Would having GAA on Sky Sports lead to more coverage across continental Europe, does the channel have that level of penetration? In any case, I think that broadcaster has enough of a foothold in Ireland without giving any more ground to the new hegemony. And I'm still not sure what they'd actually do different than RTE when it comes to presentation. You'd still need Irish presenters and analysts, so you'd really just end up with the same product.

Marlon_JD (Tipperary) - Posts: 1823 - 11/05/2013 20:29:38    1382278

if it could be done id be all in favour, enough of the sectarian rubbish as well, it's short sighted, think of the exposure our games would get and with more media coverage and interest I think more people would want to be there in attendance. You could maybe even see full houses at quarter and semi finals for a change with a new fan base from across the water wanting to experience it live. Plenty travel across for rugby and golf etc.

Topa_the_left (Antrim) - Posts: 250 - 11/05/2013 20:39:07    1382284

Couldnt care where the company was from, theres a lot of companies we associate with ireland who arent irish anyway. So it makes no difference.
anything that can help coverage the better.wouldnt like it to become where you had to have a subscription to see all the games.
RTE the other night had a studio of all premiership supporters from all around the country ,it was a discussion on the season with the panel of giles and cunningham and whelan. it enjoyed watching it even though i cant watch a full premiership match because of the antics.
All i was thinking was why cant this be done now that the league have just finished in GAA . discussion with supporters all around the country have a studio panel of any 3 or 4 pundits ye care to name and discuss the up coming championship. then in middle of championship do it again.

All we get at the moment is up for the match night before the allireland, id be all for someone else coming in if they could shake it up a bit.Try something different, its not true to say theirs no market for it. its true to say its not marketed to its full potential.

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 11/05/2013 21:31:06    1382311

I wouldn't be in favour of a pay per view thing either but id love for the Gaa to do a deal with sky,and any other "corporation" they could get on board.
Its expansion.

joncarter (Galway) - Posts: 2692 - 11/05/2013 21:37:30    1382319

it would help internationally, but at what cost to it nationally?

kerryluck (Kerry) - Posts: 2517 - 11/05/2013 21:39:55    1382323

11/05/2013 18:51:27
joncarter
Orm,if any sport has grown in England London post 2008 its the Gaa sports.Give over with your netball and handball.Cricket gets huge coverage on sky and Ive never seen a stadium even 10% full.Croker will sell out this September (twice) on all Ireland final days(82 300 fans) and it wont even get a mention on sky sports,even though its just a half hour plane ride away.
Not to extent of Olympic Handball.
Stadiums are well more than 10% full for a lot of cricket games especially considering the rise of 20/20 and 40/40 over games. The county championship is 4 day cricket and doesn't get huge crowds at some games when the opening games are midweek during the working day
Why would it get a mention on sky sports when the vast majority of its viewers will not care for the teams, sport and result??

11/05/2013 19:03:57
TheGateKeeper
Skysports!!! Yer off your head lad! The corporation that is Skysports is only interested in the bottom line, it would only be a matter of time before drained the soul out of the GAA! Until skysports got the rights, English soccer was enjoyable, lads played with their hearts on their sleeves, and money was not God! Look at it now, a vacuous, soulless enterprise!Is that what we want for the GAA?! Sky are not just interested in bottom line. they would be interested in production quality which they have in spades.
GAA will never ever become anything like English soccer as the money will never ever ever get anywhere near what it is in soccer

Marlon_JD
Would having GAA on Sky Sports lead to more coverage across continental Europe, does the channel have that level of penetration? In any case, I think that broadcaster has enough of a foothold in Ireland without giving any more ground to the new hegemony. And I'm still not sure what they'd actually do different than RTE when it comes to presentation. You'd still need Irish presenters and analysts, so you'd really just end up with the same product. don't see how it would. sky wouldn't have that much market share on the continent.(unless someone provides a link that shows otherwise)
Even with getting irish presenters, analysts they would be quite different as theyd follow the sky method of presenting which is different to other stations
11/05/2013 20:39:07
Topa_the_left
if it could be done id be all in favour, enough of the sectarian rubbish as well, it's short sighted, think of the exposure our games would get and with more media coverage and interest I think more people would want to be there in attendance. You could maybe even see full houses at quarter and semi finals for a change with a new fan base from across the water wanting to experience it live. Plenty travel across for rugby and golf etc.
None of the talk/debate in this thread has been "sectarian rubbish". how has it??
How much exposure would the GAA truly get?

