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Post by diego on Sept 27, 2020 8:48:55 GMT
Every single score, substitution etc was tweeted They were only tweeted on the tweets and replies bar though so a lot of people would not have copped on to that. I have also seen where they have blocked a few people on Twitter who gave out about the stream not working. That’s not the way to treat genuine supporters who were understandably frustrated with the failure of the live stream. Some of the 'genuine supporters' might want to take a look at themselves as well. In a year when there's going to be a huge whole in the County Board finances, I've seen people looking for a full refund when the stream goes down for a couple of minutes when we've no idea what even caused the outages. Or calling the county board and the chairman greedy for just doing their job - trying to balance the books given the crazy cost of running intercounty teams these days. Wouldn't blame them for blocking the odd rage tweeter to be honest! Overall it's been great to have it, and getting the county final and a fine match programme all in for EUR10 is a great deal even if i did lose 5 or 6 minutes. Will be able to catch that on a repeat showing some time anyway.
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Post by Mickmack on Sept 27, 2020 9:30:11 GMT
They were only tweeted on the tweets and replies bar though so a lot of people would not have copped on to that. I have also seen where they have blocked a few people on Twitter who gave out about the stream not working. That’s not the way to treat genuine supporters who were understandably frustrated with the failure of the live stream. Some of the 'genuine supporters' might want to take a look at themselves as well. In a year when there's going to be a huge whole in the County Board finances, I've seen people looking for a full refund when the stream goes down for a couple of minutes when we've no idea what even caused the outages. Or calling the county board and the chairman greedy for just doing their job - trying to balance the books given the crazy cost of running intercounty teams these days. Wouldn't blame them for blocking the odd rage tweeter to be honest! Overall it's been great to have it, and getting the county final and a fine match programme all in for EUR10 is a great deal even if i did lose 5 or 6 minutes. Will be able to catch that on a repeat showing some time anyway. I agree with this. When things return to normal and crowds are allowed back to games, I hope the County board will continue to stream games so that the cohort living outside Kerry can see games. Its is a fabulous connection to Kerry GAA. I think back to a train journey from Cork to Dublin in the late 80s or early 90s after yet another defeat to Cork. The guy opposite me was an RTE man and he had "the tape" of the game for the Sunday game. After a quick taxi ride to RTE the highlight would be cobbled together and put out at the end of the programme. He struck me as a soccer man with little knowledge of GAA matters but he was very impressed with the way Maurice Fitzgerald converted a penalty. So maybe 1989. So i still find it amazing that these matches can be streamed live albeit there is the odd glitch. And since its hard to spend money nowadays, giving a fiver to the county board for a game (and a tenner for the final) is good value if you can afford it.
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Sept 27, 2020 10:33:49 GMT
Well done to the County Board on running their competitions off so well and the streaming service was excellent again tonight.The Club and Divisional championship window has flown by with just one weekend to go before inter county resumes.On the game itself East Kerry were worthy winners,congratulations to them.But I do think a review of the championship is due.The Divisional team is very lopsided.As it stands East Kerry start next year with 4 Intermediate clubs alone(maybe even 5 if Fossa are successful and Spa don't win intermediate).Kenmare District had to disband,West Kerry have only 1 Intermediate club and Shannon Rangers/Feale Rangers can't raise a gallop.While the concept of Divisional team has its full merits its no coincidence that the 2 teams in the final are based in the larger population areas(hinterland of large urban areas) ,not forgetting that the other semi finalist(St Brendans) are also outskirts Tralee.The County population demographics certainly favour these divisions plus the urban clubs.Maybe a return to 12 senior clubs will give it a more balanced look with possibly the likes of Spa ,Rathmore and Kilcummin stepping up.On paper East Kerry would still be a formidable team with the other clubs involved. I agree that the county board needs support & some of the criticism needs to be tempered by the fact that the rolling out of streaming services is very much in its infancy. However to say the service was excellent is just not true and is a pointlessly antagonistic falsehood
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Post by pillar on Sept 27, 2020 10:57:33 GMT
