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Confirmed today that there will only be 45 live matches shown between Sky Sports and RTE. 31 on RTE and 14 on Sky Sports. With the Round Robin format in Hurling and the Super Eights in Football this is not enough never mind the back door in Football. It's unacceptable, they really didn't think it through!!! oakleafersir (Derry) - Posts: 808 - 17/04/2018 22:57:20 2093687 Link
Replying To oakleafersir: "Confirmed today that there will only be 45 live matches shown between Sky Sports and RTE. 31 on RTE and 14 on Sky Sports. With the Round Robin format in Hurling and the Super Eights in Football this is not enough never mind the back door in Football. It's unacceptable, they really didn't think it through!!!" I think it confirms what many feared, there will be less coverage in the early rounds of the provincals and qualifiers for smaller counties and more exposure for the counties who hit the super 8s. Very short sighted in my opinion. Talk about lowering the profile of your product, especially with the new championship dates. People be salavating for GAA come May and the GAA will back load their games for the super 8s etc. Surely there is a huge market there going untapped. Even just give them to TG4 for a nominal fee, GAA really are cutting the lower league county's adrift. Wrong. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 17/04/2018 23:28:06 2093690 Link
Thank God for BBC norn iron then!! Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 2749 - 18/04/2018 00:39:08 2093696 Link
Replying To oakleafersir: "Confirmed today that there will only be 45 live matches shown between Sky Sports and RTE. 31 on RTE and 14 on Sky Sports. With the Round Robin format in Hurling and the Super Eights in Football this is not enough never mind the back door in Football. It's unacceptable, they really didn't think it through!!!" Shocking is what it is. Would really make you wonder how people ever survived with only the All Ireland Semi Finals and Final being televised. It must have been like living in the Stone Age. I mean "only" 31 games on RTÉ. I am morally outraged!!!! the_walls (Mayo) - Posts: 495 - 18/04/2018 08:14:56 2093706 Link
Replying To the_walls: "Shocking is what it is. Would really make you wonder how people ever survived with only the All Ireland Semi Finals and Final being televised. It must have been like living in the Stone Age. I mean "only" 31 games on RTÉ. I am morally outraged!!!!" Disgrace I tell you. The Sky generation are so used to sitting on their posteriors with a big chunky remote control enforcing their "fans" status as never before. Get off said posterior and jump in a car and go watch whatever games you want and mix with real people and real fans and you might even enjoy the social aspect of it. bricktop (Down) - Posts: 2503 - 18/04/2018 09:49:16 2093721 Link
One minute we are complaining about seeling our games to the commercial world. The next minute complaining why sky arent showing the games. As someone else said get up and go to the matches and quit complaining. ZUL10 (Clare) - Posts: 693 - 18/04/2018 10:05:21 2093726 Link
Replying To the_walls: "Shocking is what it is. Would really make you wonder how people ever survived with only the All Ireland Semi Finals and Final being televised. It must have been like living in the Stone Age. I mean "only" 31 games on RTÉ. I am morally outraged!!!!" Its not the 1950's though an the GAA inhabits a space fighting for exposure multi factorialy with other sports, both for finance, support, participation and exposure. It needs to be competitive in that expanse in order to grow and evolve. Even if its just kids in Carlow or Leitrim who cant get to the game for a variety of reasons, who have the oppurtunity to see their county. I really think GAA as a product is under developed. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 18/04/2018 10:05:31 2093727 Link
Replying To the_walls: "Shocking is what it is. Would really make you wonder how people ever survived with only the All Ireland Semi Finals and Final being televised. It must have been like living in the Stone Age. I mean "only" 31 games on RTÉ. I am morally outraged!!!!" It's not the 1980s anymore. Things change. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13710 - 18/04/2018 10:05:32 2093728 Link
Replying To oakleafersir: "Confirmed today that there will only be 45 live matches shown between Sky Sports and RTE. 31 on RTE and 14 on Sky Sports. With the Round Robin format in Hurling and the Super Eights in Football this is not enough never mind the back door in Football. It's unacceptable, they really didn't think it through!!!" Terrible! People might actually have to get off their backsides and go and support their counties now. Kurt_Angle (Dublin) - Posts: 567 - 18/04/2018 10:38:06 2093737 Link
