It sounds like they will get a quarter final, probably the london games and a couple more provincial games. Then non-exclusive rights to the semis and final. The non-exclusive games make sense, a lot of people overseas want to see those games and they cant get rte. People here seem to think they want to replace rte, I think they are more interested in all the irish within the british isles. I think the package reflects that logic also. I feel for tv3 though. Hopefully RTE will sign up canavan as a pundit, he would be far superior to brolly.

TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 28/03/2014 09:46:48    1566073

Ye I agree with Master, the non exclusive rights are a no brainer and Sky should seek plenty of those games, I am curious though to see how Sky is going to promote and cover the exclusive championship games they now looks set to get, exciting times ahead! Tv3 are set to be the potential big losers here but I have to admit I wouldn't miss them if they are cut out, I never really enjoyed their coverage.

Htaem (Meath) - Posts: 8657 - 28/03/2014 10:50:22    1566098

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It sounds like they will get a quarter final, probably the london games and a couple more provincial games. Then non-exclusive rights to the semis and final. The non-exclusive games make sense, a lot of people overseas want to see those games and they cant get rte. People here seem to think they want to replace rte, I think they are more interested in all the irish within the british isles. I think the package reflects that logic also. I feel for tv3 though. Hopefully RTE will sign up canavan as a pundit, he would be far superior to brolly.

Ireland is not a British Isle , it is the neighbouring Island next to the Bristish Isles ...its not rocket science.

FairShoulder (Armagh) - Posts: 333 - 28/03/2014 11:14:18    1566111

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Well i presume if Sky are getting them they'll be broadcast in England? Therefore people will see it for the first time (exposure). If we're relying on TV matches to introduce the games to people in Ireland then i'm afraid the GAA is in a very bad place. Exposure is about introducing the games to new people, if you're living in Ireland and not a fan of GAA then watching the AI Qf is not going to change your mind. We've got enough exposure in Ireland on TV (football anyway), time to move on to bigger and better things.

and what good is brodacsting an irish sport in england?
other then irish people living there your wasting your time.
who cares if english see it for the first time,are they going to take up the game not likely
are they going to flood across on the ferry to croker week in week out not likely.
nobody is relying on tv for anything if the gaa are the largest sport in ireland already without
a real advertising or marketing setup in place.
yes it is about exposing the games to new people and that target market is in ireland!
99% of gaa is played in Ireland and it is after all the ALL IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIP
so why not market the hell out of it in Ireland and have full houses at nearly every game
the potential is there among irish people to do this and would make far better sense then trying to
crave attention from english and anyway it would make more of an eye catcher for other countries if they
saw full houses week in week out it would make them more curious and more interested in the sport

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 28/03/2014 11:19:35    1566118

I think this is the best thing to happen to the GAA in a long while.. Look at all the events they show that are actually much less attractive than they make them out to be, The Ashes, The Lions tour, Championship Soccer. Sky Sports would make an under 12 soccer game attractive if they had got the tv rights to it One of the best ways to promote this sport globally. Well done GAA.

H_Bomb12 (Waterford) - Posts: 32 - 28/03/2014 11:26:26    1566122

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Ireland is not a British Isle , it is the neighbouring Island next to the Bristish Isles ...its not rocket science.

Did you even read my post? I said they were more concerned with the irish community in the british isles, as in, opposed to the irish living in ireland...

Apparantly it is rocket science for some...

TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 28/03/2014 11:47:24    1566133

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I think this is the best thing to happen to the GAA in a long while.. Look at all the events they show that are actually much less attractive than they make them out to be, The Ashes, The Lions tour, Championship Soccer. Sky Sports would make an under 12 soccer game attractive if they had got the tv rights to it One of the best ways to promote this sport globally. Well done GAA.

yes but your forgetting they are all sports created or predominatly played in britain
the Gaa is very much an alien concept to british nationals despite being a game played only across the irish sea.
The GAA tarket market is in Ireland not Britain
so giving sky exclusive rights reduces the amount of viewers immediatly as its not available in every household
unlike rte

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 28/03/2014 11:54:21    1566136

It's going to happen alright...

Only a matter of days before the announcement

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20763 - 28/03/2014 12:02:32    1566142

Sure we'll have to see what the exact details of the deal are now I suppose. The posts assuring that Sky wouldn't affect Irish viewers and that it was only international rights have fairly changed their tune I see.

It'll be a shame that we'll now be unable to watch all Championship matches without paying extra.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13833 - 28/03/2014 12:13:18    1566145

TV3 lose out completely

Sky gets their hands on bigger games

Mark my words...

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20763 - 28/03/2014 12:16:46    1566147

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Ireland is not a British Isle , it is the neighbouring Island next to the Bristish Isles ...its not rocket science.

Did you even read my post? I said they were more concerned with the irish community in the british isles, as in, opposed to the irish living in ireland...