Well done to the County Board on running their competitions off so well and the streaming service was excellent again tonight.The Club and Divisional championship window has flown by with just one weekend to go before inter county resumes.On the game itself East Kerry were worthy winners,congratulations to them.But I do think a review of the championship is due.The Divisional team is very lopsided.As it stands East Kerry start next year with 4 Intermediate clubs alone(maybe even 5 if Fossa are successful and Spa don't win intermediate).Kenmare District had to disband,West Kerry have only 1 Intermediate club and Shannon Rangers/Feale Rangers can't raise a gallop.While the concept of Divisional team has its full merits its no coincidence that the 2 teams in the final are based in the larger population areas(hinterland of large urban areas) ,not forgetting that the other semi finalist(St Brendans) are also outskirts Tralee.The County population demographics certainly favour these divisions plus the urban clubs.Maybe a return to 12 senior clubs will give it a more balanced look with possibly the likes of Spa ,Rathmore and Kilcummin stepping up.On paper East Kerry would still be a formidable team with the other clubs involved. I agree that the county board needs support & some of the criticism needs to be tempered by the fact that the rolling out of streaming services is very much in its infancy. However to say the service was excellent is just not true and is a pointlessly antagonistic falsehood I acknowledge that some may have had trouble with it but that maybe down to broadband and WiFi issues..I could be one of the lucky ones
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Post by Mickmack on Sept 27, 2020 11:02:47 GMT
To the question of the likely dominence of EK in the coming years, I am wondering what effect it is having on the 8 senior clubs.
I would pose this question and i dont really know the answer;
Bar Crokes, are the other senior clubs...Kenmare, KOR, Dingle, Stacks, Legion, Templenoe etc putting a greater effort into the club championship than the county championship given that there is a realistic possibility of winning it?
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Post by Galway breeze on Sept 27, 2020 11:03:49 GMT
The streaming of matches is relatively new and there will be issues but when a costumer is BUYING a product it must be in working condition. On another note this point was made here “ calling the county board and the chairman greedy for just doing their job - trying to balance the books given the crazy cost of running intercounty teams these days.” No need for personal attacks but at the same time the Gaa and county boards are cutting themselves with their own sword. As I mentioned before they run as business models rather then development. In terms of balancing the books they need to cut the size of backroom teams across all age groups and cut down on the toys used (e.g technology) to impress people. There are high costs involved with little return from some of these gadgets. Expenses are also a huge drain to the organisation this gravy train has to be stopped before it crashes.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2020 11:13:44 GMT
I agree there is no need for personal criticism and the county board are right to maximise their revenue opportunities. However if they are going down this route, people expect a certain level of professionalism in terms of the service provided and the county board have work to do on this front.
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Sept 27, 2020 11:35:11 GMT
To the question of the likely dominence of EK in the coming years, I am wondering what effect it is having on the 8 senior clubs. I would pose this question and i dont really know the answer; Bar Crokes, are the other senior clubs...Kenmare, KOR, Dingle, Stacks, Legion, Templenoe etc putting a greater effort into the club championship than the county championship given that there is a realistic possibility of winning it? I’ve had conversations with lads from KOR, Stacks, Crokes & Dingle in the last year, they have all said they would prioritise them county championship over the club. Don’t know about the others
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Sept 27, 2020 11:48:05 GMT
I agree that the county board needs support & some of the criticism needs to be tempered by the fact that the rolling out of streaming services is very much in its infancy. However to say the service was excellent is just not true and is a pointlessly antagonistic falsehood I acknowledge that some may have had trouble with it but that maybe down to broadband and WiFi issues..I could be one of the lucky ones I don’t think that’s the case, my wifi is excellent and I’ve had issues at times. It’s probably a domain issue whereby it is good for the first x amount of people to log on but then once you move past that tranche the quality starts to diminish. There’s a bit to learn here for them but I think people need to put their anger in context. This is new ground for all involved
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Post by veteran on Sept 27, 2020 11:49:53 GMT
It is very remiss of the county board that, along with the live stream, they do not supply tea and biscuits at half time for subscribers. Also, would it be too much to put our names into a draw for a foreign holiday. And don’t forget a free lotto ticket. That would just about represent value for our outlay.