If you break down the numbers of RTE's coverage alone of 31 between 2 codes: Thats 2 All Ireland finals 4 semi finals at least 8 quarter finals (if the assumption is that each quarter final in each code is shown) 6 provincial finals (4 football, 2 hurling) That still leaves 11 games across the summer and not including the games that Sky will be showing, so that leaves a total of 25 games being covered before we get to the business end of the championships Considering the early provincial matches in football are walkovers in Munster and Leinster, how many games do people expect to be covered on a broadcaster that is not a dedicated sports network? keithlemon (Australia) - Posts: 920 - 18/04/2018 10:44:21 2093739 Link
Replying To Kurt_Angle: "Terrible! People might actually have to get off their backsides and go and support their counties now." Must take you all of 15 minutes to watch your county play all their games. gotmilk (Fermanagh) - Posts: 4971 - 18/04/2018 10:54:09 2093743 Link
If they are going to show less of the earlier games then is confirms the viewership is too low. I can understand that. I presume a certain amount of these games will be streamed via YouTube? That should keep the hard core happy. Ban (Westmeath) - Posts: 1415 - 18/04/2018 11:08:11 2093745 Link
Replying To keithlemon: "If you break down the numbers of RTE's coverage alone of 31 between 2 codes: Thats 2 All Ireland finals 4 semi finals at least 8 quarter finals (if the assumption is that each quarter final in each code is shown) 6 provincial finals (4 football, 2 hurling) That still leaves 11 games across the summer and not including the games that Sky will be showing, so that leaves a total of 25 games being covered before we get to the business end of the championships Considering the early provincial matches in football are walkovers in Munster and Leinster, how many games do people expect to be covered on a broadcaster that is not a dedicated sports network?" Ah there is still a nice few games to be seen on telly in fairness, although doesn't both sky and RTÉ have the allireland semifinals and finals so there's a bit of a crossover there. In fairness if you were to get sky in for the summer how many games would you get that RTÉ wouldn't have? KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 18/04/2018 11:09:28 2093746 Link
Plenty of games on...Just go to the games ... "you can't beat being there" BigJohn.6_8 (Galway) - Posts: 704 - 18/04/2018 11:39:21 2093758 Link
Replying To BigJohn.6_8: "Plenty of games on...Just go to the games ... "you can't beat being there"" Well.... Multiple camera angles close-ups of the action replays commentary (as long as it's not as gaeilge), analysis can pause action as required no need to be outdoors in all weather no need to get there early to get a good seat no travel time no parking headaches no traffic queues before or after no admission charges no-one standing up in front of you no 'entertainment' over a tinny tannoy no need to listen to opposition supporters (or even those from your own team) In my book, you can easily beat being there TearsIn85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 194 - 18/04/2018 11:51:06 2093765 Link
Replying To TearsIn85: "Well.... Multiple camera angles close-ups of the action replays commentary (as long as it's not as gaeilge), analysis can pause action as required no need to be outdoors in all weather no need to get there early to get a good seat no travel time no parking headaches no traffic queues before or after no admission charges no-one standing up in front of you no 'entertainment' over a tinny tannoy no need to listen to opposition supporters (or even those from your own team) In my book, you can easily beat being there" Thats your opinion but live action in front of your eyes and the whole atmosphere unfolding will never be beaten in my opinion!! NEVER! BigJohn.6_8 (Galway) - Posts: 704 - 18/04/2018 11:55:12 2093768 Link
Replying To BigJohn.6_8: "Thats your opinion but live action in front of your eyes and the whole atmosphere unfolding will never be beaten in my opinion!! NEVER!" For the big match days where there's a bit of atmosphee, sure For a Feburary league game or championship back door encounter at the other end of the country, not so much. TearsIn85 (Monaghan) - Posts: 194 - 18/04/2018 12:10:04 2093774 Link
Thats a disgrace, only 45 matches live and 31 games free, absolutely shocking now i might have to go to the games ;D PyatPree (Cork) - Posts: 376 - 18/04/2018 12:14:11 2093776 Link
Replying To gotmilk: "Must take you all of 15 minutes to watch your county play all their games." You do know that Dublin play in the hurling championship too? Kurt_Angle (Dublin) - Posts: 567 - 18/04/2018 12:20:11 2093778 Link
Replying To BigJohn.6_8: "Plenty of games on...Just go to the games ... "you can't beat being there"" I agree but how does someone from Fermanagh get to see a game in Munster? Or should Munster games only be watched by those in Munster? gotmilk (Fermanagh) - Posts: 4971 - 18/04/2018 12:34:54 2093781 Link