Any âsportâ where the ball is a distraction for some of the players should be treated with the utmost suspicion.
So what you are saying is that GGA fans only watch out of blind loyalty to their county?
The figures are the figures pal, we are the ones the Irish sporting public want to see. When you consider this is the 26 only there is no question who the most popular team in Ireland are. No surprise that Vodafone are willing to spend by far the most money of any sponsorship contract in Irish sport with the IRFU.
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How many watch the other 6 nations games not involving Ireland?
Most people myself included switch over to the beeb for the other games so any figures first rte are unreliable
In fairness though after all this blather I think the point still stands that last year more people watched Mrs Brownâs Boys than the rugby.
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Source?
The ESRI report mate
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The fact is that when Dublin play Mayo or whatever, there are people from that county in Ireland watching so it isnât a like for like comparison.
It isnât an issue in the United States or Australia in drawing neutral viewers to watch sporting events (see the US where the SB rates the highest and Australia where the NRL/AFL rates the highest) on FTA (see http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/the-2015-winners-and-losers-in-australias-tv-ratings-war/news-story/d91b7e701bab21d898e23598ee43d633 for example). If it is a compelling sport on FTA people tune in. Your argument here seems to be that the GGA can only attract people from the counties in question to watch, meaning the product must be quite poor so as neutrals couldnât be bothered.
The exact figures for that would take some time to draw up though and an additional problem is that again rugby/association football would suffer a bigger problem in that a lot of internationals are simulcast across FTA in the UK and Ireland which dilutes audience share. A minimal number of games are broadcast on two easily available channels in Ireland like RTĂ and the BBC for the GGA, maybe some Ulster Championship games on BBC NI every so often.
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great stuff mate
The GGA has risible viewing figures
Incorrect
Thatâs actually gibberish.
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Itâs quite the opposite. The GAA get a massive amount of viewers with no affiliation to the counties involved in the game. Rugby viewers are only watching because a team they are affiliated with are playing. When it comes to other rugby games involving teams they have no affiliation with, despite Dans hearsay and whataboutery, the fact is they switch off.
I actually watch Ireland games on the beeb too.
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you are a disgusting vile soup taking cunt that is roundly despised both offline and on here. Nobody gives a fuck what your tv viewing habits are you vile cur
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soz for snapping
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Difficult to argue with any of that, mate.
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I would have replaced âcurâ with âcuntâ at the end.
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How so Fagan?
Refute it.
The top programmes in Australia year on year is State of Origin/NRL Grand Final and the AFL games. All have teams which are of supposed no interest to âneutralsâ. Ditto the Super Bowl, NBA Finals, World Series and regular NFL games. Yet they are always the top progammes. The GGA types want the fact that there are neutral teams involved to override the fact that they get inferior numbers and rarely get top of the pile. It isnât an issue in those places, but is here apparently.
Treaty Stones wants to compare England v Wales in the Six Nations or even a big association football match like the World Cup final of 2014 to Dublin v Mayo in the GGA, it is a stupid point.