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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Sky has just taken over some gaa matches as follows

rte play 45 all ireland championship matches broadcast live

now there only showing 31 live games

And 14 will be on sky sports

8 qualifiers 2 football quarter finals and 4 provincial games

as these are our home games and there are national sport why should we have to pay for them this year thats abit harsh is in it but though saying that it could be a good thing considering sky is world wide pli dunno whats ya views folks as i know theres quite a few gaa heads in here lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It all boils down freed within the gaa curvy. This is only the start of it.

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By *ean299Man
over a year ago

Lucan

You're right it's greed! The matches should all be on RTE or TV3 or TG4 and free to watch.

If SKY get more matches then players mentors and all the voluntary helpers in every club will be looking for their cut.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ah sky, first they made english football all about money grubbing, now gaa. What will they squeeze money out of next?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Would you not say they've done a good job with the Premiership though?

They have proven they can drive football forwards.

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By *j47Man
over a year ago

limerick

Yes but that's a professional sport this is amateur.the professional game has to pay every one the gas dont

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Its all greed i was watching the news and ya man the president of the gaa says its a good move cause people abroad can watch the games well i go on holidays and when im away they have a sky with rte and tv3 tg4 just like over here so theres no need for sky sports to charge us an open bomb just to watch our countys play our games im not sure how much the sports are the last time i checked it was 60 quid on top of my bill at 28e a month thats shocking stuff lads honest soon it wont be for the liam and sam it will be all about money

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Yes but that's a professional sport this is amateur.the professional game has to pay every one the gas dont"

Really?!!

I didn't know that. Are the top players paid as full professionals?

Mr69 here btw.

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By *itty14Couple
over a year ago

kilkenny

The main worry with sky is they tend to turn amateur sports into professional.i.e rugby + cricket and they turned league football into one of the greediest money driven corporations in the world.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Yes but that's a professional sport this is amateur.the professional game has to pay every one the gas dont

Really?!!

I didn't know that. Are the top players paid as full professionals?

Mr69 here btw."

none of the gaa players are paid a dime its all a hobby to them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The main worry with sky is they tend to turn amateur sports into professional.i.e rugby + cricket and they turned league football into one of the greediest money driven corporations in the world."

Is that a bad thing??

Wouldn't all these players rather be paid well for doing the thing they love most?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Yes but that's a professional sport this is amateur.the professional game has to pay every one the gas dont

Really?!!

I didn't know that. Are the top players paid as full professionals?

Mr69 here btw.

none of the gaa players are paid a dime its all a hobby to them"

How much have Sky paid for their share of matches?

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By *itty14Couple
over a year ago

kilkenny

Lol not gonna get into that debate here.its an amateur sport,which starts from the age of 5 until whatever.its run by volunteers old and young.if you make it pro ,where do you start and where do you finish.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Yes but that's a professional sport this is amateur.the professional game has to pay every one the gas dont

Really?!!

I didn't know that. Are the top players paid as full professionals?

Mr69 here btw.

none of the gaa players are paid a dime its all a hobby to them

How much have Sky paid for their share of matches?"

im not sure but all i know is anyone without sky sports will not be able to watch the gaa games without signing up to the sports channels which dont come cheap

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Meant to be run by the gaa but now we have sky telling people when games be played n if they dont like it sky wave the money card at Ireland. It's also meant to be about 10 tear deal worth €30 million so fuck all really

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Yes but that's a professional sport this is amateur.the professional game has to pay every one the gas dont

Really?!!

I didn't know that. Are the top players paid as full professionals?

Mr69 here btw.

none of the gaa players are paid a dime its all a hobby to them"

It should bring football and hurling to a whole new level.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

One question.... whats GAA ?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"One question.... whats GAA ? "

gaelic athletic association

or in our eyes hurling and gaelic football

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Yes but that's a professional sport this is amateur.the professional game has to pay every one the gas dont

Really?!!

I didn't know that. Are the top players paid as full professionals?

Mr69 here btw.

none of the gaa players are paid a dime its all a hobby to them

It should bring football and hurling to a whole new level."

