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So negative Maroonedinlongford (Galway) - Posts: 242 - 08/05/2018 06:56:22 2097193 Link 0 |
TG4 should have the bulk of GAA coverage - lord knows they promote most of it. arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4898 - 08/05/2018 09:13:11 2097200 Link 3 |
I agree with you completely. Their idea of televising no more games was a gimmick!- all they did was reduce the number of first round matches being televised. Maybe their next brilliant idea will be to have the AI' played with two home matches, two away matches and then the final.
browncows (Meath) - Posts: 2342 - 08/05/2018 11:00:31 2097231 Link 1 |
I was reading yesterday that RTÉ are going to be showing the English royal wedding, a full day event, what's that about ? And how much is that going to cost ? KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 08/05/2018 11:45:21 2097242 Link 1 |
According to Rory Gallagher there are only 2 Ulster sfc games being televised live. One semi final and the final that's a disgrace the Monaghan v Tyrone is not been shown that along with mayo Galway were the 2 games that stood out a mile away and would really kick start the championship. jacktheDub (Dublin) - Posts: 944 - 08/05/2018 11:55:55 2097246 Link 0 |
Excellent post riverboys and I agree 100%.
KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 08/05/2018 12:06:24 2097249 Link 0 |
I believe BBC2 are showing the matches in their entirity but they will be deferred, so Rory is putting out 'fake news' when he says that people will not be able to watch the matches on TV. What gets me is that BBC show all the Ulster matches even those when teams from within Northern Ireland aren't involved e.g. Cavan v Monaghan or Donegal, yet they never could cover the Ulster Hurling Championship where teams from within Northern Ireland were playing each other.
Brian_Coyote (Antrim) - Posts: 346 - 08/05/2018 12:24:36 2097259 Link 0 |
It's not fake news. Who really wants to watch a game that's already over? No harm but the Ulster Hurling Championship is the hurling equivalent of the mckenna cup. gotmilk (Fermanagh) - Posts: 4971 - 08/05/2018 13:22:52 2097271 Link 0 |
We have a new head of sport in RTE and a new Director General at the GAA, Farney (Monaghan) - Posts: 801 - 08/05/2018 14:51:10 2097298 Link 1 |
There is plenty of football when it gets to super 8's I think. Not the end of the world either way. Hurling championship will be largely done by the end of June. Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 08/05/2018 15:10:35 2097305 Link 0 |
I would rather see a deferred match than not see the match at all. Last weekend it would have been great to have watched deferred coverage of Antrim v Meath as we don't often set the world on fire and the one time we do I don't travel down to watch the lads. As stated in the press there are 45 matches being shown and with the round robin in hurling and super 8 in football these will provide much better games for the public to watch ratherthan one sided or side ways passing borefeasts that happen in the early stages of the football championship when a Division three or four team is involved. If these matches are that good to watch why aren't the stadiums bursting at the seams. Not that either of the Provincial Football Finals west of the Shannon are going to be riviting to sit down and watch. With four broadcasters in Ireland (excluding BBC) the GAA should have them bidding for coverage of each of the competitions. In hurling that would be easily done as you would auction off the coverage of the LM, CR, JMcD, LMcC, etc. In football it would have to be auctioned as four provinces and then Super 8. Brian_Coyote (Antrim) - Posts: 346 - 08/05/2018 16:50:00 2097340 Link 0 |
Brian_Coyote (Antrim) - Posts: 288 - Why are you disappointed with the BBC showing matches- a least it is better than the station that we pay licence to. Historically BBC has showed 'Ulster' matches when RTE was not interested. browncows (Meath) - Posts: 2342 - 08/05/2018 17:28:13 2097346 Link 1 |
22 out of 29 provincial games are not going to be shown by anyone live be it sky, rte or bbc ni this is very poor coverage. When you consider that far more domestic soccer games get shown despite limited interest in it then either football or huring you would have to ask why. ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 08/05/2018 17:48:00 2097348 Link 0 |
Interesting idea. I wonder how much interest there will be in the super 8. Probably all the teams that have been in the semi finals the last few years will be in them and the same teams will qualify for the semi finals. I would have more interest in seeing a provincial game maybe not involing a big name then seeing dub kerry or dub mayo yet again.
ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 08/05/2018 17:53:29 2097350 Link 0 |
There right on 1 note anyway.the top table aint going to change..regarding preferring to watch leitrim v new york,thats a strange one..dublin will go on hammering all before them in leinster for a long time yet thats just the way things are.put us in any other province and whippins would still be dished out .what then..split us in 2. Ha
GGdub (Dublin) - Posts: 260 - 08/05/2018 19:35:33 2097381 Link 0 |
I notice RTE showed live the Lansdowne V Cork Con game last weekend. I don't know if anyone was at the game. (Mind you RTE once showed live a match on the old back pitch at Lansdowne Road). Aibrean (Kerry) - Posts: 263 - 08/05/2018 20:16:46 2097393 Link 1 |
This is all good. Hopefully no exposure and small crowds will kill these provincial championships that we all complain about. bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 08/05/2018 20:55:46 2097399 Link 0 |
Will there be weekends this summer when there is no live TV GAA action on a Sunday? yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11237 - 08/05/2018 22:07:37 2097410 Link 1 |
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/international/rt%C3%A9-sport-to-broadcast-autumn-internationals-until-2021-1.3312772 showing ulster bank league final is part of deal in showing autumn internationals (why are they called autumn internationals -when played in winter!) i wish sunday game had less talk and more action, i mean the programme sunday night was nearly all talk -would have been better if they showed highlights of the 2 football games and the mcdonagh cup games, think we need to bring back game on monday -or let the tg4 highlights show do games not adequately covered on sunday game youngmunstersman (Limerick) - Posts: 80 - 09/05/2018 17:47:40 2097638 Link 0 |
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 (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 09/05/2018 23:48:50 2097725 Link 0 |