Newstalk: Off The Ball

left_hander · 07-10-2024 01:32PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122693471#Comment_122693471

Its been like that from the word go…I don't agree with some things on the show (subscription) and there is plenty of stuff I don't care about. But overall it is a decent show, I just won't pay for it.

The "how dare OTB be sponsored by a gambling company" is a load of virtue signalling nonsense, from people who no doubt have an iPhone in their pocket (made in factories with nets to prevent suicides and where many of the minerals come from child labour), wear runners and clothes made by children in Indonesian sweat houses and have pension funds which are probably invested in Saudi oil companies.

You see, none of us are perfect and we all make decisions which we have to look the other way to.

It can be difficult on that high horse at times.

Petermc83 · 07-10-2024 02:28PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122693806#Comment_122693806

Virtue signalling nonsense?? give it a rest…

ive a best friend whos a gambling addict.. i know the struggles he has endured over the last 15years and how these ads now trigger him whilst doing some simple things in life such as listening to the radio, watching live sports, reading a newspaper etc.. its everywhere and if we can reduce the ads, then it will help alot of people who struggle with this issue..

Gambling will never go away, it doesnt need advertising round the click on every avenue to thrive.

Chun the Unavoidable · 07-10-2024 02:31PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122681150#Comment_122681150

Yes, the thursday night 7pm lets attack HH over literally anything slot has become a real fixture. Perth was hilarious, even after they played a recording of HH saying that going to matches entails 90% of a saturday/sunday on the English Motorways and maybe a glimpse of a player in the hope they play a full match. Doherty bring dropped was being treated as an act of treason almost despite the fact that he has been terrible, and HH attempting to be decent about it was ridiculed.

They're lucky to be only up against Game On for that IMRO award, I've a cat that would do a better show than Game On and the OTB lads are barely ahead of them now.

dulpit · 07-10-2024 02:56PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122694070#Comment_122694070

Surely Saturday/Sunday sport would also be against them for awards?

Chun the Unavoidable · 07-10-2024 03:08PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122694171#Comment_122694171

Not this year it seems

Gold » Off The Ball » Newstalk

Silver » Chapters of Magnificence » RTÉ Radio 1

Bronze » Game On » RTÉ 2FM

they were the three nominated.

Liamo_56 · 07-10-2024 03:33PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122694070#Comment_122694070

The CAT!!!!! This made me laugh so hard. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

deise man · 07-10-2024 08:01PM

Who votes in each category?

BPKS · 08-10-2024 08:10AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122695266#Comment_122695266

Well Ray Darcy got into the Radio Hall of Fame so im guessing whoever votes is probbaly deaf

ShagNastii · 08-10-2024 08:49AM

I think it say more about the standards when Game On is placed top 3. OTB is slipping but I'd easily find you a number local sporting programmes superior to Game On.

amlinopta · 08-10-2024 09:23AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122696213#Comment_122696213

I think there may be a separate category for local stations. And just Newstalk and RTE for the national category. The four candidates for sports broadcaster of the year were all from Off the Ball.

fire_man · 08-10-2024 09:44AM

Why do they give women football club fixtures out on sport bulletin. Roma v Wolfsburg tonight.Like who interested.Not even Irish players involved.

dulpit · 08-10-2024 09:47AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122696422#Comment_122696422

I hate when they cover sports during sports broadcasts...

ShagNastii · 08-10-2024 11:21AM

To be fair, I think there is no harm in covering it. It does throw me. When I heard Chelsea at Real Madrid earlier.

I'm as roll my eye as most when it comes to womens sport but I can certainly see the merit in their arguments that it can/will never advance if it is not given some sort of exposure or mainstream attention.

sub3wannabe · 08-10-2024 01:32PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122696101#Comment_122696101

Hall of Fame PMSL

What a circle jerk

Tell me how · 08-10-2024 02:11PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122697339#Comment_122697339

I'm not a major fan of his, but he's had a very successful 40 year career on both TV and Radio. This bitterness towards anyone and everyone having a bit of success on the radio is pitiful.

What's behind it? Want to talk about it?

FazyLucker · 08-10-2024 04:32PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122697544#Comment_122697544

Same. I have zero time for Ray D'arcy but others must and good luck to him.

I definitely fail to understand the vitriol towards these people, there are some of the OTB crew I like and some I can't stand but good luck to them they are just earning a living like the rest of us.

sub3wannabe · 08-10-2024 05:34PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122697544#Comment_122697544

As Roy Keane would put it. It's his job.