This was my thinking but €30 mill won't go far.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

is that the one where they lift the ball.. surely that's a free kick

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By *vsnikkiTV/TS
over a year ago

Limavady


"The main worry with sky is they tend to turn amateur sports into professional.i.e rugby + cricket and they turned league football into one of the greediest money driven corporations in the world."

Just since cricket started becoming professional in the 1920's and Rugby after the 1987 world cup, what ever Sky's faults, it's not really their fault. IMO professional rugby is better viewing than amateur.

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By *ateatnight1055Man
over a year ago

Ballybrit


"Yes but that's a professional sport this is amateur.the professional game has to pay every one the gas dont

Really?!!

I didn't know that. Are the top players paid as full professionals?

Mr69 here btw.

none of the gaa players are paid a dime its all a hobby to them"

you are joking aren't you? Free cars with petrol and paid by the mile expenses. Not taking anything away from the lads cause I reckon they fully deserve every bob they make.

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By *ateatnight1055Man
over a year ago

Ballybrit

I love hurling me. What ever you're argument is against professionalism pro/con you have to admit that the better funded counties do better. And you do better by playing at a higher standard. And honestly? How many gaa heads take backhanders? Not many I reckon. The gaa for all its faults is a beautiful thing. Investment in it can't be bad. I'd have qualms about sky granted but I'd wait and see.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Why is it still amateur in this day & age?

So the GAA must rake in huge revenue from sponsors, are the tickets for the matches subsidised to fill the grounds?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Would you not say they've done a good job with the Premiership though?

They have proven they can drive football forwards."

Not at all tbh. They have taken a working man's sport and turned it into a business. Overpaid pansies who cry that 100,000 quid a week just isn't enough and nobody plays for the club any longer, they play for money. Players leave boyhood clubs to play for the bigshots, players hold clubs to ransom for a pay rise on already stupid qmounts of money. Its like a feckin soap opera

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By *ateatnight1055Man
over a year ago

Ballybrit


"Would you not say they've done a good job with the Premiership though?

They have proven they can drive football forwards.

Not at all tbh. They have taken a working man's sport and turned it into a business. Overpaid pansies who cry that 100,000 quid a week just isn't enough and nobody plays for the club any longer, they play for money. Players leave boyhood clubs to play for the bigshots, players hold clubs to ransom for a pay rise on already stupid qmounts of money. Its like a feckin soap opera"

ah c'mere! You can't eat you're own glory days. Seriously? If I'm generating 10k a week in revenue, I want a 2k. Over 50 million a year? Yeah I'll have 300k a week no problem.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Would you not say they've done a good job with the Premiership though?

They have proven they can drive football forwards.

Not at all tbh. They have taken a working man's sport and turned it into a business. Overpaid pansies who cry that 100,000 quid a week just isn't enough and nobody plays for the club any longer, they play for money. Players leave boyhood clubs to play for the bigshots, players hold clubs to ransom for a pay rise on already stupid qmounts of money. Its like a feckin soap opera"

You're obviously having a laugh. Not a working man's sport? It was big business long before Sky got near it. If it wasn't for Sky pumping billions into the game English football wouldn't be one of the greatest leagues in the world.

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By *ichael McCarthyMan
over a year ago

Lucan

Allianz Football League, Division 4 is where it's at. Feck the foreign game!

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By *itty14Couple
over a year ago

kilkenny


"Why is it still amateur in this day & age?

So the GAA must rake in huge revenue from sponsors, are the tickets for the matches subsidised to fill the grounds?"

they give money back to the grassroots and employ coaches for kids.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Why is it still amateur in this day & age?

So the GAA must rake in huge revenue from sponsors, are the tickets for the matches subsidised to fill the grounds?

they give money back to the grassroots and employ coaches for kids."

Gaa don't give money back to grassroots unless ya beg them for it...

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By *urferniMan
over a year ago

Antrim


"The main worry with sky is they tend to turn amateur sports into professional.i.e rugby + cricket and they turned league football into one of the greediest money driven corporations in the world.

Just since cricket started becoming professional in the 1920's and Rugby after the 1987 world cup, what ever Sky's faults, it's not really their fault. IMO professional rugby is better viewing than amateur."

I agree, and will even more when Ulster win on Saturday night!

