Well we know she struggled to sell out the 3Arena last weekend. Not that much of a stretch to say she'd also struggle at 70k+.
We don't have the infrastructure for the above.
No one really knows what crowd KT would attract. It’s complete guesswork.
we never even considered hosting any European championships for amateur boxing when we were a power house in that and now while we are a powerhouse in international rowing, not a single TD or journalist has suggested we host even a European championships in that so we have no idea what kind of market exists in Ireland for attending international sports events other than one off soccer or rugby matches
I can see them getting 40k.
I cannot see them getting the 80k+ of Croke Park.
they arent going to get 40-45k for it anywhere to be fair, wishful thinking.
Are the two things mutually exclusive? I never said the government should fund it.
Haven't had a chance to listen to yesterday's pods yet but I was driving to work this morning and Pat Kenny was on in the background, and he kept saying "Yobs" and it just, well it just made my morning is all I have to say.
I'd say its a less gullible take than thinking the Irish Government should subsidise this fight
Oh wow. You've really bought in hook, line, and sinker haven't you?
Keep telling yourself that everyone is a volunteer. You might just believe it if you say it enough.
I think Murph's point was around the likely attendance and the time of year they're looking to have it. Aviva has more availability in the summer which is fair. I don't think it will fill Croker unless tickets are very reasonable (and nothing else major is on that weekend so there might be some accommodation available) so having it in the Aviva makes more sense in that regard. Having 40-45k in the Aviva would be better than the same number in Croke park for optics and atmosphere.
Also, there is no way the taxpayer should pay anything to help Hearn and Matchroom, they made £60M in profit last year and would have no problem paying the fees but just wants to make more money himself.
The GAA is not for profit, the money made there goes back into the community, not the hands of Eddie **** Hearne.
Eamon was like an early Skip Bayless for RTE, you wouldn't agree with him but you'd tune in to hear what mad shíte he'd come out with.
I was watching the Dunphy tearing down Venables video at 1 AM Sunday morning, not sure if I had some kind of premonition or something, I remember watching it live and it was so entertaining, while I think RTE have decent coverage these days it's not compelling viewing anymore.
Well, it's both surely. The cost of renting Croke Park is 400,000, and then you have to pay for security as well. The cost of the Aviva is up to around 300,000, again plus security. So I can understand the point in raising it as an option - if you reckon the ~55,000 you'd fit in the Aviva with added pitch seating would fulfill the ticket demand, you'd be getting the same attendance but with 25+% lower stadium rental cost.
Croke Park should be first choice, but if the costs look prohibitive - as they were deemed previously - the Aviva is at least worth a mention as a similarly grand-scale location at a lower cost.
And the fact that the government help pay for the costs of policing and security at GAA matches but won't at anything else because "it's of cultural value" (or in other words GAA have powerful lobbies within government). What could be more culturally significant than one of our own greatest ever sportspeople putting on a historic show for the world to see.
As a boxing fan I’m cringing at this Aviva/Croker discussion. Needs to be Croke Park. It’s the big one, the historic one and this is the biggest fight in women’s boxing history.
And the issue is the fee for policing and security, not the stadium fee so they’re just so off base suggesting the Aviva I don’t know where to even start. Murph as a GAA man should at least know this stuff, Croker rental is always a recurring topic in the Association.
I thought it was interesting. He doesn't have the reach of Rogan, but he has the ear of every canada goose wearing skanger in Dublin. Same way a local scumbag is seen as a legend (see pretty much every scumbag funeral) mcgregor is similar. Dislike by pretty much everyone in Ireland except for the people looting JD sports.
Bert Kreisher playing to a venue as big as 3 arena almost as bad a night for the country as Thursday tbh- I’m a hopeless alcoholic and take my top off his his entire act- can stand his flushed alco face- Jesus I hate rogan and the muppets he boosts
McGregor is an influence in this for me. He doesn't have to be the new physical leader of a group of people who are looking for something to get behind so they can cause trouble. He's an amplifier. He can take in what people are saying and turn it up to 10.
Even if his goal isn't to be what SC said he's not putting out tweets so he can be ignored and get less followers. He's putting out things to emotionally affect his followers and to gain more who may feel the same.
He has a significant influence and he's using to signpost people in the direction of doing what they did on Thursday.
It's not all his fault and he doesn't have full control over it but he's one of the people pouring petrol on the kindling. He won't be the one who lights it in the end, and he won't be able to put it out but the fumes will stink of his fuel.
The intro music is enough to tip you over the edge in itself.
Tried to listen to episode. Misery, had to skip. Tried to listen to George Gibney, had to bail quickly there too. I get there are important stories to tell, but the misery of them is hard to listen to.
I think a lot of Irish people are listening to Joe Rogan. It’s usually the most popular or second most popular podcast in Ireland. Even his idiot friends, Bert Kreischer are selling out the 3 arena because they are associated with him.
McGregor would have a bigger platform in Ireland than Rogan I would think, which is what's relevant here.
I thought they laid it on a bit thick with McGregor and suggesting Hearn would drop him as a sponsor. theyre usually on the money on where to call these things, but felt they were a bit dramatic on the whole thing.
He is talking shite on Twitter, they were talking about mcgregor like he has a platform like Joe Rogan and his podcast. It seemed excessive, I don’t like him but I don’t see him being a threat to society.
Because he has a massive platform, and legions of easily-led young lads who hang on his every word. So there's a fear we could see him stand as a figurehead of this hate-driven anti-immigrant right-wing ideology and help it grow, which would be such a massive shame as it's a horrible destructive exclusionary world-view we've largely managed to avoid as a country up until now.
Yeah, boxing doesn't exactly have high morale grounds, dunno why they care so much.
They were giving McGregor's motives too much thought today.
He's just an idiot expressing idiotic opinions.
Obviously Dunne was talking rubbish but ultimately Ken was “long and very wrong” on both Kenny and the theory that Ireland’s players suited a passing style of football so he could also learn a little from the experience aswell.
the culture wars around the Irish team appear to have been won by those on the Dunne/Gene side of the argument for now.
When Ken was going on and on about what players exactly Dunne could have been talking about, I was thinking "stop stop he's already dead" 😀
Now maybe the TV guys would do a bit better, facts and figures wise, if they could google away during the show when somebody else is talking 😁
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