GAA Go

The split season is another false argument. Games in August and September only ever affected a handful of counties and they tended to be the same counties. That was never a reason why a proper fixture list could not have been put in place.

And "the club game has never been as strong!".........(not saying you're wrong - or right) but I'm wondering how you measure this?

with illegal streaming growing rapidly, this could be a very risky venture for the gaa.....

Why does The Sunday Game not use GAAGo commentary on their highlights packages? Aren’t they using GAAGo footage or no? Why is ger canning or someone else commentating on TSG on games only shown on GAAGO? Whose cameras are being used? Do Rte have cameras there?

Does MCBennett and co plan to jump ship from Rte to a more lucrative private streaming business down the line?

I'm measuring it on games in my area, the playing numbers and the crowds attending matches. With spilt season players and supporters know what weekend games will be on, not a case of "if county X lose a qualifier game, we will have club games on the following weekend", that was never a good option and made a complete tit of the club player.

The number of teams clubs are entering in lower grades is higher, junior c etc is only taking off now last year and was a great success as was penciled into the fixture calendar and the casual player was delighted with such. If a club has more players playing the game, that a success in my book.

This did happen in clubs and county boards around the country. It happens in all kinds of businesses, where population and demand growth causes the money involved in operations to grow massively, and the structures and individuals involved are totally unequipped to handle the new, increased responsibilities. An organisation the size of the GAA needs to have professionals of a very high calibre managing things.

I'm not sure I agree, no.

I'm not opposed to players getting looked after, but why should the county players be getting the income and not the clubs? It's a community-based organisation that doesn't exist to promote the intercounty game.

He won't pay €300 for a year's sub? Thats ridiculous, one decent game with a nice crowd in covers him

Yes, and I think they should be. You couldn't attract the level of professional required to run an organisation of that size on 50k.

On the other hand, the GPA leadership are on over 100k a year on average. I don't see any reason they need to be paid anywhere near those salaries.

You can't just turn it professional at county level without completely turning the whole organisation upside down, for a start the idea of players only playing for their counties is out the window

On what basis do you want the GPA salaries reduced, and by how much?

Representing 4,000 players sounds like a big enough job to me.

https://annualreport.gaelicplayers.com/

I mentioned Aug & Sep in relation to a point of people ringing in radio stations etc saying why aren't county games played then. These people are unaware of the club game in my opinion and wouldn't grace their doors.

Knowing your first round in you club championship will be the first weekend of August is exactly what club players wanted. Yes of course a team could be knocked out of a qualifier in June or July, and then bang a week later club was kicking off. How can you train towards a date if you don't know what that day was previously?

By continuing to show the few games that can be accommodated every weekend on the terrestrial channels. Anyone with only that platform is better served than ever before. They managed to live for many years with even fewer games. And they have to live and let live with the majority in the country who do not watch GAA or other sports on terrestrial.

New technology has opened up the possibility of many more games being shown on the internet. People have to pay to get the internet, and it is their choice after that what further money they are willing to spend on sports or films or whatever. And if Sky or another satellite provider wants to come on board with the GAA, that will be another PPV option.

The choices of which particular games go where, will never satisfy everyone.

Personally I think it is great. The prices are very reasonable at different levels. I paid 12 euro for the Dublin v Wexford hurling match cheaper and handier than going - to what would have been a souless very empty CP.

Such a system should actually suit the elderly/infirm that get to see matches that would otherwise not have been shown, and they would not have been able to travel to. Others can help them out with the technology. 79 euro for the whole year if people were really into it/needed it. That is for 38 games seems like great value to me. Now a lot of those games would not have been shown in full only for GAAGO.

A 3 for 2 bundle is 24 euro. And if someone wants to go down the club to watch it - Clubs can subscribe for 150euro. All reasonably priced IMO.

I have an app on my Samsung telly that you can cast from the laptop to the telly. It is grand. I have been saying for years that the GAA should stream way more games because otherwise the less glamorous counties only get a few minutes on TSG etc, if that.

As for people moaning about high profile games been taken by GAA GO it is swings and roundabouts In order to cover so many games they surely have to cover costs. What better way to that than with high profile matches?

Plus with the GAA you know that the money/any profit goes back into the organisation and that is good thing as well. I think the moaning is coming from people who just do not like change or want everything for nothing. This is the future as far as I am concerned.

Stream them all behind a paywall, bar the semis and finals. Simple and clear.