Sweet God above, will the “I want it and I want it yesterday” generation ever be happy. Their first instinct after the match, is not to discuss what they saw, but rather to moan about value for their tenner. Bloody ten euro. Shortly another of my grandchildren will be baptised and I can scarcely imagine the reception I will get if I produce ten euro.
It was annoying of course that the reception dropped for five or ten minutes but seemingly this is new technology and therefore inevitably there will be problems while it is being fine tuned. I imagine the problem is outside the control of the county board and I also suspect that the problem is not a peculiarly Kerry one.
In the meantime , myself and the two codgers , in the immediate aftermath of the match , cogitated on any future Kerry prospects and of course we gave a nod to the wonder that is the kid. No mention of the break in transmission, Different generations I suppose. One representing I need , the other representing I want.
My boyos have threatened to return some time. No need to offer tea and biscuits as an inducement.
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Post by buck02 on Sept 27, 2020 12:04:43 GMT
Well said Veteran and Kerrybhoy.
The same people complaining about the 10 euro will probably be walking around somewhere this very minute clutching a cup of black water passing for coffee that they paid 4 euro from somewhere.
On the game itself it was a pity that Mid Kerry left their shooting boots at home. If Murphy had goaled in the first half and if they hadn't kicked so many stupid wides we might have had a game.
But that's a case of ifs and buts. The main but being a certain David Clifford. When you think that we will hopefully be watching this fella for another 15 years it brings a spring to your step.
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Sept 27, 2020 12:06:50 GMT
The stream went down for me too for 10 minutes, but I was very happy to see the game at all. I had the neighbours over and 3 of their children (adults) so we had a nice evening. Them all being north kerry it was an all neutral audience. That goal by Clifford alone was worth the €10 alone. Mid Kerry defended well, despite the score East Kerry put up, but had nobody in midfield or the forwards to do any damage. Regardless of the final score I though Pa Kilkenny, Pa Wrenn and Mike Breen all played well. Peter Crowley is not that long back from injury yet and did okay, though I would have expected more from a man with so much intercounty experience. Looking at the forwards they were up against they had no easy task and East Kerry adopted an almost total football style with all players attacking at times. What do you do if you're Pa Kilkenny trying to keep Dara Moynihan, Paudie and David Clifford, Darragh Roche and Evan Cronin from scoring and Paul Murphy, Shane Cronin, Ronan Buckley and Jack Sherwood keep running at you as well? I think the Mid Kerry defense was excellent at times. It was the 14 wides that their forwards had that was the difference. Almost every attack East Kerry launched resulted in a score, whereas Mid Kerry kept running into cul de sacs and were reduced to point taking from outside the 40. Darran O'Sullivan is a great player, and one of the best in Ireland to make those piercing runs, but East Kerry were not afraid to get everyone back and at times you had David and Paudie back in the D defending. The hunger was there in East Kerry, it wasn't obvious in Mid Kerry. Liam Carey and Gavan O'Grady were the markee forwards for Mid Kerry and both looked like they were still carrying injuries or not entirely fit. Caolim Teahan should have been introduced earlier, much earlier as he added something extra, a bit of x factor. All in all a very good game worthy of a Kerry county final.
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Sept 27, 2020 12:15:02 GMT
Well said Veteran and Kerrybhoy. The same people complaining about the 10 euro will probably be walking around somewhere this very minute clutching a cup of black water passing for coffee that they paid 4 euro from somewhere. On the game itself it was a pity that Mid Kerry left their shooting boots at home. If Murphy had goaled in the first half and if they hadn't kicked so many stupid wides we might have had a game. But that's a case of ifs and buts. The main but being a certain David Clifford. When you think that we will hopefully be watching this fella for another 15 years it brings a spring to your step. Playing, at club level, against a team with Clifford in it is like playing against Dublin at inter county level. You know they are going to put up a decent score so the efficiency of your chance conversion has to be around 90%. KOR came close last year against EK and almost turned them over by scoring the majority of their chances & going for goals when things opened up. With Clifford in the team they will put up usually around 17/18 points
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Post by poppy7 on Sept 27, 2020 13:13:58 GMT
FYI I was not one of the people blocked on Twitter by Kerry Gaa and the accounts I saw that were blocked did not troll or abuse. Yes they were frustrated but in no way did their posts cross the line.
