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[onefineday]

Ah it's only that Eoin on his permanent moany whingy whiny treadmill.

He makes good points on many aspects of the new rules, there's none so blind as those who refuse to see Rossfan

[oliverkelly]

"I'm sure it's frustrating for fans of Div 2 through Div 4 teams.  I suppose the positive of reaching Division 1 is you get to see your county all the time"

We are going into week 5 and Roscommon are yet to be shown live on TV.

I watched them against Armagh.  However it's what fans in Ireland see that matters.  If Roscommon is being ignored then that isn't right.  Is GAA football coverage the Dublin-Kerry Show or is that just my misguided impression?

To be fair to EVERY county there should be set rules on which counties get televised and how often.  Something like: each Div 1 team gets 4 games, each Div 2 2 games...etc.

This is why I hate the Group stage of the championship.  Besides being somewhat redundant, it's just an excuse to give the usual suspects extra coverage.  Meanwhile 16 counties get turfed to tier two football.  A convenient excuse to mostly ignore them.  They should return to the backdoor system, which gave everyone a second championship game.

The GAA should treat every county equally.  Kerry & Dublin will still get prime coverage at the end of the championship, if they've earned it.

Armagh vs Roscommon was on the TG4 app, whether or not you want to count that as being shown lol

TG4 app is free and the whole thing was on TV delayed. That is shown.

It wouldnt kill the broadcasters to show Roscommon live on TV once though like every other D1 county has been.

Not sure about you but i have very little interest sitting down to watch a game i already know how it finished.

[Armagh18]

"I'm sure it's frustrating for fans of Div 2 through Div 4 teams.  I suppose the positive of reaching Division 1 is you get to see your county all the time"

We are going into week 5 and Roscommon are yet to be shown live on TV.

I watched them against Armagh.  However it's what fans in Ireland see that matters.  If Roscommon is being ignored then that isn't right.  Is GAA football coverage the Dublin-Kerry Show or is that just my misguided impression?

To be fair to EVERY county there should be set rules on which counties get televised and how often.  Something like: each Div 1 team gets 4 games, each Div 2 2 games...etc.

This is why I hate the Group stage of the championship.  Besides being somewhat redundant, it's just an excuse to give the usual suspects extra coverage.  Meanwhile 16 counties get turfed to tier two football.  A convenient excuse to mostly ignore them.  They should return to the backdoor system, which gave everyone a second championship game.

The GAA should treat every county equally.  Kerry & Dublin will still get prime coverage at the end of the championship, if they've earned it.

Armagh vs Roscommon was on the TG4 app, whether or not you want to count that as being shown lol

TG4 app is free and the whole thing was on TV delayed. That is shown.

It wouldnt kill the broadcasters to show Roscommon live on TV once though like every other D1 county has been.

Not sure about you but i have very little interest sitting down to watch a game i already know how it finished.

It was on the TG4 app live although appreciate some people would have trouble accessing that.

If I was from Roscommon I'd watch the first half hour or so back on repeat lol

[EoinW]

Ah it's only that Eoin on his permanent moany whingy whiny treadmill.

Excuse me if I come across as being critical.  If one wishes to discuss serious issues, they sometimes must criticize.

My point on this thread was to voice an opinion that television coverage could be more balanced.  I could name a dozen counties I have never seen playing live in 15 years!

[Captain Obvious]

In the news today about how RTÉ has received €3 million from the GAA for its 50 per cent share in the Gaelic games streaming platform, GAAGO

[Baile Brigín 2]

In the news today about how RTÉ has received €3 million from the GAA for its 50 per cent share in the Gaelic games streaming platform, GAAGO

An absolute steal. The GAA will recoup that in a couple of months.

[armaghniac]

In the news today about how RTÉ has received €3 million from the GAA for its 50 per cent share in the Gaelic games streaming platform, GAAGO

An absolute steal. The GAA will recoup that in a couple of months.

Especially if they would actually show some games! Take Mayo v Armagh on Sunday, Armagh are well supported, the weather is going to be crap, people may not want to travel, if only because they could be halfway there and the game could be called off. Mayo has a big diaspora, so thousands might watch this, if they could.

[Rossfan]

Could be a decent income stream especially as less people go to League games but are still very interested.

[armaghniac]

Could be a decent income stream especially as less people go to League games but are still very interested.

You'd wonder at what their thinking is at this time of year, it is not as if the coverage would stop people going to club games.

[thewobbler]

Without wishing to come across as a contrarian, I personally don't believe there's any particular need for blanket / saturation coverage of Gaelic Games.

Would it be that hard to stick a 3 or 4 man broadcasting team in each of the 8 lower league games every week?

Not logistically, no. Probably not  financially challenging at all, though I daresay a good chunk of the games would operate at a direct loss. That's the nature of the beast I suppose. There's probably PL fixtures for which Sky and co dread reviewing the financial, then along comes Man Utd v Liverpool.

The more existential question though, it should focus on "where does it all end?"

