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Replying To combo: "Free-to-air NFL is coming to Ireland! Virgin Media Television will broadcast at least 22 games per season, including three Playoff games and the Super Bowl Not sure where to post this is there a tread for GAA competitors ?" I won't be watching it anyway. Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 863 - 17/08/2026 13:55:38 2690187 Link
Replying To combo: "Free-to-air NFL is coming to Ireland! Virgin Media Television will broadcast at least 22 games per season, including three Playoff games and the Super Bowl Not sure where to post this is there a tread for GAA competitors ?" Great news. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8721 - 17/08/2026 14:40:45 2690203 Link
Replying To Pikeman96: "Two matches over one weekend next April. I wouldn't worry about it. That NFL (as in American Football NFL!) we had in Croke Park wasn't designed or expected to tempt GAA players away to that sport instead. Will be the same with these matches. A barney weekend in Dublin for supporters of those four teams, a boom for the pub trade, and a few interested Irish people - probably mainly from the rugby community anyway - going along for the novelty of it. It's not exactly an attack on the GAA. Little or no interest for rugby league in Wales and particularly not in Scotland, and that's been shown several times over the years." Would it be a problem if it was designed to tempt players away from the GAA? It would be a great opportunity for any GAA player to join the nfl,no? Seniorleague (Galway) - Posts: 282 - 17/08/2026 22:12:51 2690243 Link
Replying To Seniorleague: "Would it be a problem if it was designed to tempt players away from the GAA? It would be a great opportunity for any GAA player to join the nfl,no?" How so? Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20523 - 18/08/2026 10:49:36 2690263 Link
Replying To Seniorleague: "Would it be a problem if it was designed to tempt players away from the GAA? It would be a great opportunity for any GAA player to join the nfl,no?" In fairness, I don't think that NFL game itself could be considered "a great opportunity for any GAA player to join the NFL". It's not as though the Vikings and Steelers would have been looking to the crowd for a kicker or anything else, the way Offaly footballers famously did for Laz Molloy back in the 1980s. I do know there seems to be growing efforts by sports talent agencies (or however you want to describe them) to get gaelic footballers to try out as kickers for college teams etc. in the States. I've seen lots of such stuff on social media. But overall, I'm inclined to say that if somebody can get an education or make a few quid for a few years that way, then good luck to them, and wish them well in it. Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 3881 - 18/08/2026 12:37:00 2690294 Link
Replying To Seniorleague: "Would it be a problem if it was designed to tempt players away from the GAA? It would be a great opportunity for any GAA player to join the nfl,no?" You appear to regard GAA as resource for all comers. Are you familiar with reason we were founded? BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 4543 - 18/08/2026 18:24:43 2690374 Link
This is the major question no one is asking. What is the GAA anymore? Is seems like it's been decided to make GAA a development pathway for other sports ? Elite players move onto pro sports while lesser players have demands of pro sports people without pay ? Will fans continue to watch GAA while the best move onto other sports like the the ladies game? It seems like the GAA think people will pay up for gaa plus and go to games regardless what the do instead of looking at Dublin gaa or the ladies game as a warning of what could go wrong. Kew (Galway) - Posts: 390 - 20/08/2026 07:49:05 2690532 Link
Replying To Kew: "This is the major question no one is asking. What is the GAA anymore? Is seems like it's been decided to make GAA a development pathway for other sports ? Elite players move onto pro sports while lesser players have demands of pro sports people without pay ? Will fans continue to watch GAA while the best move onto other sports like the the ladies game? It seems like the GAA think people will pay up for gaa plus and go to games regardless what the do instead of looking at Dublin gaa or the ladies game as a warning of what could go wrong." Moving to other pro sports is blown up. Only AFL is a runner for GAA. Over the last 10 years on the mens side we have lost maybe 10 top players, in the womens game it is alot higher, this is mainly because the AFL started a pro league for women 10 years ago and did not have a track record of producing players to fill teams so the quick fix was to poach the Irish girls as the years pass this will slow down. The biggest mistake the GAA have done in my opinion is giving up Aug/Sept to other sports. the next intercounty game a child will see on TV is Feb27, 6 months the kids will be watching other sports aspiring to be them and not our own GAA players ulsterrules (Donegal) - Posts: 333 - 20/08/2026 10:58:43 2690566 Link