Remember alot of people that watched the Hurling this evening probably did so out of curiosity rather than anything else, wouldn't bother talking about the fact that it was on SS3 rather than SS1 as it was more an introduction to Hurling than anything else pity that game was so one sided as spectacle.

Supermacs88 (Galway) - Posts: 248 - 07/06/2014 21:14:12    1599611

07/06/2014 21:03:09
mayotyroneman
The cricket on sky sports today was Kent v Essex....lots of global interest in that?...fact is as far as Murdoch is concerned our games are in the same bracket as hockey and darts....a few daft comments on twitter does not change that What channel did you expect them to show the game on? What channel did you want them to show the game on?

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 07/06/2014 21:15:53    1599614

Wether its skysports1 or skysports4, Its all the same to me really.

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13655 - 07/06/2014 21:20:24    1599623

Lets hope that hurling doesn't get TOO much praise.
Sky will end up taking the rights to ALL the games if this continues

joncarter (Galway) - Posts: 2692 - 07/06/2014 21:22:16    1599627

You see Michael o I am more concerned about what our protestant brothers and sisters in the north think...they will have far more to contribute to our great games in the future compared to sky sports and our neighbours across the sea

mayotyroneman (Tyrone) - Posts: 1821 - 07/06/2014 21:23:46    1599630

Don't we show national league on a channel alongside a dubbed sponge Bob?

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 07/06/2014 21:25:12    1599632

Well royal dunne I think that comment says it all about your understanding of the comments outlined above...stick to the cartoons man

mayotyroneman (Tyrone) - Posts: 1821 - 07/06/2014 21:31:41    1599639

royaldunne

Don't we show national league on a channel alongside a dubbed sponge Bob?

Haha yes royaldunne, yes we do, and they show it in some quare language most of us don't even understand.

Htaem (Meath) - Posts: 8657 - 07/06/2014 21:32:53    1599642

Oh yes.

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 07/06/2014 21:33:28    1599644

Mayotyrone man I hate Cricket but its the second most popular sport in the world after Football.

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 07/06/2014 21:34:37    1599647

I think our friends from Meath have said it all...lads enjoy your viewing of sky sports and I wish you well in Murdoch land..thank god tg4 and BBC still give us the best analysis and coverage of our games, and thank god some of us still get our enjoyment of our games from long summer evenings on the training pitch and spring Sundays following our county around the country...I for one will never buy into Murdoch's world

mayotyroneman (Tyrone) - Posts: 1821 - 07/06/2014 21:44:40    1599652

This isn't the first time people outside of Ireland have been exposed to hurling, its been growing in the US for years, especially in the mid-west. Getting a foothold in colleges as well, there's actually a College hurling championship over here. One of the biggest hurling clubs is in Milwaukee and is primarily made up of Americans, check out the kids:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1NfpDZC4UI

Huge potential for the game over here

Marlon_JD (Tipperary) - Posts: 1823 - 07/06/2014 21:47:27    1599654

This was my favourite reaction

Very impressed with this #Hurling thing on @skysportsgaa A fast paced skilful game that we never knew existed growing up in Mayo ;) #SkyGAA

tipp11 (Tipperary) - Posts: 353 - 07/06/2014 21:49:12    1599656

seen a few interesting ones on twitter myself

-this hurling is more interesting than watching some of the football England play

-watching this irish hurling on sky sports confirms my belief that the irish are mental


haha a lot of them really are so surprised at how physical a sport hurling is!

meathalltheway (Meath) - Posts: 789 - 07/06/2014 21:51:01    1599657

They handled it ok, nothing special. I'd still prefer the homely feel of our own coverage and will certainly not be paying money for SKY coverage !
But then again, I'm an aul lad :)

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8808 - 07/06/2014 21:53:23    1599658

I htaem that quare language really throws me too :) but could be worse we could have a chip on our shoulder like a certain northern west man.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 07/06/2014 21:54:38    1599661

Let's all bow down to our natural superiors. Jesus wept

srb (Antrim) - Posts: 344 - 07/06/2014 21:55:09    1599662

Makes you appreciate what a great sport we have here. Imagine a generation of youngsters in Britain seeing a sport like hurling for the first time. What, no one feigns injury? No one cheats? There's no ridiculous goal celebrations? Supporters of opposing teams sit side by side with one another and there's no trouble?

Maroonatic (Galway) - Posts: 1069 - 08/06/2014 10:42:43    1599703

I showed some Yanks some YouTube clips of hurling, They were very impressed with the skill levels and the speed and toughness of the game. When I told them the players were amateur they didn't believe me. They were amazed at that but as much as it amazed them it made me more proud to talk about our national game. I've grown up going to matches, beaten summer after summer by the mighty Rossies team if the 70s. Always watched the hurling, interested in it but it was the Clare team of '95 that really got me interested again. I didn't see my first high level game until '99, Kilkenny v Clare. Class. Football doesn't even come close.

No such thing as bad publicity as Sky Sports 'accidental' mistake with the Offaly v Kilkenny Connacht Football caption showed. Social media and word-of-mouth are two great and cheap marketing weapons.

Best sport in the world, bar none.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8149 - 08/06/2014 11:17:38    1599711

Yes hurling is a great sport when it is played competitively,Maroonatic. It is however regretful that so few counties are capable of winning the All-Ireland and the domination of Kilkenny dilutes interest in the sport. I do not think hurling people can be too critical of the celebrations that ensue when a goal is scored in soccer as it appears in hurling there can be a celebration when a free or a sideline ball is won by a player. I need only refer to the Limerick v Tipperary match last Sunday when a Tipperary player won a free from a scoreable position and celebrated by throwing his hurley,as a consequence the referee threw the ball in and Limerick won the ball and went on and scored a point at the other end.

fainleog (Limerick) - Posts: 602 - 08/06/2014 11:52:30    1599725