What I mean here is, let's say this is actioned. Does it stop at that in our association? Not a chance. Social media will immediately be full of dingbats demanding  all bottom tier hurling matches are covered too. And then when we do finally become one association, surely then all intercounty matches, in all divisions should be covered, in camogie and lfga. Sure who cares if every last one of these matches loses a few bob? I mean is it a sporting association for everyone, or only for the elites, and so on.

So we are now up to circa 64 games a week being covered. Assuming RTE and Tg4 continue their current efforts, that's about 58 x 3-4 man broadcasting teams needed every weekend. Obviously some can double up over the two days, but a rota of 40 would be needed.

So now we need a team to manage all these teams. Contracts too. Tendering. Health and Safety. Contingency plans for when a broadcasting team can't fulfil a fixture.

And then H&S would inevitably get their paws into it properly. It is their role in life to make things difficult. And soon every little secondary county ground in Ireland needs an officially sanctioned gantry, first aid on site, and evacuation plans. Plus a training  course for accessing those gantries.

Meanwhile, with 30+ games a week being recorded, we are soon talking terabytes of data going up per month, and many multiples of that being streamed. So it has been planned, indexed and archived according to a plan. Let's get independent consultants in to manage that for us.

And what's the outcome for all this effort and endeavour?

Well in social media land it'll be ever cruder, more irate, and ever recurring variations of these thoughts, that will tend to pick up the big numbers and conversations:

"The coverage of that game was brutal. Not good enough from #gaa. You wouldn't treat Dublin fans like this".

"That commentator is a f**king dose. Doesn't even know the players names. Not good enough. Do standards only matter to the #gaa when Dublin are playing?"

"Tuned into watch and I'm not joking, there was more people at my house last night than there was at that game. Is the #gaa always so poorly supported outside Dublin?"

"My stream crashed with 5 minutes to go and I can't claim a refund. What's that all about? #grabAllAssociation".

And so on and so on.

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You want to watch football? Go to the game.

[armaghniac]

Without wishing to come across as a contrarian,

Not that anyone here would think that!

And then H&S would inevitably get their paws into it properly. It is their role in life to make things difficult. And soon every little secondary county ground in Ireland needs an officially sanctioned gantry, first aid on site, and evacuation plans. Plus a training  course for accessing those gantries.

Yet in many cases those gantries are already there for Sunday game coverage and county grounds have them for club coverage and because some of their games are covered.

You want to watch football? Go to the game.

Attendances are often good, but it is a long journey from Ulster to Kerry or Cork. Yet it is often local derbies that are covered, where people can easily travel rather than games where they cannot.

[Captain Scarlet]

Like it or not, we consume so much through a screen these days and in the depths of winter travelling one end of the country to the other is not great.

More filming also allows more social clips and highlights, etc. I think we will see a big change when the rights are up for renewal next year. GAA+ is really going to kick into gear.

[balladmaker]

GAA+ just one game on this weekend, Tyrone v Offaly, not a great return on investment this year to date.

[Captain Scarlet]

It's odd as they are rights owners and yet they are treating GAA+ as any other outlet.
It may ge a case that they cant add more games as that package was not on the table for RTE or TG4.

[Cunny Funt]

Can someone update the thread title to GAA+.


Championship schedule published today.  40 games for 95€

Full Schedule

Sat 11 April

Connacht Football Quarter Final
London v Mayo

Sun 12 April

Connacht Football Quarter Final
New York v Roscommon

Sat 18 April

Leinster Hurling Championship
Offaly v Dublin

Leinster Hurling Championship
Galway v Kilkenny

Sat 25 April

Connacht Football Semi Final
Sligo/Leitrim v Galway

Munster Football Semi Final
Clare v Kerry

Leinster Hurling Championship
Kilkenny v Wexford

Ulster Football Quarter Final
Fermanagh v Armagh/Tyrone

Sun 26 April

Munster Hurling Championship
Waterford v Tipperary

Ulster Football Quarter Final
Donegal v Down

Week 4 (2/3 May)

Ulster Football Championship Semi Final
Derry/Antrim v Monaghan/Cavan

Leinster Football Championship
2 x semi-finals

Week 5 (9/10 May)

Munster Hurling Championship
Waterford v Cork

Leinster Hurling Championship
Kildare v Galway

Tailteann Cup
Game of the Week (Round 1)

Week 6 (16/17 May)

Munster Hurling Championship
Tipperary v Clare

Leinster Hurling Championship
Galway v Dublin

Munster Hurling Championship
Limerick v Waterford

Tailteann Cup
Game of the Week (Round 1)

Week 7 (23/24 May)

Munster / Leinster Hurling Championship
1 x Round 5 game

All-Ireland Football Championship
3 x Round 1 games

Tailteann Cup
Game of the Week (Round 2)

Week 8 (30/31 May)

All-Ireland Football Championship
3 x Round 1 games


Week 9 (6/7 June)

Tailteann Cup
2 x Round 3 games


Week 10 (13/14 June)

All-Ireland Football Championship
3 x Round 2 games

Tailteann Cup
2 x Quarter Finals


Week 11 (20/21 June)

All-Ireland Football Championship
3 x Round 3 games


Week 12 (27 June)

All-Ireland Football Championship
2 x Quarter Finals