I post even less on Twitter than I do here and that is shown by the fact that I’m still on probation despite joining many years ago.
I like many others accessed the stream through the Kerry Gaa site and when the stream crashed they tweeted the direct link to the providers of the stream which while better was still by no means ideal and I have decent WiFi.
I don’t think most people want a refund but an acknowledgement that the service wasn’t up to scratch would be nice and I do believe those that paid for a club plus season ticket should receive some recompense for the club part. Again I’m not one of those as I only had a normal season ticket.
It has been great to have the club scene to keep us occupied for the last few months and the County Board has done a great job running off the competitions. Whether the county scene will be run off as successfully I have my doubts but hope to be proved wrong.
In these challenging times the more live sport to distract us the better and it’s great that between RTÉ and SKY most of the games will be on tv
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Sept 27, 2020 13:52:22 GMT
It is very remiss of the county board that, along with the live stream, they do not supply tea and biscuits at half time for subscribers. Also, would it be too much to put our names into a draw for a foreign holiday. And don’t forget a free lotto ticket. That would just about represent value for our outlay. Sweet God above, will the “I want it and I want it yesterday” generation ever be happy. Their first instinct after the match, is not to discuss what they saw, but rather to moan about value for their tenner. Bloody ten euro. Shortly another of my grandchildren will be baptised and I can scarcely imagine the reception I will get if I produce ten euro. It was annoying of course that the reception dropped for five or ten minutes but seemingly this is new technology and therefore inevitably there will be problems while it is being fine tuned. I imagine the problem is outside the control of the county board and I also suspect that the problem is not a peculiarly Kerry one. In the meantime , myself and the two codgers , in the immediate aftermath of the match , cogitated on any future Kerry prospects and of course we gave a nod to the wonder that is the kid. No mention of the break in transmission, Different generations I suppose. One representing I need , the other representing I want. My boyos have threatened to return some time. No need to offer tea and biscuits as an inducement. Agreed. I assume the same people that missed about 7 or 8 minutes of the live stream would go to intercounty games and leave for the stands 5 minutes early for a shnakey pint and come back 5 minutes in to the second half. Things happen and if the game was live on TG4 the same could have happened. Are we going to hold RTE and TG4 liable for all the times the broadcasting wasn't up to scratch? I tried to record a movie last week, but missed the last 10 minutes as the signal was lost, which happens a lot where we live. No worris, we found the movie on netflix and watched it there. It's not like the world will end if we miss 10 minutes of a match.
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Sept 27, 2020 14:29:10 GMT
The stream went down for me too for 10 minutes, but I was very happy to see the game at all. I had the neighbours over and 3 of their children (adults) so we had a nice evening. Them all being north kerry it was an all neutral audience. That goal by Clifford alone was worth the €10 alone. Mid Kerry defended well, despite the score East Kerry put up, but had nobody in midfield or the forwards to do any damage. Regardless of the final score I though Pa Kilkenny, Pa Wrenn and Mike Breen all played well. Peter Crowley is not that long back from injury yet and did okay, though I would have expected more from a man with so much intercounty experience. Looking at the forwards they were up against they had no easy task and East Kerry adopted an almost total football style with all players attacking at times. What do you do if you're Pa Kilkenny trying to keep Dara Moynihan, Paudie and David Clifford, Darragh Roche and Evan Cronin from scoring and Paul Murphy, Shane Cronin, Ronan Buckley and Jack Sherwood keep running at you as well? I think the Mid Kerry defense was excellent at times. It was the 14 wides that their forwards had that was the difference. Almost every attack East Kerry launched resulted in a score, whereas Mid Kerry kept running into cul de sacs and were reduced to point taking from outside the 40. Darran O'Sullivan is a great player, and one of the best in Ireland to make those piercing runs, but East Kerry were not afraid to get everyone back and at times you had David and Paudie back in the D defending. The hunger was there in East Kerry, it wasn't obvious in Mid Kerry. Liam Carey and Gavan O'Grady were the markee forwards for Mid Kerry and both looked like they were still carrying injuries or not entirely fit. Caolim Teahan should have been introduced earlier, much earlier as he added something extra, a bit of x factor. All in all a very good game worthy of a Kerry county final. 5 people from north Kerry in the one room? Surely a row broke out
