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2 million reasons an open draw will never happen

  • 25-06-2013 3:58pm
    #1
    munchkin_utd
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    a lot of chatter here lately that TV coverage should cover every other game, and now and again proposals and advocates for an open draw abandoning provinces.

    With a lot of major infrastructre on the way/ still burdoning counties with loans, not to mention the cost of an intercounty team being 100s of thousands a year, this short article really shows where the GAA gets the majority of funding from.
    And it isnt the qualifier series nor is it TV rights.

    Its gate reciepts of a small minority of high attendance inter county games which oil the wheels of the gaa (nationally, provincial and county) and without that, or without a viable substitute for it, you wont get any increase in TV coverage nor much any abandoning of the provincial championship system.

    The TV money is a few million a year, but when you look at the Munster finals bringing in 2million alone then you realise that the GAA is not the slave of TV coverage like soccer .
    Munster Council in line for €2m payday
    Tuesday, June 25, 2013
    Munster Council chiefs are predicting a €2m cash bonanza with chairman Robert Frost anticipating bumper attendances at the Munster senior football and hurling finals.

    And Frost suspects that if Waterford and Tipperary contest the minor hurling decider on July 14, the ‘full house’ signs will go up at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick.

    He said: “If we end up with Limerick and Cork in the minor and senior, it might pull us back a small bit. But whatever way it works out, we won’t be that far off a sellout.”

    Frost has been informed by Limerick officials that the Gaelic Grounds can cater for 44,000 on Munster final day, with Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney capable of holding 38,000 fans for the Kerry-Cork football final on July 7.

    http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/munster-council-in-line-for-2m-payday-235101.html


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  • #2
    Fireball07
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    Official attendance of the Gaelic Grounds is just about 50000, why are they saying they can only cater for 44000?

    The attendance of the 2008 final there was over 48000.....


  • #3
    munchkin_utd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,921 ✭✭✭munchkin_utd


    Fireball07 wrote: »
    Official attendance of the Gaelic Grounds is just about 50000, why are they saying they can only cater for 44000?

    The attendance of the 2008 final there was over 48000.....
    I presume it was that safety report from a couple of years back that slashed the capacity of newbridge and navan too


  • #4
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 24,028 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    Fireball07 wrote: »
    Official attendance of the Gaelic Grounds is just about 50000, why are they saying they can only cater for 44000?

    The attendance of the 2008 final there was over 48000.....

    Every event has to apply for a special license now I think, the guards have to sign off on how many people can attend and stuff like that.

    Personally I can't believe that they are boasting about their great attendances for finals that will be home games for a team in each game, they should be taken it for granted that finals are being sold out, relying on the minors to bring in additional ticket sales. They should be more worried about their paultry attendances in other games and stop papering over the cracks.


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