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Has Other Sports Stole A March On Gaa In Relation To PR Work

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Replying To boxtyburgerbuns:  "I think rugby is popular because it is seen as being a place to be seen by a new phenomenon of social media influencers who bombard social media with pics of themselves enjoying the atmosphere and not a notion what a rugby ball is even if it hit them in the face. That wasn't a thing 20 years ago.

A full Lansdown Road is a great pic opportunity compared to what is frequently a half or three quarter empty Croke Park for games.

Look at politicians tripping over themselves to be seen at rugby games too, that's another new phenomenon. The captains and the kings will always stay together, and rugby is where that is at."
Yeah possibly. I've never been to a Rugby match before, but would like to see Ireland play at the Aviva at least once in my life.

I don't really follow the Provincial teams in general or the Ulster team, although I think its very different down in Leinster, Munster and maybe Connacht.

Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1278 - 27/02/2025 14:16:27    2593502

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Replying To Sweetspot:  "Yes, Tomsmith
I think you're money on the head. The GAA can do so much more to promote the games. For a start, the fact I (living in Australia) can't get my hands on a Kildare game for love nor money, is a disaster. Even the likes of the Sunday Game, hardly care less about lower tiers.
Other sports have moved with the times and social media to target kids, give them access to their heroes.. if an inter county footballer tried to have a bit of online presence, he's shamed."
Its really difficult to figure out what we should be doing here. I don't think many people would be clamoring to put Division 3 games live on TV but surely having it part of a highlights package would be a start.

As for the promotion angle - there were 6,950 people at the Kildare v Laois game in Newbridge on Saturday night. A local rivalry put on at the right time gets a decent crowd. I could be corrected - but that's a Division 3 match with more in attendance than any League of Ireland soccer game over the weekend.

For putting the games on TV - I'd suggest that the GAA should agree with the TV stations a fixed program of when the games will be on. Sell the Football and Hurling rights separately to RTE, VM or TG4 so we have a Friday Evening 7PM, Saturday Evening 7PM and 2 Sunday afternoon matches on for each code each weekend. Want to watch a Hurling Game? TG4 have that; want to watch a football game - that will be on VM or likewise.

Knowing a small bit about TV scheduling - having an inconsistent product doesn't help at all. There needs to be games to show every weekend; so if there's no Division 1 games to show - we need to have Division 2 games to show.

Change the thought process of the causal observer from "I wonder if there's a match on" to "I wonder which match they're showing this evening".

brianb (Kildare) - Posts: 398 - 27/02/2025 16:12:35    2593521

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Replying To Commodore:  "Yeah possibly. I've never been to a Rugby match before, but would like to see Ireland play at the Aviva at least once in my life.

I don't really follow the Provincial teams in general or the Ulster team, although I think its very different down in Leinster, Munster and maybe Connacht."
If you want to see Ireland play the top tier nations in The Aviva be prepared to stump up a minimum of €145 for a decent seat. That's for a Category B ticket. A Category A seat is €160. A Premium Level seat is well above €160.

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6170 - 27/02/2025 16:57:27    2593535

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Replying To Greengrass:  "If you want to see Ireland play the top tier nations in The Aviva be prepared to stump up a minimum of €145 for a decent seat. That's for a Category B ticket. A Category A seat is €160. A Premium Level seat is well above €160."
Fools and their money etc

boxtyburgerbuns (Leitrim) - Posts: 140 - 27/02/2025 19:18:39    2593564

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