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Post by kerrygold on Sept 10, 2017 10:41:01 GMT
When watching the sideline ball off the ground yesterday in the hurling it got me thinking, was there more art form in football when all frees and sidelines were kicked off the ground and the ball generally passed the fifty on the kickout?
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Post by Mickmack on Sept 10, 2017 15:45:47 GMT
Some argue that speeding the thing up equals quality.
I don't.
The kick out needs to cross the 45 for starters.
Does the lineball have to be taken from the hands....
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Post by kerrygold on Sept 10, 2017 17:15:32 GMT
Is the rugby league blanket type game a product of this speeding up of the of game, reactionary or otherwise?
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Post by hugh20 on Sept 10, 2017 20:17:11 GMT
Sean O Shea put on some exhibition in Fitzgerald stadium today and didn't deserve to be on the losing side.
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Post by veteran on Sept 11, 2017 9:17:59 GMT
Any report on UCC's win in Cork last evening?
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Post by greengold35 on Sept 11, 2017 9:44:42 GMT
Any report on UCC's win in Cork last evening? A brief, not a report !! Clyda led 0-9 to 0-7 @ half time and sides were level 1-11 to 0-14 on 25 minutes, UCC goaled with two mins left to win!
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Post by givehimaball on Sept 12, 2017 23:01:07 GMT
Starting Teams All I heard is that the two Spillanes played well and Conor Geaney got a goal late on to seal the win. Have Nemo in the next round on the 24th of September.
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Post by offalyoutsider on Sept 14, 2017 7:18:47 GMT
Kerry man Strphen Wallace was unveiled as the new Offaly senior football manager last night. I must confess I know very little about him apart from winning all Ireland junior titles in 2015/16 and an Intermediate with Ardfert. Have the faithful reasons to be positive with his appointment? God knows we need it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2017 9:28:55 GMT
I think reasons to be positive but I am not sure how much he can achieve here.
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Post by glengael on Sept 14, 2017 11:17:13 GMT
Came across an excellent programme on Tg4 (where else) last night, Nios Mo Na Cluiche on the history of Ulster GAA. There's at least 1 more episode to come. (Apologies for lack of fada's owing to technical incompetence on phone).
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Post by falveyb2k on Sept 14, 2017 15:55:19 GMT
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Post by glengael on Sept 15, 2017 13:26:01 GMT
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Oct 5, 2017 16:59:40 GMT
Paul Geaney revealed today is trying to get on International Rules squad.
Good luck to him.
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Post by kerrygold on Oct 5, 2017 20:35:10 GMT
Yaawwwwnnnnn, quango for the boys and the suits.
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Post by givehimaball on Oct 8, 2017 14:08:07 GMT
Stefan Okunbor is out at the AFL Combine at the moment, as is Cillian McDaid from Galway. The draft period takes place over the next 2 months so any Irish lads who are signing contracts are likely to be announced in the next few weeks. www.afl.com.au/news/2017-10-07/irish-pair-driven-for-combine-successwww.afl.com.au/news/2017-10-06/combine-wrap-who-boosted-their-draft-stocksOkunbar was 8th in the 20-metre sprint and 9th in the agility test, so looks like he is well able to compete with the top AFL prospects for this year. Cillian McDaid from Galway placed equal ninth in the new Yo-Yo test (which is modified from the beep test to better suit football requirements) Smartspeed 20-metre sprint Jack Petruccelle - 2.87 seconds Kane Farrell - 2.90 Aiden Bonar - 2.90 Ben Miller - 2.91 Nick Coffield - 2.91 Ben Paton - 2.95 Brent Daniels - 2.95 Stefan Okunbar - 2.95Jaidyn Stephenson - 2.95 Nicholas Shipley - 2.97 Smartspeed agility test Kane Farrell - 8.10 seconds Ben Miller - 8.10 Brent Daniels - 8.11 Trent Mynott - 8.20 Nathan Kreuger - 8.21 Aaron Naughton - 8.22 Mitchell Podhajski - 8.26 Oscar Allen - 8.27 Stefan Okunbar - 8.29Matthew Ling - 8.30 Callan England - 8.30 Aiden Bonar - 8.30 Andrew Brayshaw - 8.30 Kicking test (score out of 30) Connor Balldenden - 30 Jack Higgins - 29 Angus Schumacher - 29 Jack Payne - 29 Hayden McLean - 29 Jackson Ross - 29 Ned Reeves - 29 Jordan Houlahan - 28 Hunter Clark - 28 Lloyd Meek - 28 McDaid scored 24 to Okunbor's 22 out of 30 in the kicking test.
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Post by hatchetman on Oct 9, 2017 11:22:11 GMT
any idea what the 'kicking test' is?
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Post by givehimaball on Oct 9, 2017 20:00:41 GMT
any idea what the 'kicking test' is? No idea - although they did say that McDaid had been practising with the Sherrin (which is the Aussie Rules "ball") for a bit longer than Okunbar.
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Post by kerrygold on Oct 10, 2017 19:18:50 GMT
What was it Twain said a while back about stats and damn lies......................
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Post by Jigz84 on Oct 11, 2017 14:11:41 GMT
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Post by Mickmack on Oct 18, 2017 21:37:45 GMT
Sky threatens to drop RTÉ if channels are not offered for free Pay-TV company says it won’t carry State-funded broadcaster’s channels if Government allows retransmission fees
Tue, Oct 3, 2017, 20:39 Laura Slattery
Sky will drop RTÉ from its platform if the Government does not continue to oblige the public service broadcaster to offer its channels to pay-TV companies for free. Sky, which is 39 per cent-owned by Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox, told the Oireachtas communications committee on Tuesday that there “could only be losers” were Ireland’s public service broadcaster permitted to seek payment from platforms for its channels.