11/05/2013 21:37:30
joncarter
I wouldn't be in favour of a pay per view thing either but id love for the Gaa to do a deal with sky,and any other "corporation" they could get on board.
Its expansion. Is it though?
Would sky bring something that would revolusionise the GAA?

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 11/05/2013 21:54:28    1382335

Topa_the_left
County: Antrim
if it could be done id be all in favour, enough of the sectarian rubbish as well, it's short sighted,

What 'sectarian' rubbish? No need to make the discussion something its not

Marlon_JD (Tipperary) - Posts: 1823 - 11/05/2013 21:59:03    1382338

kerryluck
County: Kerry
Posts: 1217

1382323 it would help internationally, but at what cost to it nationally? s

whats that supposed to mean, that quote should be in the "if you say it often enough it becomes true thread"

Its about giving gaa supporters whether living here or because of work abroad a chance to see more and better debated coverage of our sport.
It would have to be current or ex gaa players on panel discussing it to work, what are you afraid of. tv3 might as well be from outer angolia with MC hosting it.

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 11/05/2013 22:01:09    1382341

I'm a little surprised at the amount of people agreeing with me or who would like to see it done, I was expecting most to laugh off and/or rubbish the suggestion

This thread is hypothetical, I just wondered what people thought IF it ever happened, It wont but you never know.

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13655 - 12/05/2013 11:14:08    1382375

Lads what are ye talking about. "doing a deal with sky" are ye for real? the Irish abroad are not enough to justify a multinational company covering the games the average British tv watcher could'nt give a hoot about donegal or kilkenny wining the All Ireland. Its a fun thread for "What ifs" but thats all. It would take something really special for our games to even be played by average foreigners.

Fishermantom (Limerick) - Posts: 569 - 12/05/2013 11:35:10    1382383

Marlon_JD

I was talking about hill16no1s comments not yours. im not bringing it anywhere from where it already is.

Topa_the_left (Antrim) - Posts: 250 - 12/05/2013 11:45:19    1382386

Sky would ruin it completely. The "Premiership" bubble has almost burst and will have done so soon. The rugby will continue to do ok but its best days are behind it.
That's not to say that our own channels shouldn't use some of what Sky have done

Capitalist (Dublin) - Posts: 47 - 12/05/2013 13:39:43    1382457

hill16no1man
no i reckon it would do the opposite it would make more peole sit at home and not go to matches as they would be getting updates from all games.
wouldnt ever be in favour of abritish comany running the show anyway we have enough of that already here in ireland.

I totally disagree with the above. More coverage is better, it brings the game to a wider audience. People then want to be part of it. Look at the darts for instance. You could sit at home and watch the whole thing, yet tickets for the majority of games are sold out for months.
As for that second line, what a load of nonsense. Personally, I would be more interested in getting the best company to run the show, regardless of where they are from.

TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 12/05/2013 13:59:59    1382468

Fishermantom
County: Limerick
It would take something really special for our games to even be played by average foreigners.

You might be surprised. Hurling clubs made up of native born Americans are popping up around the US, check out the Milwaukee or Indianapolis hurling clubs for instance, or even the Barley House wolves in NH. Also, college teams made up of US players have been formed in various Universities in the US, such as Stanford and UC Berkely, and there's now a US collegiate hurling championship played off each year.
So there's some growth potential there, and having the games being shown on some channel in the US would really help.

