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Ridiculous Bias towards Ulster Shown by RTE

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Why are RTE isisiting on showing basically every single match in the Ulster Football championship this year and almost zero coverage of the other provinces.Considering the downright poor quality of so much of Ulster Football in recent years surely they should have some sense and spread their coverage around so we avoid the almost guaranteed negativity we get with the Ulster championship these days. uibhfhaili1986 (Offaly) - Posts: 1296 - 01/06/2017 09:03:32 1992896 Link
Simple reason, as another poster pointed out elsewhere, Cost saving, they will use the feed off the BBC. Belclare1 (Galway) - Posts: 1626 - 01/06/2017 09:55:27 1992912 Link
For answer please refer to the numerous threads on HS on the competitiveness of the different Provinces. Thank You. Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 01/06/2017 09:59:55 1992914 Link
Replying To uibhfhaili1986: "Why are RTE isisiting on showing basically every single match in the Ulster Football championship this year and almost zero coverage of the other provinces.Considering the downright poor quality of so much of Ulster Football in recent years surely they should have some sense and spread their coverage around so we avoid the almost guaranteed negativity we get with the Ulster championship these days." Why don't they just show replays on the 1982 final on a loop? It's what you seem to want. gotmilk (Fermanagh) - Posts: 4971 - 01/06/2017 10:10:52 1992917 Link
Replying To uibhfhaili1986: "Why are RTE isisiting on showing basically every single match in the Ulster Football championship this year and almost zero coverage of the other provinces.Considering the downright poor quality of so much of Ulster Football in recent years surely they should have some sense and spread their coverage around so we avoid the almost guaranteed negativity we get with the Ulster championship these days." This could get interesting.... Bring on Ulsterman.... waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 01/06/2017 10:17:42 1992921 Link
Replying To uibhfhaili1986: "Why are RTE isisiting on showing basically every single match in the Ulster Football championship this year and almost zero coverage of the other provinces.Considering the downright poor quality of so much of Ulster Football in recent years surely they should have some sense and spread their coverage around so we avoid the almost guaranteed negativity we get with the Ulster championship these days." I'm guessing it might be cost related as BBC are also televising the Ulster Championship games. maybe they're sharing the cost and/or the video coverage. redhandroar (Tyrone) - Posts: 59 - 01/06/2017 10:17:49 1992922 Link
Replying To uibhfhaili1986: "Why are RTE isisiting on showing basically every single match in the Ulster Football championship this year and almost zero coverage of the other provinces.Considering the downright poor quality of so much of Ulster Football in recent years surely they should have some sense and spread their coverage around so we avoid the almost guaranteed negativity we get with the Ulster championship these days." It's a ratings game and yis obviously love watching it. Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12118 - 01/06/2017 10:21:52 1992924 Link
Rather than saying why are RTE showing match X rather than match Y, we should be asking why we cannot see live coverage of all matches via a dedicated channel / red button option or some sort of streaming service. Then you could decide which match you want to watch. How in this day and age can a cracking game like Carlow v Longford be reduced to a 2 minute highlights reel for example. I'd love to watch that match some evening during the week / on demand. But I suppose your post is not really about RTE. its a dig at 'Ulster' football. We have 3 on-sided matches so far, that's the luck of the draw, but I'd expect all the rest to be very competitive affairs. I'm sure that still wouldn't please you though. himachechy (Donegal) - Posts: 293 - 01/06/2017 10:30:10 1992926 Link
Replying To Offside_Rule: "For answer please refer to the numerous threads on HS on the competitiveness of the different Provinces. Thank You." Yeah.It's been very competitive so far this year what with an average margin of victory of over 10 points inthe 3 games they've showed. uibhfhaili1986 (Offaly) - Posts: 1296 - 01/06/2017 10:38:49 1992930 Link
Ulster has the best championship in fairness suckvalleypaddy (Galway) - Posts: 1669 - 01/06/2017 10:44:33 1992935 Link
Replying To himachechy: "Rather than saying why are RTE showing match X rather than match Y, we should be asking why we cannot see live coverage of all matches via a dedicated channel / red button option or some sort of streaming service. Then you could decide which match you want to watch. How in this day and age can a cracking game like Carlow v Longford be reduced to a 2 minute highlights reel for example. I'd love to watch that match some evening during the week / on demand. But I suppose your post is not really about RTE. its a dig at 'Ulster' football. We have 3 on-sided matches so far, that's the luck of the draw, but I'd expect all the rest to be very competitive affairs. I'm sure that still wouldn't please you though." I actually do have a problem with the lack of variety in coverage.The same game is being show repeatedly on 2 seperate channels.Laois v Kildare could be a good game on Sunday and nobody has the option to see it. uibhfhaili1986 (Offaly) - Posts: 1296 - 01/06/2017 10:45:23 1992936 Link
