Yup
Super League is shown on Sky and then the League FA Cup is shown on BBC as is the highlights of Super League. So League teams make their money from TV and Sponsorship deals and if a player is popular enough gets his endorsements. All the teams have a to work all wthin a Salary cap which is £1.6m. I think the Super League is sponsored by Irn Bru (Scottish Drinks firm, 2nd most famous drink in Scotland after Scotch), while the Premiership is sponsored by one of the biggest, if not the biggest Insurances companies in Britain. Thats the difference levels the codes are on when it comes to money
Before Union went Pro, the best Union players use to go to League thats where the money was, but then as soon as Union went pro, money started coming into Union and slowly but surely it started being the other way. The 1st steps of cross code players started when Wigan (League) & Bath (Union) played 2 cross code matches vs each other back in the mid 90's to see whose code was better. From that point onwards, league players caught the eye of Union teams and more so the England coaches who needed the better ball handers/athletes. So they started giving the League players bigger contracts and alot of the best players did swap League for Union. But quite a few of the players couldnt adjust to all the intricacies of the rucks, mauls and scrummaging, so after a couple of years they went back to League. Plus Union is more continous in its play as you dont have the 6 phases/down but the play is more slower, while League is more fast paced.
But right now the most talented Rugby player in Britain is Sam Tomkins (Wigan) he plays League and everyone wants him. The League people want him to stay in England, The Convicts League people want him to play down there and THe Union teams/England want him aswell. His brother left League (he played for Wigan aswell) about 12-18 motnhs ago to join England and hes now close to gettin a full England cap in Union. League players joining Union teams usually get fast tracked thru the system.
The same thing happend with the Convicts and Kiwis, they started getting more League players. (The Kiwis finally got all the Pacific Islander/Mauris players they missed out on the 1st time) But I'm not sure if this happened at the same time as when England were doing it or if it was happening before.