Friday 18 April 2008

TV rights row only a matter of time

There will be a huge collective sigh of relief from Croke Park at comments made by Dublin's Colin Moran about the new multi-million euro TV deal which gave TV3 ten live games this year including the Ulster football final.
Moran reckons that inter-county players aren't interested in a slice of the TV revenue.
He said that players have never really been interested in the TV money and that the GAA has invested heavily in pitches all over the country.
Have to say I hope Moran is right because the Association has invested heavily in pitches and efforts to develop and promote the games all over the country.
The recent announcement about the distribution of the revenues which came out of the rugby/soccer deal was a brilliant example of headquarters getting it right, working through a contentious issue and using the opportunities it gave the GAA to aid the game at the grassroots level with new age all-weather pitches.
I wold love to think that Collie Moran is representative of thinking among players on the TV monies.
However, I am too much of a realist to think for a second that there won't be players already looking at the TV deal and wondering if a strike was enough to get rid of the Cork football manager then a short heave might just secure some of the TV rights.

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