The GAA could learn a thing or two from American Football when it comes to promoting and marketing their games according to Dublin's newly appointed commercial manager Mossy Quinn.

Quinn and his former Dublin team-mate Barry Cahill witnessed Seattle Seahawk's Super Bowl success over Denver Broncos in the flesh and he came away from East Rutherford with a few ideas.

"It was a bit surreal. It was incredible. It was brilliant in that I have never been around a stadium with the sense of excitement in the hour or two before it kicked off," he explained to the Irish Daily Star.

"I was at the All-Ireland final here at Croke Park last year and as a supporter, maybe because you're directly linked to Dublin, you're a bit more nervous.

"But the excitement around Metlife was phenomenal. And just the build-up around the city in the couple of days beforehand.

"The Americans do everything at a different level.

"The one thing that really impressed me was that some days in Croke Park, you can't get a phone signal, never mind Wi-Fi.

"When you got to the stadium, you had better Wi-Fi than I have in my sitting room.

"And it was free. They obviously like to tell people that they're at the Super Bowl. They want people to interact.

"It's a small thing but in this day and age, when everyone interacts on their phones and social media, it just seemed a good thing.

"If you had 80,000 people here on All-Ireland final day, at least half of them want to tell people where they are but they can't get a signal."

Quinn - who is currently preparing for St Vincent's All-Ireland Club SFC final date with Castlebar Mitchels on St Patrick's Day - is looking forward to his new role with Dublin GAA.

"I believe there is huge areas to add Dublin fans and people participating in Dublin GAA," Quinn added.

"It all goes back into games development and promoting the county in GAA terms.

"I know the easy thing to say about Dublin is the population and the amount of money we're getting, but we're competing against a huge number of sports.

"And it's important to make sure that we can continue to deliver on games promotion and development and helping clubs as much as we can." Tweet

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