Super 8s

[From the Bunker]

Which games are on RTE this weekend?

Matches on Sunday.

Tyrone v Dublin on RTE 2
Cork v Roscommon on RTE player.

Fair dues to RTE on pulling out all the stops in covering the Cork v Roscommon game on the RTE Player.
There should be a large audience for this game.
Should be the highlight game of the Super Duper 8's.

[Clinker]

Mayo Donegal on Sky then? FFS!

For most if not nearly all acquaintances - this translates as - "The match is on the radio."


As stated before - GAA Clubs calling to the door no longer get their tickets bought.

They must have lots of the SKY Money in their accounts never mind adding even more to it by torturing ordinary people.

Lou Reed/Corporate GAA - You're going to reap just what you sow
You're going to reap just what you sow
You're going to reap just what you sow
You're going to reap just what you sow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wxI4KK9ZYo

It's just a perfect day.

[BennyCake]

1,000 watched one of the super 8 games on Sky

How can the GAA justify selling the games to Sky when that's the viewing figures?

[Rossfan]

Which games are on RTE this weekend?

Matches on Sunday.

Tyrone v Dublin on RTE 2
Cork v Roscommon on RTE player.

Fair dues to RTE on pulling out all the stops in covering the Cork v Roscommon game on the RTE Player.
There should be a large audience for this game.
Should be the highlight game of the Super Duper 8's.

Go and stew yer rhubarb and remember 25th May.

[Redhand Santa]

1,000 watched one of the super 8 games on Sky

How can the GAA justify selling the games to Sky when that's the viewing figures?

A very misleading figure. It excludes Ireland, people watching in pubs or on now tv and also sky sports would be used in Irish bars across Europe.

[From the Bunker]

Which games are on RTE this weekend?

Matches on Sunday.

Tyrone v Dublin on RTE 2
Cork v Roscommon on RTE player.

Fair dues to RTE on pulling out all the stops in covering the Cork v Roscommon game on the RTE Player.
There should be a large audience for this game.
Should be the highlight game of the Super Duper 8's.

Go and stew yer rhubarb and remember 25th May.

Ah I'm not hitting out at the Rossies/Cork! Just there have been loads of games this year that were relevant or had a purpose that were not covered by RTE.

(No issue with the Rossies beating us fair and square. Better team on the day!)

[RedHand88]

Mayo Donegal on Sky then? FFS!

Will be nice to have decent punditry for a change!

[Hound]

1,000 watched one of the super 8 games on Sky

How can the GAA justify selling the games to Sky when that's the viewing figures?

A very misleading figure. It excludes Ireland, people watching in pubs or on now tv and also sky sports would be used in Irish bars across Europe.

These figures as often represented as actual figures rather than a statistical estimate.

Wooly had a great laugh on his podcast about this. He said that while the average audience was 1,000, and I think they said it went as "high" as 8,000, there was a period of time when there were zero people watching this particular match according to the figures given! Wooly did defend it as saying that the Wimbledon final, cricket world cup final and British Grand Prix were all on at the same time as the GAA match, so of course the figures would be extremely low (especially when it excludes Ireland, pubs, etc.).

There are 27 million homes with TVs or other TV viewing devices in the UK (population over 60m). BARB (who collect the viewing figures) have systems in 5,300 homes (containing 12,000 people) where they collect data as to what is being watched and by whom. They use this to extrapolate viewing figures. So when "zero" were watching the GAA, it was zero out of 12,000 rather than zero out of 60 million.

Probably like political opinion polls, it's reasonably accurate for estimating larger numbers, but not great at estimating the small numbers given there will be a +/- margin of error

[clarshack]

1,000 watched one of the super 8 games on Sky

How can the GAA justify selling the games to Sky when that's the viewing figures?

A very misleading figure. It excludes Ireland, people watching in pubs or on now tv and also sky sports would be used in Irish bars across Europe.

and also those with dodgy Sky.

[kerryforsam19]

https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2019/0801/1066549-gaa-team-news-moran-returns-for-kerrys-trip-to-navan/

[From the Bunker]

So here we are in the Super Duper 8's with 4 games on the weekend.

And only one meaningful game of the 4 on offer!

A real success story this Super Duper 8's!

[Zulu]

Better than the old QF's anyway.

[From the Bunker]

Better than the old QF's anyway.

You think?

Can you imagine if these games were the QF's.

All 4 games would be of decent value!

[Rossfan]

There were a fair few mismatches in 2016 and 2017 QFs.

[Cunny Funt]

Better than the old QF's anyway.

You think?

Can you imagine if these games were the QF's.

All 4 games would be of decent value!

And a decent break for the 4 winners as they prepare for All Ireland semi final.