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Sept 27, 2020 14:43:20 GMT
The stream went down for me too for 10 minutes, but I was very happy to see the game at all. I had the neighbours over and 3 of their children (adults) so we had a nice evening. Them all being north kerry it was an all neutral audience. That goal by Clifford alone was worth the €10 alone. Mid Kerry defended well, despite the score East Kerry put up, but had nobody in midfield or the forwards to do any damage. Regardless of the final score I though Pa Kilkenny, Pa Wrenn and Mike Breen all played well. Peter Crowley is not that long back from injury yet and did okay, though I would have expected more from a man with so much intercounty experience. Looking at the forwards they were up against they had no easy task and East Kerry adopted an almost total football style with all players attacking at times. What do you do if you're Pa Kilkenny trying to keep Dara Moynihan, Paudie and David Clifford, Darragh Roche and Evan Cronin from scoring and Paul Murphy, Shane Cronin, Ronan Buckley and Jack Sherwood keep running at you as well? I think the Mid Kerry defense was excellent at times. It was the 14 wides that their forwards had that was the difference. Almost every attack East Kerry launched resulted in a score, whereas Mid Kerry kept running into cul de sacs and were reduced to point taking from outside the 40. Darran O'Sullivan is a great player, and one of the best in Ireland to make those piercing runs, but East Kerry were not afraid to get everyone back and at times you had David and Paudie back in the D defending. The hunger was there in East Kerry, it wasn't obvious in Mid Kerry. Liam Carey and Gavan O'Grady were the markee forwards for Mid Kerry and both looked like they were still carrying injuries or not entirely fit. Caolim Teahan should have been introduced earlier, much earlier as he added something extra, a bit of x factor. All in all a very good game worthy of a Kerry county final. 5 people from north Kerry in the one room? Surely a row broke out All the same family so not this time
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2020 15:22:35 GMT
The point with the streaming is if the county board really see this as a strong potential revenue source in future years, they will have to do better.
Yes, some people will be happy no matter what but a lot of people will tire pretty quickly of missing minutes of games.
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Post by mossie on Sept 27, 2020 15:30:05 GMT
the streaming with a few hiccups has been a life saver, a great service and excellent value for money
well done to the county board
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Sept 27, 2020 15:40:30 GMT
The point with the streaming is if the county board really see this as a strong potential revenue source in future years, they will have to do better. Yes, some people will be happy no matter what but a lot of people will tire pretty quickly of missing minutes of games. I agree but I'll give them time to get it right. If in 2 years they are still streaming and it is poor then I'll be annoyed. Surely the GAA can do this at a central level & guarantee a certain level of quantity by buying services as a co-op as opposed to letting each county do individual deal? That would increase quality
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2020 15:45:53 GMT
The point with the streaming is if the county board really see this as a strong potential revenue source in future years, they will have to do better. Yes, some people will be happy no matter what but a lot of people will tire pretty quickly of missing minutes of games. I agree but I'll give them time to get it right. If in 2 years they are still streaming and it is poor then I'll be annoyed. Surely the GAA can do this at a central level & guarantee a certain level of quantity by buying services as a co-op as opposed to letting each county do individual deal? That would increase quality Agreed, and I don’t want to come across as critical. In terms of doing it a central level, the county board won’t want to lose too much of their independence here I suspect. I think they quite like the idea of this being something that croke Park cannot touch
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Post by mossie on Sept 27, 2020 16:24:47 GMT
what kind of revenue have the board made from this I wonder? hopefully doing well
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Post by Mickmack on Sept 27, 2020 18:05:42 GMT
