When Moyne Templetuohy man Sean Fogarty was Chairman of the Munster Council in the mid 2000’s – Tipperary’s 8 th of 9 provincial Chairmen – and bidding to become President of the GAA, he spoke about the need for the Association to have its own TV channel. That cannot happen without Croke Park’s financial assistance, so if HQ does not have the money, the likes of the Semple job does not happen.ĭon’t get me wrong – I’m not for pay-per-view TV when it comes to GAA games, but if it is to be a feature then I would prefer to see it benefiting the Association rather than having the funds channelled away through Sky. There are many initiatives throughout the country, including Tipperary, which are funded, or part-funded, by Croke Park – that money has to come from somewhere and the biggest infrastructural project to be dealt with by the GAA in the Premier County will be the redevelopment of Ardan Uí Cuinneain, or the Old Stand.
Personally speaking, I would much prefer to support gaago and see those funds being funnelled back into the Association at grassroots level, than to see them lining the pockets of Rupert Murdoch and Sky. Boxing, soccer, golf, some rugby, cycling, darts, snooker – they are all on pay-per-view TV – usually Sky. To be fair to the GAA, staging games on pay-per-view is a very common occurrence nowadays. He was a brave man and he deserves enormous credit for his comments. So, it’s a case of suck it up for this season anyhow – it’s fair to say that the GAA has gotten the message loud and clear – we even had Donal Óg Cusack calling it out in very strong terms on the Sunday Game when he went on a well thought out rant against the national broadcaster and the Association. A deal has been done you see, and business deals cannot be broken for all sorts of legal reasons. That debate is likely to rumble on and on and despite the numerous petitions doing the rounds with people trying to get signatories to pressurise the Association into relenting and televising more games, those petitions are not worth the virtual paper they are written on. Not on RTE at the moment anyway and despite the thrilling encounter in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday evening, there has been more talk and comment about the fact that the game was only available on gaago and not on terrestrial TV. The View: Three senior points from four on the travels but the U20 defeat disappoints greatlyĪnother classic unfolds between Tipperary and Cork in the Munster senior hurling championship – sure where would you see the likes of it? Well.
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