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By *ichael McCarthyMan
over a year ago

Lucan


"Why is it still amateur in this day & age?

So the GAA must rake in huge revenue from sponsors, are the tickets for the matches subsidised to fill the grounds?

they give money back to the grassroots and employ coaches for kids.

Gaa don't give money back to grassroots unless ya beg them for it...

"

To be fair, the vast majority of what's taken in during the year filters it's way down the chain.

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By *itty14Couple
over a year ago

kilkenny


"Why is it still amateur in this day & age?

So the GAA must rake in huge revenue from sponsors, are the tickets for the matches subsidised to fill the grounds?

they give money back to the grassroots and employ coaches for kids.

Gaa don't give money back to grassroots unless ya beg them for it...

"

ah well everyone is entitled to there opinion.And to be honest im only speaking from experience in our own club and we have always been treated very well by the gaa.And while i do have misgivings about sky.Im sure they will help make the gaa a bigger association through their global audience.

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By *ichael McCarthyMan
over a year ago

Lucan


"Why is it still amateur in this day & age?

So the GAA must rake in huge revenue from sponsors, are the tickets for the matches subsidised to fill the grounds?

they give money back to the grassroots and employ coaches for kids.

Gaa don't give money back to grassroots unless ya beg them for it...

ah well everyone is entitled to there opinion.And to be honest im only speaking from experience in our own club and we have always been treated very well by the gaa.And while i do have misgivings about sky.Im sure they will help make the gaa a bigger association through their global audience."

The main advantage is that the emigrants willhave better access, and given the level of emigration in the last few years, that has to be a positive thing.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I would think that sky also wanted to quell the interest in other sports channels such as premier sports. They always showed the GAA matchs, its a win win situation, You would not believe the interest in hurling outside of our small country but its not giving the stage that it needs. Think of all the tourism this could create, its not just inter county matchs that are played, tours can be organised to take in GAA matchs, why do we always have to take the negative out of things, why not look at the positives, we can create tourism generate employment, put Ireland on a bigger stage to a wider audience. Jesus lads we are now being given a worldwife audience and its time to sell ourselves.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Why is it still amateur in this day & age?

So the GAA must rake in huge revenue from sponsors, are the tickets for the matches subsidised to fill the grounds?

they give money back to the grassroots and employ coaches for kids.

Gaa don't give money back to grassroots unless ya beg them for it...

ah well everyone is entitled to there opinion.And to be honest im only speaking from experience in our own club and we have always been treated very well by the gaa.And while i do have misgivings about sky.Im sure they will help make the gaa a bigger association through their global audience."

I'm heavily involved with club and county Gaa Teams,,,, when it comes to Trying to get money out of them there impossible to deal with....

If they were gonna sell the rights to the games they should have held out and got more money

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

didnt ch4 carry selected football matches a few years back, mind you they dont have the penetrative powers of sky.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"didnt ch4 carry selected football matches a few years back, mind you they dont have the penetrative powers of sky."

BBC still show some of the Ulster football matchs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ill get yas all a 'we box' that gets everything on Sky for free ... always a way round everything

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Would you not say they've done a good job with the Premiership though?

They have proven they can drive football forwards.

Not at all tbh. They have taken a working man's sport and turned it into a business. Overpaid pansies who cry that 100,000 quid a week just isn't enough and nobody plays for the club any longer, they play for money. Players leave boyhood clubs to play for the bigshots, players hold clubs to ransom for a pay rise on already stupid qmounts of money. Its like a feckin soap opera

You're obviously having a laugh. Not a working man's sport? It was big business long before Sky got near it. If it wasn't for Sky pumping billions into

the game English football wouldn't be one of the greatest leagues in the world."

Its not, back on the day Harry Redknap would go for a pint with supporters,

chat to them. Can't really see Rooney down the local with the united faithful. Yes footballers were always paid more than average but how the hell do they deserve more than surgeons and soldiers?

Lmfao, the premier league isn't the best league in europe let alone the world. The standard of football is poor, hence why german and spanish teams destroy english teams egularly. The best 2 players in the world ply their trade in spain. Best league in the world would produce world beating players, given that spain are world cup holders with a team of players that play in spain i'd say english league is third... Maybe

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The ailing pubs around the country with sky sports will see an influx of peeps on match day .. the landlords and GAA only ones to benefit ... they try to get rid of funding from

the drinks industry for sport then drive the supporters into the pub to watch it .. a coincidence? ????