what kind of revenue have the board made from this I wonder? hopefully doing well Not huge money would say....making money wasnt the objective... ‘Extremely good value for money’ – Kerry GAA defend cost of live stream weekend pass by Adam Moynihan | Aug 29, 2020 | App News, News, Sport ‘Extremely good value for money’ – Kerry GAA defend cost of live stream weekend pass Kerry GAA have defended the cost of their Senior Football Championship live streams after supporters criticised their pricing policy online. With spectators unable to attend sporting events due to COVID-19 restrictions, the County Board have been streaming matches via third party websites at a cost of €5 per game. This weekend, all four Kerry SFC quarter-finals are being streamed by Kerry GAA, but some supporters have taken issue with the price of the newly introduced day and weekend passes that are being marketed by the County Board. Day passes for Saturday or Sunday, covering two matches each, can be purchased for €10. A weekend pass costs €20. Clearly, this does not represent a discount but speaking to the Killarney Advertiser today, Kerry GAA PRO Leona Twiss says it was never marketed as such. “With the weekend pass, it was never even suggested that it was a discounted price,” she said. “It wasn’t at all. It was to ease the work involved in making the transaction. “We received a lot of comments over the last couple of weeks from people who didn’t want to be putting in their details multiple times for three or four games per weekend. “We’re trying to simplify the system so if you want to watch four games, it’s just a quick transaction – you don’t have to put in your card details each time. “The pass was never advertised or marketed in such a way that it would save money.” Some supporters also raised concerns about the packaging of fixtures in pairs, which means that it is no longer possible to purchase one individual match for €5. Fans must now buy either a day pass for €10 or a weekend pass for €20, regardless of how many matches they want to watch. “If you were going to a double-header in Tralee or in Killarney, you would pay a double-header price,” Twiss said. “You couldn’t pay to go into one game and then come out. “It’s the same reasoning here.” When it was put to her that selling individual tickets for double-header games would pose logistical problems in real life, and those same problems do not exist online, the Kerry GAA PRO explained that this weekend’s double-headers are actually two streams as opposed to four. “We’ve bought that period of time (the duration of the two matches plus the break in between) from the streaming company. It is substantially more expensive for us to shut it down and restart a new stream. “There’s an awful lot of money in that.” Twiss also defended the pricing of Kerry GAA live streams in general, describing the service as “extremely good value for money”. “It’s rare that you see a quarter-final of a County Championship for €5. Cork, I know, are free to air, but we’re very competitive in terms of price point and in terms of value. If there was a way of reducing the price, we would certainly look at that. “And you are talking about multiple members of a household watching it together on a device, whereas if they were going to the game it would be substantially more expensive. “We would certainly be of the opinion that it is providing value for money. “Tim Murphy has been clear from the start: this was never run as a money-making initiative. We really just wanted to cover the cost in such a way that we could provide the games for as big an audience as possible. “It would be impossible for us to stream the games for less than €5 per game. It is a costly operation.” Will Kerry GAA make a profit out of it? “It’s very hard to know. This weekend, for example, we have paid for a higher spec package and it will cost us substantially more than previous weekends. We are now incorporating interviews before the game, action replays and multiple camera angles. We got equipment flown in from London last Tuesday that will stabilise the images even more. “Each weekend we have taken the initiative to invest more money to improve the quality of the product. Each stage has cost more but we have never increased the price point.” Meanwhile, a number of season ticket holders have complained that they have to pay for the live streams in the first place. They feel as though the streams should be covered by their annual passes, which, under normal circumstances, would have granted them free admission to any club matches they wished to attend. Twiss said she was unsure if it was “feasible” to give season ticket holders the streams for free, but she added that the County Board will be taking their concerns into consideration. “We are barely covering our costs at the moment. This weekend we might not even reach that point because of the equipment we got sent in from England. If we were to give the stream out for free to [season ticket holders], would that be feasible to run? I don’t know. “That is a question for the finance committee and it’s certainly something that’s going to be on the agenda at next week’s finance committee meeting.” Killarney Legion take on St Brendan’s at 5pm in the first of today’s Kerry SFC quarter-finals with champions East Kerry playing St Kieran’s at 7.15pm. Tomorrow, Dr Crokes go up against Templenoe at 2pm followed by Kenmare Shamrocks versus Mid Kerry
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Post by veteran on Sept 27, 2020 18:12:58 GMT
After winning seven (?)in a row , Corofin were beaten today in the Galway championship. There was a time when the Crokes seemed unbeatable , ditto South Kerry. In my garsun years John Mitchells were peerless, winning five in a row. Truly, they appeared invincible. That empire disintegrated too , as all empires do, Rest assured the East Kerry empire will inevitably crash . In the meantime , marvel at the exploits of the boy wonder. We may not see his likes again.
