If we are serious about the promotion of our games wider than Ireland then there is only one way that is going to happen- the involvement of Sky Sports! The way NFL and Darts (and to a lesser extent snooker) has risen in profile in the UK is down to one thing-Sky Sports. Imagine the impact having a ten minute slot everyday on Sky Sports News would have on children watching it in the UK (as a start). Last year SSN ran an article on London's progress in the qualifiers and that caused a great deal of positive publicity. I'm well aware that some may see this as a dilution of our amateur status but let's be honest there is a few grey areas in that matter anyway so why not start getting real about the international promotion of the game?

Ed (UK) - Posts: 156 - 07/02/2012 18:25:07    1107489

Britain isn't the only other country on the planet, so there is probably more than only one way it can happen.

Marlon_JD (Tipperary) - Posts: 1823 - 07/02/2012 18:49:18    1107511

Britain would be a good place to start, there's already a fairly healthy GAA scene in England but that can grow and I don't see why Sky Sports couldn't take it on during the summer months when the championship is in full swing and there's no English soccer on.

Padraig_Dub (Dublin) - Posts: 100 - 07/02/2012 19:46:52    1107551

Padraig_Dub
County: Dublin
Posts: 98

1107551 Britain would be a good place to start, there's already a fairly healthy GAA scene in England but that can grow and I don't see why Sky Sports couldn't take it on during the summer months when the championship is in full swing and there's no English soccer on.


Money. Simple as that

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 07/02/2012 20:02:49    1107571

SSN are running a coaching expose on Saturday mornings, however, I have yet to receive a response to an email sent to them over a month ago about Gaelic Games in Britain and, since I'm in Yorkshire, about our games in Yorkshire.

Carnaross (None) - Posts: 189 - 07/02/2012 20:04:52    1107574

carnaross, keep sending them would be interested to see their response.

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 07/02/2012 21:30:09    1107633

Im baffled as to why promoting football and hurling abroad is needed at all? Its seems like outside recognition is so important to some people

FairShoulder (Armagh) - Posts: 333 - 08/02/2012 09:19:00    1107676

fairshoulder, do u think people who play gaa only live in ireland.

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 08/02/2012 14:33:15    1107868

Of course not

FairShoulder (Armagh) - Posts: 333 - 08/02/2012 14:59:37    1107882

Then why baffled.

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 08/02/2012 15:21:16    1107900

I assumed this was about promoting gaelic games to non-Irish - why is that important?

FairShoulder (Armagh) - Posts: 333 - 08/02/2012 15:27:30    1107910

08/02/2012 15:27:30
FairShoulder
County: Armagh
Posts: 192

1107910 I assumed this was about promoting gaelic games to non-Irish - why is that important?

expanding the game, get more people playing our great sports. The more people playing hurling and football the better

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 08/02/2012 15:32:49    1107919