As pointed out by others this is elite claptrap. Is there a road sweepers HOF? or a Taxi Driver of the year? Nonsense. These type of things are devised by sleeveens like Noel Kelly to try and justify absorbant salarys.

Tell me how · 08-10-2024 06:01PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122698327#Comment_122698327

This took like 8 seconds on Google.

You could argue that no award is justified and all they are is industry clap trap to generate a bit of PR and goodwill. A lot of the industry awards for companies are nothing more than that and you having to pay to be a member of the body and to enter the competition will tell you a bit about how accurate they are.

If anything, awards like the IMRO are more relevant because they are voted on by peers within the industry and so people are in a position to objectively judge each other.

Good natured and pleasant people will recognize this and that being recognized by your peers is a pretty significant indicator of your quality/longevity within that field and wish the winner well for their achievement. Miserable/bitter/begrudging people won't.

Jack Daw · 08-10-2024 06:15PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122683612#Comment_122683612

Because it's Irish Rugby and the most commonplace thing in the world of sports has to be hyped to death as if it is something fascinating because it happens in Irish Rugby.

Nothing is ever normal in Irish rugby everything that happens in it is also super interesting and unique according to our media.

FazyLucker · 09-10-2024 02:44PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122698491#Comment_122698491

Two players slogging it out for a key position on any team is fascinating in any sport. It gets amplified when there is only 1 position, e.g. out-half, quarterback, etc.

I doubt its a rugby thing, we just hear more about it because of where we are. Like, in the 80's the biggest battle in American sport was Joe Montana vs Steve Young. I think there is a 30 for 30 about it. Its worth a watch. I'm not a big rugby fan but can't say I feel everything is hyped up like you say it is from my passive follower position.

yosser hughes · 09-10-2024 04:24PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122698491#Comment_122698491

You seem to be implying that rugby gets some kind of special treatment as opposed to other sports. No hype with GAA during the summer, or premiership football etc. Just rugby that's hyped ?

Media needs content, that's it. Anything else you're implying is down to you and your personal like/dislike of rugby I reckon. There's lots like you, incredibly bitter for some reason toward rugby in this country.

FazyLucker · 09-10-2024 04:39PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122701760#Comment_122701760

I don't get it either. The most hyped thing in Irish sport is hurling and people orgasm over a great game despite 10 other terrible ones being played in the provincial or All-Ireland series.

But despite that, I think the GAA overall are absolutely terrible at creating hype. You wouldn't know there was a game on most weekends and players aren't allowed talk to the press in case any hype might be created.

Sport needs hype, all sport needs it. Its the oxygen of it. That ROG and Sexton had a massive battle over the Ireland number 10 while knocking 7 bells out of each other with their provinces was epic. Why would anybody not want to remember that now that both are retired and apparently good friends?

I am not a rugby fan and at best passively follow and don't find it over-hyped. Certainly nowhere near the extent of the soap opera that is football.

And, I grew up in an era when unless you were a son of a bank manager, solicitor, doctor or whatever you dare not darken the door of a rugby club. Now, its open season for everyone and the sport is benefitting from it. I don't get the problem.

BPKS · 09-10-2024 07:15PM

Liked that interview with Paul McGrath by Eoin. Paul is such an easy listen and nice guy

Jack Daw · 09-10-2024 07:19PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122701760#Comment_122701760

It's the constant bullshit hype and fawning coverage it often gets.

I remember Damian O'Meara on Game on a few years ago basically saying he was in awe of rugby players (and he said rugby players specifically) when Murray did an interview right after the 6 nations and said he was moving straight on to focussing on Munster as if it was something extraordinary rather than what most sports people are like.

It's this sort of bullcrap that rugby coverage has been full of over the years:

yosser hughes · 09-10-2024 08:03PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122702334#Comment_122702334

The trouble you've gone to putting that together says more about you than anything else, you've a chip on your shoulder. You need to get over it. There's lots of fawning,lionising and over the top spoken about all sports, there really is, and you can't see that; you reserve your bitterness for one sport. It's a boring, tired trope at this stage. People can see through it.

Move on with your life and ignore it, if it bothers you so much. It's just sport.

Jack Daw · 09-10-2024 08:21PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122702462#Comment_122702462

Well it doesn't really bother me much, just because I commented on it doesn't mean it causes any bother to me at all.

I just find the coverage of Rugby in this country quite cringeworthy and I don't think I'm the only one.

There are only really 3 sports that get much coverage in the media in Ireland and the other 2 have nowhere near the same level of PR masquerading as journalism around them.