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Post by sullyschoice on Sept 27, 2020 20:35:58 GMT
I couldnt even log onto the streaming link last night. Spent all day looking forward to it. Having said that I will probably subscribe to it during the week to watch it back if that's possible.
I think it's a great service to have overall. Our club were playing in 3 junior championship finals today and the Division 8 game was live streamed on the other clubs Facebook page. It's the future.
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Post by ballhopper34 on Sept 27, 2020 22:12:07 GMT
East Kerry's defensive record in the championship deserves a mention as well...only one goal conceded in the entire competition when St. Kieran's scored 1-14...other 3 games saw Feale Rangers score 0-3, St. Brendan's 0-8 and Mid Kerry 0-9.
Total conceded 1-34 (37 points)in 4 games is just over 9 points a game on average...very impressive indeed.
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Post by jackiel on Sept 27, 2020 22:24:05 GMT
Again I was one of the lucky ones , I only lost about 3 mins in total in the first half.I've watched quite a few of the Kerry club matches this year which couldn't have happened except for streaming. The same issues with streaming have happened up here with Meath club matches. As was mentioned before the whole streaming this has gone into orbit with Covid 19 restrictions on spectators and our expectations are quite high. We expect RTE quality from guys with far less experience or resources.
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Post by Ballyfireside on Sept 28, 2020 0:53:24 GMT
What is about yez gang, yez complain when yez don't get to see the game, then yez complain about uz complaining we can't get it, now yez 'r' complainin' that yez missed bits - ah look at what us poor relations had to endure, timid townies v hoorey culchies, urban fox v counry cousin, pup for the path, auld dog open country road - Riobaird O'Muirearctaigh agus Sean ban O'Cinneide!
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Post by goonised on Sept 28, 2020 8:04:05 GMT
East Kerry's defensive record in the championship deserves a mention as well...only one goal conceded in the entire competition when St. Kieran's scored 1-14...other 3 games saw Feale Rangers score 0-3, St. Brendan's 0-8 and Mid Kerry 0-9. Total conceded 1-34 (37 points)in 4 games is just over 9 points a game on average...very impressive indeed. Very simliar style to Donegal in their pomp
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Post by onlykerry on Sept 28, 2020 9:20:16 GMT
After winning seven (?)in a row , Corofin were beaten today in the Galway championship. There was a time when the Crokes seemed unbeatable , ditto South Kerry. In my garsun years John Mitchells were peerless, winning five in a row. Truly, they appeared invincible. That empire disintegrated too , as all empires do, Rest assured the East Kerry empire will inevitably crash . In the meantime , marvel at the exploits of the boy wonder. We may not see his likes again. Totally agree with your sentiment that teams come and go over the years and we should enjoy My difficulty with the EK set up is that this is not what I would call a natural process - it is manufactured by the ridicuolus accumulation of clubs into a single district. The dominance at minor, u20/21 and now senior level is not good for the players from the many clubs that are being squeezed out. Rathmore played in the 2019 County Championship and had 30+ club players involved - by 2020 only 6 of those lads were in with EK. In all likelyhood EK will gain another stand alone club from this years county championship for the 2021 campaign (albeit with a possibility still of losing one). This is not like Crokes, Mitchells or even SK teams of the past that you refer to. All districts should have a cap on the number of D1 & D2 (or Intermediate grade if you prefer) clubs.
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