leighton said:
softlad said:
Do you think there will be an element of the commentators trying to dumb it down so us English folk can understand what's happening. If so, I'll give it a bash....
I watched the Sky News clip about them getting the rights and they have dumbed it down already. The presenters dont have a fucking clue and the same goes for the researchers who messed up big time with some of the things they said. I think this will grow in the UK. Its a good sport the rules are simple.
In football your aloud to take 3 to 4 steps then you have to bounce or solo the ball. After every bounce you got to solo the ball again or kick it. Its a harder game and the reffing in it is ok. You will see a lot of things in football that get players sent off for little or nothing in this they get away with it at times it could be a few clashes around the pitch. Also last season they brought in hawheye in the games at Croke Park which is needed more so in the hurling. I think the other big stadiums might get it too. I think you will get some good presenters in and around the set up. You need to as 14 of the 20 games are exclusive Ireland and UK rights so Irish people will be looking at it and hoping it doesnt get dumbed down. There are former football players from Ireland who went on to play in the priemier league or top flight football.
The most famous would be Pat Jennings and Kevin Moran who won 2 All Ireland finals with the Dubs before playing English football. Even the likes of Niall Quinn played some GAA Hurling as did Shane Long too so there is a good few who played both. I think they will get a good line up of presenters and analysts to cover it. So I think for that alone it might well be a improvement on RTE and TV3. Saying that they do need to tell it how they see it and not sugar coat anything. As most GAA fans are not stupid.
Best of luck to them trying to explain/understand the "Nash" situation. ;)
-- Tue Apr 01, 2014 10:35 pm --
The father will be thrilled. Hurling is without question the best sport in the world. The skill level alone is amazing to watch, and it blows my mind that only Irish people know about it.
I think, while I can see why people are annoyed about it, but it's only a couple of games they won't see and at the end of the day, if they want to see it, they'll go to the pub or shockingly might actually go to a match.
I'm for it, I'm for displaying the sport to the rest of the world but I just hope that Sky does it right, get actual people who know what they're talking about to cover it.