“Sky would not pay RTÉ for its channels should RTÉ not be obliged to provide them for free,” said David Wheeldon, Sky’s London-based group director of policy and public affairs.
This would set a precedent for Sky in other markets across Europe, he indicated. “Frankly this issue has far more ramifications for us than just our Irish business.”
Sky is the largest pay-TV operator in Ireland, with estimated television customers of more than 600,000. It is currently subject to a full ownership bid from 21st Century Fox.
The committee also heard from representatives of Virgin Media, Eir and Vodafone, which are all firmly against a proposed change to the Broadcasting Act that would allow RTÉ to seek charges known as retransmission fees from pay-TV platforms. Fianna Fáil communications spokesman Timmy Dooley, who said he was in favour of giving RTÉ the legal ability to negotiate, objected to Mr Wheeldon’s remarks.
“That doesn’t sit well with me as a legislator to be told that by Sky,” said Mr Dooley. “I don’t take that too well.” Implicit threat Mr Wheeldon apologised if his remarks were taken as an “implicit threat”. He said it was the company’s honest position that Sky’s customers “did not buy Sky to buy RTÉ”. RTÉ has asked the Government to amend the “must offer” part of the legislation that effectively prohibits it from charging operators for its main channels. It believes this could lead to about €30 million in annual funding.
Sky Ireland managing director JD Buckley said RTÉ was an important partner for Sky, but that it wanted to grow its commercial relationship with the broadcaster “within the existing legislative framework”. RTÉ is able to negotiate payments for its on-demand services.
Virgin Media Ireland chief executive Tony Hanway said there was “no cause or justification” to amend the legislation, as it would “lead to the enforcement of a tax by RTÉ” on pay-TV providers. The cost would be passed on to customers, he warned.
RTÉ was also mistaken to believe that the change would yield “a large financial windfall” that could solve its budgetary difficulties, Mr Hanway said. A report commissioned by RTÉ “overstated the importance to our customers of having RTÉ within their Virgin Media bundle”.
Eir chief executive Richard Moat said retransmission fees would have “a significantly detrimental impact” on the market and could “over time undermine the place of RTÉ” in Irish households.
RTÉ’s head of platforms and partnerships Aisling McCabe earlier said there was “no justifiable reason” why “hugely profitable international media companies” like Sky and Virgin should receive Irish free-to-air channels and content for free.
“RTÉ is simply looking for the ability to negotiate fair value for our content,” Ms McCabe said. TV3 could theoretically also charge retransmission fees if the legislation was amended, but its position is complicated by the fact that it is owned by Virgin Media.
Reduced investment TV3 Group managing director Pat Kiely told the Oireachtas committee that the investment it received from Virgin to make programming and upgrade its infrastructure “would be absolutely impacted” if Virgin had to pay retransmission fees to RTÉ. He repeated his call for the deficit-recording RTÉ to “cut its cloth” and said no action should be taken “to artificially prop up inefficiencies” at the rival broadcaster.
In the UK, ITV, Channel 4 and former BBC director-general Mark Thompson have all argued the case for the introduction of retransmission fees at various points. This has brought ITV into a potential conflict with its 9.9 per cent shareholder Liberty Global, the owner of Virgin Media.
“Perhaps, if TV3 had a different owner they would express a different view,” Ms McCabe said. The risk that changing the legislation would result in channel “blackouts” was a “red herring”, she said, adding that it was “a concern” that platforms would raise the idea at this stage. RTÉ also rejects the idea that retransmission fees would constitute a “tax” on pay-TV companies.
The “must offer” legislation has been the subject of frequent lobbying from both RTÉ and the pay-TV platforms in recent years. In July, RTÉ submitted a report by consultants Mediatique that suggested RTÉ should be able to charge “fair” sums of €11 million a year to Virgin and €19 million to Sky.
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Post by Mickmack on Oct 18, 2017 21:39:05 GMT
I wasnt aware that Sky gets all the RTE stuff free gratis.
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Post by wideball on Oct 19, 2017 12:20:18 GMT
I was always under the impression that people paid for SKY was to avoid the tripe on RTE, so why would SKY then paid for RTE?
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Post by hatchetman on Oct 19, 2017 13:01:58 GMT
So Sky get to broadcast the games on RTE for free.
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Post by Mickmack on Oct 19, 2017 15:20:21 GMT
So Sky get to broadcast the games on RTE for free. Yes...and RTE cant show the games that SKY are covering.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2017 15:34:38 GMT
Two completely different issues which should not be linked.
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Post by Mickmack on Oct 19, 2017 15:41:17 GMT
Two completely different issues which should not be linked. Could you elaborate a bit more
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Post by foggylol24 on Oct 19, 2017 16:14:32 GMT
RTE would lose a lot of money in advertising if they were no longer available to sky customers, At the moment its win win Sky get our national channels for free which attracts customers or at least keeps Current customers happy, Rte get to broadcast to a wider audience as a lot of Irish homes have sky therefore increasing the revenue they get from advertising, I'm sure sky could argue that RTE should be paying them for the use of their system,
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2017 18:25:27 GMT
Two completely different issues which should not be linked. Could you elaborate a bit more The previous post covers it well. The rights and wrongs of the transmission thing is a lot more complex than the gaa tv rights to sky. They are very different issues and trying to draw parallels between them makes no sense to me.
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