt some sort of philanthropist entity out to save the game, they are a media company which have taken the opportunity to add and maintain a sport in their portfolio on beneficial terms to them. As you say their coverage has become lazy, sloppy and self satisfied. Neville Smith and his side kick Hemming's should have been turned out years ago.