Jerome Ousted?

[ardmhachaabu]

You can talk about Mr GAA this and that but Jerome Quinn has been incredibly naiave in this whole predicament.

To post against your employer like that in the internet was an incredibly stupid thing to do.

Nail on head.  HR departments and managers thrive on this sort of stupid things to do on the internerd

[DennistheMenace]

He was caught out posting on here, was pissed off and decided to take them on over an 'issue' that isn't really an issue at all -

ffs Cavanagh got sportsman of the year

The Beed show plenty Ulster GAA throughout the year

Sidebottom, Kane, Niblock all are GAA men working there now. Such real discrimination to him and all things GAA, his 'case' will be picked apart bit by bit and nothing good will come of it.

[longrunsthefox]

It's like a lot of GAA people want to feel discriminated against by the BBC but the facts currently don't back this up.

[imtommygunn]

There are things which would annoy you about the GAA coverage. I would feel there seems to be a slant on the GAA coverage to spend more time on the negatives than the positives.

That being said they have nearly all the ulster matches live now and coverage has improved.

Gaelic games are the most popular sports in the north. The scenario the other year with the ulster club c'ship was a joke given how popular it is relative to any other "6 county" sport.

It's improved since and is getting better but it has a bit to go yet. Being treated as second class is no good in this day and age.

But just to reaffirm what I said before - Jerome Quinn has been very naiave here and pretty much doesn't have a case IMO.

[armaghniac]

67%  of BBC Sport live output budget on GAA

One wonders what arrangements they have with RTE though. Ulster championship games are often filmed by BBC crews and the pics used by RTE. Perhaps they spend 67% of the budget on GAA but get half back through "sales".

[jodyb]

67%  of BBC Sport live output budget on GAA

One wonders what arrangements they have with RTE though. Ulster championship games are often filmed by BBC crews and the pics used by RTE. Perhaps they spend 67% of the budget on GAA but get half back through "sales".

Distinctly possible and if so, it goes back to Jerome's niavety in underestimating the legal and PR team that the beeb command. If he gets a chance at rebuttal, that's exactly what he should ask

[funtime frankie]

Has anybody heard if the beeb has pulled An Domhnach Mor/The Big Sunday the bi-lingual programme on a Sunday evening after the matches?

[orangeman]

BBC fights back !!


Peter Canavan has been recruited to join the BBC Championship team this summer.

[drici]

 

62   GAA Discussion / GAA Discussion / Re: UTV & BBC  on: August 30, 2007, 11:15:27 AM 
who the heck is this guy and what planet is he on?! He obviously hasn't a clue about sport or what gaelic means to people. For a start, he doesn't mention the serious coverage of local soccer every saturday on final score on bbc tv, sending cameras to every single game for the whole irish league season. he doesn't mention season ticket which was mainly soccer and rugby over most of the year. and he doesn't even mention the gaa tv coverage of the ulster championship, which you would think he would be crowing about. As for 36 gaa games on radio, he is having a laugh. radio ulster all-but ignores club games and all of the radio shows were shunted around different starting times and kept on medium wave, while the saturday radio is always on both wavelengths and a much more professional show. in short, this guy is full of management speak nonsense and if he is making decisions, then i can understand why the bbc is seen as being so anti-gaa this last while. 



See this has been described as 'cyber bullying'

[aontroim]

BBC sign up Canavan
Former Tyrone great Peter Canavan
12 May 2010

Tyrone football legend Peter Canavan will provide analysis on the BBC Northern Ireland's championship coverage this summer.

While ex-Armagh midfielder Jarlath Burns and former Donegal star Martin McHugh have been retained as the anchor pundits, the BBC has confirmed that Canavan "will join the studio team over the course of the campaign".

The 2003 All-Ireland winning captain writes a monthly column for hoganstand.com and has also worked as a pundit for TV3 in the past.

Austin O'Callaghan will host the BBC shows and Thomas Kane will act as a sideline reporter. Commentary will be provided by Mark Sidebottom.

The BBC will show all of this summer's Ulster SFC games live, beginning next Sunday when Derry and Armagh meet in Celtic Park. Coverage starts on BBC2 at 1.45pm.

http://www.hoganstand.com/antrim/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=128538

[funtime frankie]

Commentary by Mark Sidebottom - I can hardly wait.

He's no Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh. Worse still - he's no Ger Canning!! That mono tone voice makes one of the most exciting spectacles sound like paint drying. If the British were serious about their coverage of gaelic games they would at least provide a half decent commentator!!

[mournerambler]

Commentary by Mark Sidebottom - I can hardly wait.

He's no Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh. Worse still - he's no Ger Canning!! That mono tone voice makes one of the most exciting spectacles sound like paint drying. If the British were serious about their coverage of gaelic games they would at least provide a half decent commentator!!

Hopefully he'll have Enda Gormley as his co-commentator  Two quality commentators 

[Ulick]

Interesting that it is quoted at the tribunal by IN and apparently unopposed:

67%  of BBC Sport live output budget on GAA
18% on Rugby
15% on local soccer

Does RTE price further GAA coverage off our screens?

Interesting that the claim wasn't opposed. I'd say the key here is the live output bit. Presumably the cost of sending camera crews to all the local soccer games isn't factored in, as they aren't broadcast live. Similarly for that kids competition in Coleraine and the golf. NI soccer games probably don't come into it, as that's international and excluded from the local soccer budget.

What I don't understand is those three percentages total 100%, but what about the bike race in Coleraine, surely the wall to wall coverage it's getting would take up a fair proportion of their budget, but it's not accounted for?

The BBC don't pay RTE for the video footage of the Ulster Championship, so what is the money spent on and who is it paid to?

[Ulick]

Commentary by Mark Sidebottom - I can hardly wait.

Be better off with one of those children that do the McCrory "fans commentary".

[tonesfirstandlast]

BBC fights back !!


Peter Canavan has been recruited to join the BBC Championship team this summer.

Thank the good Lord for that. They have finally got someone who knows something about football. Those other two idiots would turn milk.