Liveline Thread 27/03/14 to date

CountyHurler

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

someone needs to come on and defend Sky

George Hook would have come on but he's busy preparing for his new ambassadorial role..

snubbleste

€97pm for Sky Sports!!

Yakuza

The Grab All Association continue to earn their moniker.

ThisRegard

It has to be said, Dooblin Country Folk FM.

snubbleste

"Raidió Éireann"

Duggie2012

do people not know that you can actually get sky sports for a month. cancel it and re-order it for another month if you want. you dont have to get it for the year. jaysus.

curioser

The production team must have the phone lines burning up, trying to get a "spokesperson" from the GAA for Joe to fillet in the name of the plain people of Ireland.

BPKS

I was waiting for the "Wont somebody think of the children" argument.

snubbleste

Nobody is forced to watch a gaa match..thank god

JM Skipton

What is this guy talking about, huge money has gone in games promotion officers in the weaker counties:mad:

snubbleste

Lol @ Do you have Sky Sports to every caller

BPKS

Wont somebody think of the sick.

EDIT: There's no Sky in the prisons either. Wont somebody think of the prisoners.

sligojoek

ThisRegard wrote: »

We need an artists opinion on this, otherwise this discussion means nothing.

And a squeaky Dub and a token Brit.

snubbleste

restroom = toilet?

goose2005

if you want to see the match, maybe go to it? Might actually work out cheaper than buying SS

ThisRegard

The hospitals are just busting at the seams with all the injured sports men, god love them.

goose2005

snubbleste wrote: »

"Raidió Éireann"

Surely he means Radio Athlone?

mickydoomsux

Yakuza wrote: »

The Grab All Association continue to earn their moniker.

And yet people are blaming Sky for this situation.

The money hungry GAA really are Teflon. The amount of money that goes into the black hole that is that organisation is sxary and yet no one seems to care.

ThisRegard

I must have heard and read it wrong, but it sounds like all the rights are exclusive to Sky now ?

snubbleste

Skyping..

snubbleste

ThisRegard wrote: »

I must have heard and read it wrong, but it sounds like all the rights are exclusive to Sky now ?

Could just be televisual rights.
Sure people can listen to it on Radio1? Y'know like Liveline..

scargill

This bit about the Irish abroad is a bit of a red herring. This shouldn't be the reason that the contract is given to Sky. RTE & TV3 could stream it on the web for anyone in the world to see a game surely?

JM Skipton

mickydoomsux wrote: »

And yet people are blaming Sky for this situation.

The money hungry GAA really are Teflon. The amount of money that goes into the black hole that is that organisation is sxary and yet no one seems to care.

Well if you look at some of the new facilities and pitches in clubs all over the country it isn't that big a hole. A huge percentage of the money goes all the way down to grass roots but people don't want to believe that

CountyHurler

So before we pay you 250k grand, Joe, the country has to earn 500k?

SEPT 23 1989

o my jaysus

was he saying that because Sky are now going to show the matches that its going to be the middle of the night in Australia:pac:

BPKS

ThisRegard wrote: »

I must have heard and read it wrong, but it sounds like all the rights are exclusive to Sky now ?

Oh yes. Every single live GAA game is on Sky sports now. RTE have no championship games and TG4 will not have club games or Sunday league games anymore. Or that's what these fools seem to be thinking anyway.

ThisRegard

Wow, did you come up with that one yourself caller ?

goose2005

i can't wait for the first person to bring up illegal streaming of Sky Sports...

Yakuza

Ha! Looks like that caller agrees with me

lazygal

As someone who loathes many sports and in particular the GAA I welcome the reduced number of matches on the national broadcast service. I look forward to all games only being shown on Sky.