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RTE Coverage - Lack Of Football

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Replying To riverboys:  "There is an underlying plan here regarding TV coverage, remember a few years ago somebody within the GAA said that attendance numbers were down due to TV coverage, that was as true as Ireland is going to get a great summer weather wise, attendance records rise when a county is successful, they decrease when your county is playing poorly, nothing to do with TV coverage. TV companies and the GAA seem to be downgrading provincial championships by showing very little provincial matches, they are waiting in the long grass for the super 8s"
Would agree the aim of the top brass of the gaa and the media is to bring in a tiered competition so the don't have to bother showing any county bar the top few like the do in hurling.

ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 10/05/2018 07:21:24    2097742

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Replying To riverboys:  "There is an underlying plan here regarding TV coverage, remember a few years ago somebody within the GAA said that attendance numbers were down due to TV coverage, that was as true as Ireland is going to get a great summer weather wise, attendance records rise when a county is successful, they decrease when your county is playing poorly, nothing to do with TV coverage. TV companies and the GAA seem to be downgrading provincial championships by showing very little provincial matches, they are waiting in the long grass for the super 8s"
riverboys you are spot on, the Super 8 games are what RTE and Sky Sports want to show as the viewing figures will be higher. Eventually the Super 8s will be expanded and the provincial championships run entirely separately. It's just a shame that there are some cracking provincial games this year that won't get shown live. You are also correct about match attendance, if your team is going well then support rises.

Green_Gold (Donegal) - Posts: 1874 - 10/05/2018 10:29:22    2097774

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Let's be honest, despite the nonsense of 'Ulster football being competitive, bla bla', the reality is that nine times out of ten the games would bore you to tears and are seldom competitive unless both teams are so bad they drag each other down to their own level. The only time of the year when football gets remotely entertaining consistently is at the tail end, so keep the live stuff for then.
Not sure how the groups will pan out in terms of entertainment value for hurling, but I'd imagine would be so much better to watch than 70 minutes plus of sidewards handpassing, so I think RTE have got it spot on.

srb (Antrim) - Posts: 344 - 10/05/2018 16:30:09    2097911

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Replying To srb:  "Let's be honest, despite the nonsense of 'Ulster football being competitive, bla bla', the reality is that nine times out of ten the games would bore you to tears and are seldom competitive unless both teams are so bad they drag each other down to their own level. The only time of the year when football gets remotely entertaining consistently is at the tail end, so keep the live stuff for then.
Not sure how the groups will pan out in terms of entertainment value for hurling, but I'd imagine would be so much better to watch than 70 minutes plus of sidewards handpassing, so I think RTE have got it spot on."
Even as a football man, I find it hard to disagree with that.

Tyrone Monaghan should be live though.

They do have Conor McManus on show and they are both top 8 teams.

Those saying that weaker sides should get more coverage aren't living in the real world.

No one wants to see Antrim live on tv in the football. Anyone wanting to see that match should go.

As much as I try and make them, they are rarely enjoyable experience and if I can't make it live I just don't want to watch it on tv. It's never as interesting and the pundits usually tick me off anyway.

Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4217 - 10/05/2018 18:33:11    2097951

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I'd like them to show access to all games on a red button service like saorview sports with its live eircom league split screen and player cam options

johnbombkelly (Mayo) - Posts: 117 - 10/05/2018 20:58:51    2097974

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Replying To srb:  "Let's be honest, despite the nonsense of 'Ulster football being competitive, bla bla', the reality is that nine times out of ten the games would bore you to tears and are seldom competitive unless both teams are so bad they drag each other down to their own level. The only time of the year when football gets remotely entertaining consistently is at the tail end, so keep the live stuff for then.
Not sure how the groups will pan out in terms of entertainment value for hurling, but I'd imagine would be so much better to watch than 70 minutes plus of sidewards handpassing, so I think RTE have got it spot on."
Again, its each to their own. Like every sport there are some stinkers every year, but more often that not, the earlier games produce its fair share of good competitive matches. There is now an obsession with only watching the top teams, or those who have a chance of winning silverware. But every year, many people enjoy the earlier rounds of the provincials, for instance I would have loved to have watched Leitrim v New York last week. Donegal v Cavan, Tipp v Cork, Leinster semi involving Kildare, and of course Tyrone v Monaghan all have the potential to be good games, but not televised.

As a football fan first and foremost, the Leinster hurling league is a foregone conclusion and has zero interest for me. By mid June Kilkenny, Wexford and Galway will still be in the championship and I couldn't care less which of those gets through via front door or back door. Munster should be enjoyable as it always is, but the amount of games being shown, particularly since its the same teams over and over, is complete overkill

petejoeduff (Donegal) - Posts: 329 - 10/05/2018 22:57:05    2097991

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