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Would you not say they've done a good job with the Premiership though?

They have proven they can drive football forwards.

Not at all tbh. They have taken a working man's sport and turned it into a business. Overpaid pansies who cry that 100,000 quid a week just isn't enough and nobody plays for the club any longer, they play for money. Players leave boyhood clubs to play for the bigshots, players hold clubs to ransom for a pay rise on already stupid qmounts of money. Its like a feckin soap opera

You're obviously having a laugh. Not a working man's sport? It was big business long before Sky got near it. If it wasn't for Sky pumping billions into

the game English football wouldn't be one of the greatest leagues in the world.

Its not, back on the day Harry Redknap would go for a pint with supporters,

chat to them. Can't really see Rooney down the local with the united faithful. Yes footballers were always paid more than average but how the hell do they deserve more than surgeons and soldiers?

Lmfao, the premier league isn't the best league in europe let alone the world. The standard of football is poor, hence why german and spanish teams destroy english teams egularly. The best 2 players in the world ply their trade in spain. Best league in the world would produce world beating players, given that spain are world cup holders with a team of players that play in spain i'd say english league is third... Maybe"

Which is why I said ONE of the best in the world. As I doubt you have first hand knowledge of 'arry going for a pint with anyone I'll put that with the rest of your assumptions & conclude you don't really know enough about it to continue this little chat so thank you for your input & any info on the GAA/Sky deal you could offer would be interesting.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Would you not say they've done a good job with the Premiership though?

They have proven they can drive football forwards.

Not at all tbh. They have taken a working man's sport and turned it into a business. Overpaid pansies who cry that 100,000 quid a week just isn't enough and nobody plays for the club any longer, they play for money. Players leave boyhood clubs to play for the bigshots, players hold clubs to ransom for a pay rise on already stupid qmounts of money. Its like a feckin soap opera

You're obviously having a laugh. Not a working man's sport? It was big business long before Sky got near it. If it wasn't for Sky pumping billions into

the game English football wouldn't be one of the greatest leagues in the world.

Its not, back on the day Harry Redknap would go for a pint with supporters,

chat to them. Can't really see Rooney down the local with the united faithful. Yes footballers were always paid more than average but how the hell do they deserve more than surgeons and soldiers?

Lmfao, the premier league isn't the best league in europe let alone the world. The standard of football is poor, hence why german and spanish teams destroy english teams egularly. The best 2 players in the world ply their trade in spain. Best league in the world would produce world beating players, given that spain are world cup holders with a team of players that play in spain i'd say english league is third... Maybe

Which is why I said ONE of the best in the world. As I doubt you have first hand knowledge of 'arry going for a pint with anyone I'll put that with the rest of your assumptions & conclude you don't

really know enough about it to cont

inue this little chat so thank you for your input & any info on the GAA/Sky deal you could offer would be interesting."

ah, my apologies, its one of the best but it is madly overhyped. Nope buti know

and heard enough about footie from my elders to know this is true of older footballers. Assume makes an ass of you and me, i assume nothing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There is a way of watching "ALL SKY CHANNELS" in HD for as little as €10 per month, its called cardsharing or Cccam

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"There is a way of watching "ALL SKY CHANNELS" in HD for as little as €10 per month, its called cardsharing or Cccam"

What's this?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"There is a way of watching "ALL SKY CHANNELS" in HD for as little as €10 per month, its called cardsharing or Cccam

What's this?"

I've been using it for a couple of years, I bought a Dreambox 800hd connected it to my dish and internet and card share with a guy in Europe, he has multiple servers, I get al channels including sports, movies, ect ect ect

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

if your paying 10 a month your getting 'done'.. UK based guys r doing it from £40 a year

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There is also talk cos of new clubs popping up all over the world that it could become an omplyic sport in time

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"if your paying 10 a month your getting 'done'.. UK based guys r doing it from £40 a year"

Been there and done that with these guys, to much freezing and glitches, I have a couple of boxes and have a first class service with excellent 24 hour back up

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