Marlon_JD (Tipperary) - Posts: 1823 - 12/05/2013 16:57:18    1382565

Id usually be ok with ormo but I think theres a bit of wumming going on with his earlier post.To suggest that an a sporting event that fills a stadium the size of croker with a couple of million more watching on tv (a significant amount of whom would be in Britain) isn't even worth a mention on sky is preposterous.Youre either being mischievous or stupid.
Sky wouldn't bring anything that would revoloutionise the games,but it would bring greater awareness and exposure which would only be a good thing.

joncarter (Galway) - Posts: 2692 - 12/05/2013 18:17:21    1382623

12/05/2013 18:17:21
joncarter
Id usually be ok with ormo but I think theres a bit of wumming going on with his earlier post.To suggest that an a sporting event that fills a stadium the size of croker with a couple of million more watching on tv (a significant amount of whom would be in Britain) isn't even worth a mention on sky is preposterous.Youre either being mischievous or stupid.
Sky wouldn't bring anything that would revoloutionise the games,but it would bring greater awareness and exposure which would only be a good thing.
Not wumming at all. Why would sky be interested in GAA?
Majority of their market is in the UK and is people who have never heard of hurling/football or barely heard of either sport or the GAA. Why then would Sky be interested in showing games?
What GAA games, hurling or football, have a couple of million watching on tv and what games would honestly get a few million viewers abroad?
Im neither being mischievous nor stupid

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 12/05/2013 19:57:58    1382677

Well youre not being mischievous anyway.
To suggest that the vast majority of people in Britain have never heard of the Gaa is ridiculous.They may not follow it but they have heard of it,no question,and there is a large number of Irish immigrants in Britain who would follow it.
Im not saying that sky should give major coverage to it,but I think that if they decided to get on board and give it more attention it could in time pay dividends to their viewership,especially during the summer months when a lot of other sports take a break.
Youre an idiot if you believe the all Ireland final isn't even worth a brief mention on Sky.

joncarter (Galway) - Posts: 2692 - 12/05/2013 20:20:44    1382688

Im sure there are plenty of sporting events covered by Sky umbrella whose viewership numbers would be less than the all Ireland finals.

joncarter (Galway) - Posts: 2692 - 12/05/2013 20:24:28    1382692

waynoI
County: Dublin
Posts: 5675

1382140
Lads, Considering the huge amount of effort SkySports put in to all sports they show and the amount of advertising they do, I've a simple question, If SkySports covered GAA, Would it make more people sitting at home come out and actually support their county teams and promote the game around the world ?

I know they are a british company, I also know that GAA is an amature sport, But I would be fully in favour of SkySports covering our games if it was ever to be considered.. As unlikely as it seems.

It doesn't bother me that BSkyB are British but I don't want Rupert Murdoch anywhere near the premises. No way.

roundball (Tipperary) - Posts: 2514 - 12/05/2013 20:31:44    1382701

12/05/2013 20:20:44
joncarter
Well youre not being mischievous anyway.
To suggest that the vast majority of people in Britain have never heard of the Gaa is ridiculous.They may not follow it but they have heard of it,no question,and there is a large number of Irish immigrants in Britain who would follow it.
Im not saying that sky should give major coverage to it,but I think that if they decided to get on board and give it more attention it could in time pay dividends to their viewership,especially during the summer months when a lot of other sports take a break.
Youre an idiot if you believe the all Ireland final isn't even worth a brief mention on Sky.
Why would the all Ireland be worth a mention, even a brief one, on sky? How many English people and people in England be interested in sky?
Most people in Britain have heard little to nothing of the GAA and certainly not enough to care for resulta.
In summer they have huge coverage of cricket which would have a huge following.
What level of coverage do you think they should provide?
Well maybe sky don't feel they need to cover the finals or anything as they don't feel there is any need

12/05/2013 20:24:28
joncarter
Im sure there are plenty of sporting events covered by Sky umbrella whose viewership numbers would be less than the all Ireland finals.
Than the numbers watching in Ireland. of course but do you really think that the finals of sports not played that much(certainly not to any recognisable level to the general public) would be covered to be shown to the larger public. why would sky do that?

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 12/05/2013 20:35:46    1382703