The goal was a brilliant piece of skill, that required more skill to execute than any of the other goals in the category. Not as an important a goal as the others but thats not the criteria. Great achievement for her all the same and delighted for the exposure she got.

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 15/01/2015 21:52:58    1683726

Media , there is no interest in the McKenna cup and O byrne cup on this forum so its hard to see why RTE would give it any coverage when it is just a series of friendlies.

tinrylandman (Carlow) - Posts: 387 - 16/01/2015 14:46:48    1683880

My god this is a long thread

realman2 (Kildare) - Posts: 464 - 16/01/2015 15:46:03    1683904

rte consistently provide almost weekly instances of bias and mistreatment of the gaa hence it being so long

fabio8 (USA) - Posts: 2182 - 16/01/2015 17:11:48    1683932

The goal was a brilliant piece of skill, that required more skill to execute than any of the other goals in the category. Not as an important a goal as the others but thats not the criteria. Great achievement for her all the same and delighted for the exposure she got.

It actually is one of the criteria according to FIFA's website.

realman2 (Kildare) - Posts: 464 - 16/01/2015 17:28:08    1683934

Fabio. On Thursday morning BBC radio 8.30 sports bulletin lead with golf then had the McKenna Cup results and an interview with Armagh assistant manager. RTE lead with golf then had soccer, rugby, general sport and then an interview about a motion that all GAA grounds could be open to other sports. This is important for Ireland's Rugby World Cup bid. No mention of any GAA results. For the record there was no one booked in the Armagh game - nothing interesting to report.

Armaghball (Armagh) - Posts: 96 - 16/01/2015 17:44:30    1683939

The third weekend of the new season is another busy one for football and hurling. So now that the Tyrone players and some of the management team have decided to end their boycott of RTE perhaps RTE as a small gesture to the great unwashed might drop their boycott of football/hurling previews/fixture listings and score updates. Just a suggestion.

mediaman (Antrim) - Posts: 355 - 16/01/2015 20:11:47    1683972

bit sad when a british company provides more coverage of our games...the key thing there is that they would be under pressure to report these things where as rte dont really have to answer to anybody

fabio8 (USA) - Posts: 2182 - 16/01/2015 20:47:51    1683983

16/01/2015 20:11:47
mediaman
The third weekend of the new season is another busy one for football and hurling. So now that the Tyrone players and some of the management team have decided to end their boycott of RTE perhaps RTE as a small gesture to the great unwashed might drop their boycott of football/hurling previews/fixture listings and score updates. Just a suggestion. The third weekend of the new season is another busy one for football and hurling and will receive an appropriate level of coverage with regard to the competitions that are being played and their place in the overall scheme of things especially in relation to teams goals for the year
RTE don't boycott any of the GAA's games or events.
Why don't you email ryle nugent and the other directors in RTE as they can change things as simply posting here will see no changes. Just a suggestion.

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 16/01/2015 20:53:09    1683985

this week the media released the top sports ratings programmes for 2014
interestingly they focussed solely on the neagtive when it came to all ireland finals not being top viewers.
they never mentioned one noticeable aspect of the data thrown up
when it came to market share, which is the amount of people watching tv when each programme was screened on air.
the all ireland hurling final had 65.7%
the all ireland football final had 65.4%
france v ireland six nations had 60.1%
dublin v donegal had 59.8%
world cup final had 54.9%

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 16/01/2015 21:39:23    1683995

Why is it as a matter of interest that the vast majority of posters on the HS home
page are predominantly from the more established and successful counties both in hurling and football, is it a coincidence, a bias or does it require the same explanation as the alleged bias of rte towards certain sports etc.

supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 3205 - 17/01/2015 13:43:55    1684037

some interesting stats hill and not all that suprising...we both know that positive gaa news does not make good reading for the media....to be fair though we dont help ourselves cause we are always going overboard when there is a bad game like the all ireland final or some pushing and shoving early on in the championship...the average gaa fan needs to stop complaining all the time and be a bit positive for once..it was like everybody ignored just how brilliant all 3 semi final games were

fabio8 (USA) - Posts: 2182 - 17/01/2015 15:50:00    1684058

realman2
County: Kildare
Posts: 196

1683934
The goal was a brilliant piece of skill, that required more skill to execute than any of the other goals in the category. Not as an important a goal as the others but thats not the criteria. Great achievement for her all the same and delighted for the exposure she got.

It actually is one of the criteria according to FIFA's website.

FIFA said the award should be awarded "without distintion of championship , gender or nationality"
So Irish league or World Cup shouldnt make a difference. Maybe importance of goal was the wrong word for me to use :(

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 17/01/2015 21:07:43    1684136

So who has complained to RTE and The Broadcasting Authority and what response did ye get? Texting, e-mailing and tweeting RTE on live shows on RTE might get some recognition. I won!t be doing so myself though. It's annoying alright, even though I like English football, to hear it given top billing on radio sports bulletins on Monday mornings , when there's cracking GA aa games on. Us and the Rossies will barely get a mention over City v Arsenal for next few days. If Leinster rugby get all the headlines I'll say fair play to them, an Irish team, many Irish players, a lot of them ex GAA lads. IAAA not getting more coverage annoys me at time but I won't lose sleep over it.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8176 - 18/01/2015 10:36:27    1684153

Once again no RTE cameras at any of today's football/hurling matches. Another poor show considering that the Meath Dublin game in Navan was the best attended sports event of the day. A huge crowd of over 7,000 turned up, testimony to the popularity of our games all year round. RTE journalists read all the top sports sites including Hoganstand so they can have no excuse for once again failing in their duty to the people who pay their salaries. Or maybe they just don't care. Now that would be disturbing.

mediaman (Antrim) - Posts: 355 - 18/01/2015 18:37:26    1684280

In fairness an O'Byrne cup semi final is pretty meaningless. 7,000 is a great crowd for a pre season game but it no more than a challenge match.

county man (Limerick) - Posts: 1156 - 18/01/2015 20:10:18    1684333

if the equivlent happened in a rugby match then you can gurantee it would be covered

fabio8 (USA) - Posts: 2182 - 18/01/2015 21:04:07    1684356

The O'Byrne Cup as Leinster's second most important football competition has a competitive history going back some 60 years. The competitive nature of the competition is what attracted 7,000 supporters to Navan this afternoon. Challenge matches do not lead on to semi-finals or finals. A challenge match would be more like one of the Autumn Internationals in rugby union. Win or lose they mean nothing to either team. No prizes for winning any of them.

mediaman (Antrim) - Posts: 355 - 18/01/2015 21:04:51    1684359

The Irish Autumn internationals are not actually challenge matches but that is beside the point.

Will Dublin seriously list the O'Byrne cup if they win it in their list of achievements at the end of the year? I doubt it.
I'm not having a go at the O'Byrne cup or any other provincial pre season competition but they are pretty meaningless and that is why RTE wouldn't have cameras there. I don't think Dublin would have cared if they lost today. Are Kerry or Cork worried that they are not in McGrath cup final? I can guarantee you they couldn't care less.

county man (Limerick) - Posts: 1156 - 18/01/2015 21:46:21    1684390

countyman there is no trophy at stake at the end of rugby friendly matches in november
there is a trophy at stake in these competitions and places on the panel for the league
so i dont think any player lining out can say it means nothing as it may be their big chance to get into the team or panel
for 2015

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 20/01/2015 11:14:17    1684714