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So negative
Was listening to the preview on R1 on Saturday
Dessie Dolan, nothing there for the weaker teams (4 provential titles Dessie)
Could be dead rubber games in the super 8's (wait for the 8 groups of 4)
I turned it off
Then Sunday night Whelo and Cavanagh the same,
Turned over to watch a mad Aussie buy and start to salvage a 70,000 sq ft mansion in mayo that has been derelict for 20 years
Positives this year:
Condensed provential championship
Super 8's
Semi final weekend
Kick out beyond the 21
And the mark (that wasn't going to work at the preview for championship 2017)
Need more than opinion, need analysis
You do not get this in any other sport
Especially in rugby or hurling and fair play to them
If you were a floating voter this sort of stuff will start to set your outlook on the games before they even start
I don't have Sky but I can say that the couple of games I saw on it were excellent, really good coverage and analysis
Maybe TV3 for the next round

Maroonedinlongford (Galway) - Posts: 242 - 08/05/2018 06:56:22    2097193

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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

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Replying To riverboys:  "Galway hurlers were entered into the Leinster championship because they had no opposition in Connacht, is it beyond time that Dublin footballers was entered into another province for the championship? RTE God help us, that preview show that was on last night AFTER 2 teams were already knocked out from a provincial championship , should have been on last week, anyway it was rubbish, they eliminated nearly every hurling and football county just to tell us the same top table won't change. For the life of me I can't see why any TV station is running around trying to get the rights to broadcast lob sided games, no disrespect to any team but I would rather watch New York v Leitrim or London v Sligo rather than watch Dublin thrash any Leinster county, take a look at the entire fixture list and pick out matches where both sides are fairly even, doesn't matter if they are Division 4 teams or Division 1 teams and let us enjoy watching a tough game"
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

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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

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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

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Replying To riverboys:  "Galway hurlers were entered into the Leinster championship because they had no opposition in Connacht, is it beyond time that Dublin footballers was entered into another province for the championship? RTE God help us, that preview show that was on last night AFTER 2 teams were already knocked out from a provincial championship , should have been on last week, anyway it was rubbish, they eliminated nearly every hurling and football county just to tell us the same top table won't change. For the life of me I can't see why any TV station is running around trying to get the rights to broadcast lob sided games, no disrespect to any team but I would rather watch New York v Leitrim or London v Sligo rather than watch Dublin thrash any Leinster county, take a look at the entire fixture list and pick out matches where both sides are fairly even, doesn't matter if they are Division 4 teams or Division 1 teams and let us enjoy watching a tough game"
Excellent post riverboys and I agree 100%.

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 08/05/2018 12:06:24    2097249

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Replying To jacktheDub:  "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."
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

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Replying To Brian_Coyote:  "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."
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

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We have a new head of sport in RTE and a new Director General at the GAA,
Have either of these been interviewed about the fact that only a few provincial matches are being shown?
Are they afraid to come out and answer some questions and show the public what their thoughts are on this plan.. Will they not come out of their ivory towers and speak to the animals as Paudi called us?

Farney (Monaghan) - Posts: 801 - 08/05/2018 14:51:10    2097298

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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

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Replying To gotmilk:  "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."
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

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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

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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

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Replying To Brian_Coyote:  "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."
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

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Replying To riverboys:  "Galway hurlers were entered into the Leinster championship because they had no opposition in Connacht, is it beyond time that Dublin footballers was entered into another province for the championship? RTE God help us, that preview show that was on last night AFTER 2 teams were already knocked out from a provincial championship , should have been on last week, anyway it was rubbish, they eliminated nearly every hurling and football county just to tell us the same top table won't change. For the life of me I can't see why any TV station is running around trying to get the rights to broadcast lob sided games, no disrespect to any team but I would rather watch New York v Leitrim or London v Sligo rather than watch Dublin thrash any Leinster county, take a look at the entire fixture list and pick out matches where both sides are fairly even, doesn't matter if they are Division 4 teams or Division 1 teams and let us enjoy watching a tough game"
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

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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).
And, last night one of the HEADLINES on the RTE 9 NEWS was about Leinster's Fergus McFadden being out for the rest of the season!!
You can see where RTE's priorities lie.

Aibrean (Kerry) - Posts: 263 - 08/05/2018 20:16:46    2097393

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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

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Will there be weekends this summer when there is no live TV GAA action on a Sunday?

GAA coverage has improved in recent years with podcasts etc. but the mainstream media do pay it lip service.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11237 - 08/05/2018 22:07:37    2097410

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Replying To Aibrean:  "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).
And, last night one of the HEADLINES on the RTE 9 NEWS was about Leinster's Fergus McFadden being out for the rest of the season!!
You can see where RTE's priorities lie."
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

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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

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