Apparantly it is rocket science for some...

I thought Ireland is part of the British isles as it's a geographical term and not political?

Superglue (Kerry) - Posts: 1283 - 28/03/2014 12:19:20    1566149

I drove past the Point(O2) last night & saw huge crowds streaming into the arena. Who was playing I wondered...turns out it was Darts! yes Darts in the O2...that's the power of Sky!

Floops (Dublin) - Posts: 1623 - 28/03/2014 12:20:26    1566151

I wonder how much Tommy Walsh has read of the actual details:
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Although the total offer of matches, spread across six packages, has gone up from 40 to 45, Sky's share, believed to be packages five and six, amounts to 14.

Sky will only have 14 games which will not be shown on terrestrial TV. It's hardly like they've taken it over. You can either go to the pub or to the games themselves for the few involving your own county (if there are any) and you don't have to pay Sky if you don't want to. And as everyone has said for the millions of Irish people in Britain it will make their lives a huge amount easier.

In rugby next season Sky will also have the exclusive rights to the Celtic league and under the new agreement probably most European Cup games involving Irish provinces. No one seems to be too upset. By comparison the GAA are still keeping the vast majority of their games local.

As always 80% of the money will make it's way down to grassroots clubs. I don't think they have done anything wrong.

doublehop (Kildare) - Posts: 4172 - 28/03/2014 12:32:15    1566158

Simple fact

Less games on TV for the Irish population who don't have Sky

Which is a sizable %

People bemoaned TV3's coverage

At least it was free... they'll soon have none and you'll have to pay to see the same games on Sky

It's coming...

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20763 - 28/03/2014 12:34:22    1566159

The GAA by doing this are moving closer to professionalism in my opinion.

The Association is now debt free. There is a strong chance that a lot of the regional stadia will be upgraded over the next 10 years with Government/IRFU funding.

What more will they be able to spend the growing pile of cash on? The county boards will look to get their hands on it anyway to fund team preparation, the cost of which is going up through the roof.

ringo (Wexford) - Posts: 384 - 28/03/2014 12:40:58    1566163

28/03/2014 12:32:15 doublehop
I wonder how much Tommy Walsh has read of the actual details:
link

Although the total offer of matches, spread across six packages, has gone up from 40 to 45, Sky's share, believed to be packages five and six, amounts to 14.

Sky will only have 14 games which will not be shown on terrestrial TV. It's hardly like they've taken it over. You can either go to the pub or to the games themselves for the few involving your own county (if there are any) and you don't have to pay Sky if you don't want to. And as everyone has said for the millions of Irish people in Britain it will make their lives a huge amount easier.

In rugby next season Sky will also have the exclusive rights to the Celtic league and under the new agreement probably most European Cup games involving Irish provinces. No one seems to be too upset. By comparison the GAA are still keeping the vast majority of their games local.

As always 80% of the money will make it's way down to grassroots clubs. I don't think they have done anything wrong. Sky dont have exclusive rights to the pro12 in rugby. They have first pick on a game a weekend the rest will be on free to air.

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 28/03/2014 12:50:31    1566176

Again it's hard to know exactly what to say when we don't know the exact details of who gets what but I personally would welcome the Gaa dipping their toes into more international exposure. I understand that people are concerned about Sky being a subscription service but I'd ask them to just try and see the potential benefits of this.

It may well make little or no impact abroad at all but if there's any remote possibility to expand our games then the chance should be taken. As I've said before, worst case scenario is the Sky deal doesn't work out and all coverage reverts back to Rte and Tv3 anyway.

Htaem (Meath) - Posts: 8657 - 28/03/2014 12:57:44    1566181

Well I think having some of the games on sky can only benefit the game, with more money & more publicity about the GAA, a bigger audience can watch it! I dont have sky & if they had a dublin game on it, it wouldn't matter cause i go to all the games anyway!!! Hopefully it all works out alright!

demo16 (Dublin) - Posts: 2 - 28/03/2014 13:11:17    1566187

It's a total joke, after all the work and time and money that we the volunteers have put in to the GAA to help make it what it is today Liam o'neill turns around and gives us a kick in the guts by selling out to sky and making us pay to watch something that we have all contributed to and the least we deserve is to see them for nothing on rte, well now Liam I hope this back fires on you, if I was the players I would be thinking why should the top brass be getting there hands on this money and why can't I have some and rightly so in my opinion, and for the fellows who say that sky will only have 14 games well that just this year it'l only be a mater of time before they will have the lot. Shame on Liam o'neill.

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 28/03/2014 13:17:07    1566192

What about the poor old people who cant travel to games or afford to pay for Pay Per View. The old man that cut the grass all the years????
It would be good though to open our game up to an international audience..

Crossgaa (Mayo) - Posts: 553 - 28/03/2014 13:27:45    1566197