GAA director-general Paraic Duffy has promised a reduction in the number of live TV championship games next year.

When the current TV deals with RTE and TV3 expire at the end of the 2011 National Leagues, a more streamlined deal will be struck for next year's football and hurling championships.

The drop in attendances at this year's games has been partly attributed to 'TV overkill', and Duffy said yesterday: "My views are well-known. I think we have too many games, but you're not talking about a drastic decrease (next year).

"If you end up in a situation like we had recently where you had three live games on a Saturday and three live games on a Sunday - I don't think anybody could argue only that it is too many live games."

He continued: "My own view would be that we have too many live games, but we're not going to reduce the number to the point that we can't promote the organisation. We'll be going out to tender very shortly. There can't be as many live games." Tweet

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