Kerry Cork postponement a sign of the times

While the debate rages about the grants scheme for players and the growing professionalism in the game we were reminded today of the changes which have taken place in our games in recent years where money and viewing figures dictate when even some of what used to be our biggest attractions are played.
The annual Kerry Vs Cork game, ok it's formally known as the Munster Football final even though the rest of the province will be off somewhere that day knocking either a sliotar or a rugby ball around, has been put back a week as result of our new TV deal which involves RTE and TV3.
Now even though the Munster football final is about as interesting as watching paint dry, well Cork always give it their best shot while Kerry try to muster up a bit of enthusiasm to play a game which is now only an irritant in their build-up to their All-Ireland preparations, the authorities believe it would be better postponed for a week so that we can have some TV coverage rather than miss out because of other games on the original date of June 29.
I couldn't see this happening back in the day when GAA men were men and sheep were nervous.
The bad news for anyone hoping that there may be some alternative live action on the new date of July 6 is that the only other action is the Leinster Hurling final which is usually as one sided as a Kerry Cork game in the All-Ireland series when the Kingdom feel the need to actually turn up and Cork surrender faster than you can say Dunkirk.