Replying To Offside_Rule: "For answer please refer to the numerous threads on HS on the competitiveness of the different Provinces. Thank You." No one is arguing the Ulster is the most competitive province that fact is well established , however theres a difference between competitive province and non competitive fixtures , Ulster has thrown up some very uncompetitive fixtures to date and they were known before hand that they were miss matches Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 01/06/2017 10:48:06 1992940 Link
Fact - Down Div 2 will play Armagh Div 3 on Sunday in a packed newry - 20,000 sell out expected offaly can't even get 300 to watch their footballers offaly v westmeath which wasn't live had only 2,500 last week in Mullingar..... Why oh why would you show a match live with less than 3,000 cuchulainn35 (Armagh) - Posts: 1673 - 01/06/2017 10:50:29 1992943 Link
Replying To cuchulainn35: "Fact - Down Div 2 will play Armagh Div 3 on Sunday in a packed newry - 20,000 sell out expected offaly can't even get 300 to watch their footballers offaly v westmeath which wasn't live had only 2,500 last week in Mullingar..... Why oh why would you show a match live with less than 3,000" That was the Offaly v Westmeath hurlers. How many would go to watch the Armagh v Down hurlers? uibhfhaili1986 (Offaly) - Posts: 1296 - 01/06/2017 11:00:51 1992947 Link
Bigger crowds at Ulster Minor matches than Leinster senior matches but boo hoo hoo the big bad nordies are on my telly welly again Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12118 - 01/06/2017 11:11:10 1992960 Link
Replying To uibhfhaili1986: "Why are RTE isisiting on showing basically every single match in the Ulster Football championship this year and almost zero coverage of the other provinces.Considering the downright poor quality of so much of Ulster Football in recent years surely they should have some sense and spread their coverage around so we avoid the almost guaranteed negativity we get with the Ulster championship these days." Hows the fishing trip going. Considering the majority of the negativity is coming from wise sages such as yourself there's a simple solution, turn it over. Which games would you have rather tuned into over the last few weeks. Personally I'd take more umbrage with their lack of coverage of the Christy Ring latter stages but realistically they cant show everything. Anyway hope you get a few bites. duckula20 (Antrim) - Posts: 175 - 01/06/2017 11:25:23 1992967 Link
Replying To uibhfhaili1986: "Why are RTE isisiting on showing basically every single match in the Ulster Football championship this year and almost zero coverage of the other provinces.Considering the downright poor quality of so much of Ulster Football in recent years surely they should have some sense and spread their coverage around so we avoid the almost guaranteed negativity we get with the Ulster championship these days." I haven't a clue why RTE show mainly Ulster games this time of year. But here's their phone number if you want to find out : 01 208 3111 Or contact them here : link I reckon Ulster football has been the most competitive, more noticeable since the backdoor was introduced in 2001 and some teams not trying as hard in their province knowing they have a second chance. They had half of the teams competing in Division 1 thus year. Will be more competitive from now on , team standards are more evenly matched. The three victorious Ulster teams can rightly expect to reach the quarter finals this year. And the viewing public of Ireland probably want to see these teams more than the alternatives on the day. What games should they have shown instead of those Ulster games that would draw in the biggest national audience? GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7344 - 01/06/2017 11:41:09 1992977 Link
You could POSSIBLY argue that the down Armagh game won't produce the provincial winner this year. Every other game involves a team likely to win ulster. Kerry and Dublin will walk their 1 sided provinces so while Laois Kildare may well be a cracker (as I'm sure Carlow Wexford was) these matches are mere sideshows. I've been told Leitrim London was the best match last weekend. I watched the Tyrone Derry game and it was muck. But in the context of the all ireland championship, we now have a reasonable (if uncertain) idea of where Tyrone are at while, let's face it, it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things where London or leitrim are (and I don't mean to offend wither side when I say that - the same could be said of the majority of counties). Oh and I should add. .the real reason is that they don't have to send their cameras to ulster games and can piggy back off the BBC cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5012 - 01/06/2017 11:51:12 1992987 Link
Replying To uibhfhaili1986: "That was the Offaly v Westmeath hurlers. How many would go to watch the Armagh v Down hurlers?" How in the name of god is that relevant to this thread? gotmilk (Fermanagh) - Posts: 4971 - 01/06/2017 11:51:16 1992988 Link
Replying To uibhfhaili1986: "That was the Offaly v Westmeath hurlers. How many would go to watch the Armagh v Down hurlers?" Nobody expects it be on TV Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12118 - 01/06/2017 11:59:12 1992994 Link